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Vanderbilt students should help create a world where museums have exhibits on poverty because it is a thing of the past, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Vanderbilt alumnus Muhammad Yunus told graduating seniors on Thursday as part of Senior Class Day. Read More

In this edition of Stellar Conversations, Charlie Bolden, veteran of four space flights, gives an insider's look at what it takes to launch the space shuttle. Bolden logged more than 680 hours in orbit, assisted in deploying the Hubble Space Telescope, and commanded the first mission that included a Russian cosmonaut as a crew member. Rick Chappell, director of Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory and a past associate director of science at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, conducts the interview. Read More

"The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace," a new book by Bruce Barry, professor of management and sociology, examines the growing decline of freedom of speech for many employees, and the lack of due-process rights and just-cause protections for these workers. Read More

What do you get when you put a group of creative and inspired Vanderbilt business students in with equally determined students from Vanderbilt's divinity school? How about divine inspiration on the future of business and how business can end poverty. Read More

Efforts by the Vanderbilt Child and Family Policy Center and other groups to sustain community partnerships that help Tennessee teens aging out of foster care are making a dramatic difference, according to the co-chair of the Tennessee Youth Advisory Council. Read More

Parents wanting to expand their children‘s horizons this summer through a variety of programs — ranging from sports to art, music and academics — simply need to click onto the Vanderbilt Web site for a comprehensive listing. Read More

You‘ve heard of junior colleges. Vanderbilt University is offering a new twist — junior junior college — for talented seventh through tenth graders. Read More

The litany of woe has become familiar and seemingly overwhelming. The earth is running out of fossil fuel and facing chaotic weather due to global warming. Water will soon be scarce, and world population continues to explode, taxing diminishing resources. Read More

It seems these days young people can‘t live without their cell phones, iPods, laptops, gaming systems and especially television. A Vanderbilt professor is putting that theory to the test. Read More

Many people think they can safely drive while talking on their cell phones. Vanderbilt neuroscientists Paul E. Dux and Ren√à Marois have found that when it comes to handling two things at once, your brain, while fast, isn‘t that fast. Read More

Many of today‘s students reach for a keyboard rather than a pencil to communicate their thoughts. But they just might be typing their way to the back of the class, according to Vanderbilt writing expert Steve Graham. Read More

Explore the universe this year with your school-age child or grandchild with a Dyer Observatory "Star Catchers" program, a perfect holiday gift. This unique program packages a quality telescope with a hands-on learning session and other benefits. Read More

Children giggle and recite poetry. There‘s the sound of something burning from which a melody arises like smoke from ashes. A lonely voice recounts a failed attempt to visit a relative‘s gravesite. Sudden jolts of sounds of undetermined origin startle. These are some of the ingredients of In Amber Shadows: Electro-Acoustic Music, released by Albany Records. The album by Vanderbilt University‘s Stan Link is an hour-long meditation on time and mortality. Read More

Gina Frieden, assistant professor of human and organizational development, led a lunch discussion on balancing the demands of life in graduate school. The event was part of the "Women in Academe" series. Read More

Talking to Dale Cockrell about his new CD The Arkansas Traveler, it quickly becomes clear that his days as a novice in the music industry have ended. Read More

Fleeting mercies, painful secrets, the living and the dead find asylum - even sanctuary - throughout Rick Hilles‘ first published book of poetry. Read More

A new report co-authored by Vanderbilt literacy expert Steve Graham identifies 11 strategies to improve writing skills in the nation‘s adolescents. The report was presented at a briefing Oct. 19 in Washington, D.C. Read More

Over 120 Middle Tennessee youth actively engaged in improving their communities convened at Vanderbilt Law School Oct. 15 to share their experiences and discuss strategies for empowering their peers. Read More

Muhammad Yunus, who earned a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt University in 1971, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his work combating poverty through a bank that gives small loans to poor people. Read More

Giving a closer listen to a sound most of us try to avoid — fingernails scraping on a chalkboard — has won Vanderbilt psychologist Randolph Blake an unusual and coveted award, the Ig Nobel Prize. Read More