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The metals found in stars are the same metals found in your jewelry, a city skyscraper and the core of Earth. This program discusses how these metals formed and their state inside stars. Guest speaker is Dr. Arnold Heiser, professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University, whose research is in variable stars. Read More

The question "Can our best values betray us?" framed a discussion with Vanderbilt philosopher Charles Scott and 300 members of the Nashville community Dec. 7 at the Nashville Public Library. The discussion was part of the Thinking Out of the Lunch Box series, co-sponsored by the library and Vanderbilt University. Read More

Professor of History Thomas Schwartz will advise the U.S. State Department about important documents from the Johnson, Nixon, Ford and and Carter presidencies through his work on a prestigious advisory committee. Listen to an interview with Schwartz. Read More

A standing-room only crowd of over 700 heard from top federal officials and national academic leaders in mental health and human development about topics such as the history of mental retardation research and treatment, the social nature of autism, the interplay between nature and nurture and the new "Decade of Discovery" in mental health research at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's 40th Anniversary Symposium Nov. 30. Read More

Vanderbilt's Susan Gray School will hold its Holidays Around the World Celebration Saturday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Commodore Ballroom of the Student Life Center on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

The reputation and prestige of the United States is "at a very low ebb" in much of the world and a vigorous campaign of public diplomacy is needed to reestablish moral leadership, agreed two former U.S. ambassadors who spoke at a Vanderbilt forum. Read More

One of the most prolific medical inventors in history, Robert S. Langer, spoke at Vanderbilt Nov. 11 about a variety of topics including how drug delivery technologies, including novel polymers and intelligent microchips, promise to create new treatments for cancer, heart disease and many other illnesses. Read More

John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group and president of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center spoke at Vanderbilt Nov. 15 about how disregard for the "relentless rules of arithmetic" and other mismanagement by mutual fund managers has "robbed investors of trillions." Read More

An Auschwitz concentration camp survivor and a member of the Nazi Youth Movement discuss their "uncommon friendship" as part of Vanderbilt\'s Holocaust Lecture Series Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Law School. Read More

An Auschwitz concentration camp survivor and a member of the Nazi Youth Movement discuss their "uncommon friendship" as part of Vanderbilt's Holocaust Lecture Series Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Law School. Read More

Hipsters, poseurs, waitresses and polka were among the many topics raised during a panel discussion with Vanderbilt sociologist Richard Lloyd about his new book, Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City. Read More

The work of three Fisk University scholars who researched the lives and music of people in the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s was celebrated Nov. 3 with music and discussion in Fisk\'s historic Jubilee Hall. Read More

The Rev. Edward A. Malloy, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame and a member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, spoke during a Oct. 27 seminar in Buttrick Hall on science, religion and the mission of higher education. Read More

Legal, political, historical and religious experts gathered to discuss the continuing debate surrounding the Scopes monkey trial in a forum preceding the performance of the Great Tennessee Monkey Trial Oct. 19. Read More

Vanderbilt's Newton was involved in the creation of the Iraqi Special Tribunal and trained its judges. Mike Newton, acting associate clinical professor of law at Vanderbilt University, is an expert on the Iraqi Special Tribunal and international criminal law. Read More

When Vanderbilt\'s administration contacted Law School Dean Ed Rubin about a new federal requirement requiring that every educational institution receiving federal funds celebrate Constitution Day, Rubin initially considered submitting a list of constitutional law classes currently in session. Read More

Listen to a Sept. 13 lecture by Karen R. Harris and Stephen E. Graham, the first holders of the Currey Ingram Chair of Special Education at Peabody College. The two professors of special education are committed to improving the literacy abilities of all children, including those with learning disabilities. The chair was made possible through a gift from John Rivers Ingram and Stephanie Currey Ingram. Introductory speakers at the lecture were: Peabody Dean Camilla Benbow, Provost Nicholas Zeppos and Chancellor Gordon Gee. Read More

Listen to InterVU, one of Vanderbilt University\'s public affairs podcasts, to learn what to expect from the Senate confirmation hearings for John Roberts, nominee for chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Political scientist and legal expert Stefanie Lindquist is interviewed. The second segment features David Zald, assistant professor of psychology, who has researched the impact of a gory or erotic image on vision. Read More

Listen to InterVU, one of Vanderbilt University‘s public affairs podcasts, to learn what to expect from the Senate confirmation hearings for John Roberts, nominee for chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Political scientist and legal expert Stefanie Lindquist is interviewed. The second segment features David Zald, assistant professor of psychology, who has researched the impact of a gory or erotic image on vision. Read More

Attracting and retaining top quality students and faculty is the key to maintaining the momentum of a university that is on an "upward soar," Chancellor Gordon Gee said during his annual address to the Fall Faculty Assembly. Read More