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The 2006 Spring Faculty Assembly convened April 6 at the Student Life Center, where Chancellor Gordon Gee bestowed faculty prizes before addressing the group. Read More

Listen to a March 30 lecture about the representation of women in historical photos by Tina Campt, associate professor of women's studies at Duke University. Read More

Listen to a March 30 lecture about the representation of women in historical photos by Tina Campt, associate professor of women\'s studies at Duke University. Read More

Listen to a podcast of James Gardner's, associate director of the National Museum of American History's Office of Curatorial Affairs, lecture about the changing role of the nation's history museum. Read More

Listen to a podcast of James Gardner\'s, associate director of the National Museum of American History\'s Office of Curatorial Affairs, lecture about the changing role of the nation\'s history museum. Read More

How do we know the universe is expanding? And, if it is, just what is it expanding into? Rob Knop, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt, delves into these mysteries (as well as the mystery of his expanding waistline) in this interview. Read More

After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast last year, some speculated that God was punishing New Orleans for its sins. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said it was payback for the war in Iraq. Read More

Three prominent writers who also critique others in their field discussed their work as part of Vanderbilt University\'s annual Spring Symposium on March 24. Read More

Doug Fisher, associate professor of computer science and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University, talks about the state of the art in artificial intelligence and robotics in this interview by Adelyn Jones of WRLT FM radio in Nashville. The interview was aired Sunday, March 19, and was co-produced by Dan Buckley. Music by John Scofield. (Used with permission from Tuned In Broadcasting and John Scofield.) Read More

Respect for a variety of religious traditions is growing in America, but that welcome development holds potential pitfalls for democracy, believes Robert Wuthnow, a Princeton University sociologist who spoke March 23 at at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Respect for a variety of religious traditions is growing in America, but that welcome development holds potential pitfalls for democracy, believes Robert Wuthnow, a Princeton University sociologist who spoke March 23 at at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Former U.S. senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards spoke March 21 at Langford Auditorium as part of Vanderbilt\'s annual Impact Symposium. Though the theme of the symposium was "Disappearing Borders," Edwards spent the bulk of his lecture discussing poverty, which he called "the greatest moral issue of our time." Read More

Financial journalist and author Peter Brimelow addressed an audience of nearly 200 in Langford Auditorium March 20 as he spoke on "disappearing borders" - the theme of this year's IMPACT Symposium. Read More

Many are familiar with the basic facts that surround the founding of Vanderbilt University in 1873, but the unusual confluence of characters and events that led to this unlikely gift is the stuff of fiction. Historian Michael McGerr recounted Cornelius Vanderbilt\'s journey from single-minded businessman to university patron in the inaugural Founder\'s Day Lecture on March 16. Read More

Dr. Richard A. Meserve, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, gave the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture at Vanderbilt March 13 on the "nuclear renaissance in the U.S." . Read More

Dr. Richard A. Meserve, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, gave the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture at Vanderbilt March 13 on the "nuclear renaissance in the U.S." . Read More

The use of brain scans to detect Alzheimer\'s disease was the topic of a lecture by Dr. John Csernansky, director of the Silvio O. Conte Center for Neuroscience Research at Washington University, St. Louis, at Vanderbilt University March 9. The lecture was part of the Brainstorm 2006 lecture and event series. Read More

The use of brain scans to detect Alzheimer's disease was the topic of a lecture by Dr. John Csernansky, director of the Silvio O. Conte Center for Neuroscience Research at Washington University, St. Louis, at Vanderbilt University March 9. The lecture was part of the Brainstorm 2006 lecture and event series. Read More

Vivien Green Fryd, a Vanderbilt professor of art history who is conducting a seminar in conjunction with Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman\'s Multimedia Project of Discovery, lectured on the work of these two acclaimed artists who are Vanderbilt\'s first Chancellor\'s Artists-in-Residence. The lecture took place March 2 at Sarratt Cinema. Read More

"Science Education in the 21st Century" was the topic of discussion between Virginia Shepherd, Vanderbilt professor of pathology and medicine, and approximately 300 members of the Nashville community at the Nashville Public Library March 1. The lecture was part of the popular "Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box" lecture series co-hosted by the library and Vanderbilt University. Read More