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Gary Gerstle\'s award-winning book American Crucible: Race and Nationhood in the Twentieth Century was recently cited on NPR\'s Fresh Air as one of the "Best Books for a Transformative New Year." Read More

Deadlines are fast approaching for Vanderbilt Summer Academy, a unique learning experience for highly talented middle and senior high students. Each course is taught by stellar Vanderbilt faculty and scholars and participants also have time to meet other students with similar intellectual interests, take an enjoyable elective class and enjoy the university\'s outstanding residential facilities. Read More

Associate Professor of Communication Studies Vanessa Beasley says presidential inaugural addresses generally celebrate a smooth transition of power, use rhetoric to bring people together and lay out general principles for the new administration. Beasley, who has written a book that looks at inaugural addresses since the late 1800s, says there are high expectations for Obama\'s address on Jan. 20. Read More

Associate Professor of Psychology David Zald is the lead researcher for a study exploring why novelty-seekers are more at risk for drug abuse and other unsafe behaviors. The researchers found that novelty-seeking individuals have fewer autoreceptors in their brain to regulate the neurotransmitter dopamine. Read More

Vanderbilt Professor of History Thomas Schwartz and a group of alumni who recently toured Vietnam and Cambodia found tremendous growth, including traffic jams, in major cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The 15-day journey from Hanoi to Siem Reap was sponsored by the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Read More

Listen to a podcast of a Dec. 4 presentation by Charlie Peacock, Brooke Waggoner, Amy Stroup, and John Davis. Read More

A new Holiday Greening Guide is the latest initiative by Vanderbilt\'s Office of Sustainability and Environmental Management to encourage everyone to practice the three Rs--reduce, reuse and recycle. Efforts to conserve and reduce waste are especially important during the holidays, says Andrea George, director of the Office of Sustainability and Environmental Management. Read More

Listen to a Nov. 13 podcast of a presentation by Bobby Clark. Read More

Listen to a Nov. 13 podcast of a presentation by Bobby Clark. Read More

Listen to a podcast of a Nov. 6 talk by Amy Griffith. Read More

Listen to a Nov. 4 podcast by Gerald Liu. Read More

Podcast from the The "Like a Prayer" series, part of the Religion and the Arts and Contemporary Culture Program financed by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. Read More

Listen to a podcast from the 2008 Cole Lectures. Read More

Podcast of Digital VU presentation by Jared Degnan, one of the Owen Bloggers Read More

Listen to an Oct. 17 talk by celebrated filmmaker Charles Burnett. Read More

Listen to a podcast of a discussion with film director Annalee Davis. Read More

Listen to a podcast of a discussion with film director Annalee Davis. Read More

Listen to a podcast of a talk by Emily Rapp, the author of "Poster Child" talk about her experiences as a disabled teenager with a prosthetic leg and how those experiences affected her body image. Read More

Listen to a podcast of a talk by Emily Rapp, the author of "Poster Child" talk about her experiences as a disabled teenager with a prosthetic leg and how those experiences affected her body image. Read More

Listen to an Oct. 14 podcast by Bill Friskics-Warren. Read More