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Shrews are tiny mammals that have been widely characterized as simple and primitive. This traditional view is challenged by a new study of the hunting methods of an aquatic member of the species, the water shrew. Read More

Vanderbilt's Information Technology Services is taking several steps to help protect the environment including a "server virtualization" strategy with computers. Read More

Vanderbilt\'s Information Technology Services is taking several steps to help protect the environment including a "server virtualization" strategy with computers. Read More

Watch video of doctor-turned-environmental-activist Matthew Sleeth's. Feb. 6 talk, sponsored by the Ecology and Spirituality study group of Vanderbilt's Center for the Study of Religion and Culture. Read More

Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box presents Kelly Oliver, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, discussing "Is the military using women as weapons of war?" Read More

Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box presents Kelly Oliver, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, discussing "Is the military using women as weapons of war?" Read More

Mobile cameras, high-resolution digital imaging and funding from the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt University are among the key components of a cross-cultural pilot program to prevent vision loss in at-risk Latin Americans. Read More

Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, will speak at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at Benton Chapel on Vanderbilt University\'s campus. Read More

Watch streaming video of a multi-disciplinary panel taking up the controversial topic of state-required vaccinations for sexually transmitted disease on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Flynn Auditorium of the Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Poet and novelist Judson Mitcham, the only two-time winner of the Townsend Prize for Fiction, will read from his work at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Buddy Miller, Jimmy Hall and Ashley Cleveland with Kenny Greenburg are among the performers who will perform gospel blues songs at a concert that is part of a semester-long study of "God in Music City"at Vanderbilt University. Read More

A central fact of the 2008 nomination process is that many citizens are undecided or have weakly held preferences. Read More

Crossbow Inc., a leading provider of wireless sensor network platforms, has given a research program at Vanderbilt\'s Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) a gift of $50,000 to help advance the state of the art in wireless sensor networks (WSN). Read More

Obsessively detailed drawings and animations of zombies, sÈances and ghosts will darken the halls of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center this winter, in the form of a dual show by Mark Hosford and Bill Fick. Read More

A multi-disciplinary panel will take up the controversial topic of state-required vaccinations for sexually transmitted disease on Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Flynn Auditorium of the Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Tennessee\'s first-ever Food Security Summit will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 16, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Mayor Karl Dean will address the expected crowd of over 250 farmers, chefs, retailers, health and service providers, gardeners and interested citizens at 10 a.m. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $4.5 million grant from Seaside Therapeutics to find potential treatments for fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental retardation and the most common genetic cause of autism. Read More

Want to know why we love football? And, meet a student who can't forget the faces of AIDS. Watch our latest VUCast, for the week of Feb. 3. Read More

A new device, using advanced electrode technology, gives paralyzed patients a helping hand. Read More

The Last Five Years is the compelling story of Jamie, a nice Jewish boy, and Kathleen, a good Irish Catholic girl, who fall in love, get married and fall apart over the course of five years. It debuts Feb. 15 at Neely Auditorium at Vanderbilt University. Read More