Audio
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Podcast: "Something Like Sanctified: Spirituality in Contemporary Pop Music"
Listen to an Oct. 14 podcast by Bill Friskics-Warren. Read MoreOct 17, 2008
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Podcast: DigitalVU: Social Media
Listen to a podcast of a talk by Lacy Tite, Web developer for Development and Alumni Relations Communications. Read MoreOct 16, 2008
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Podcast: Children’s Author and Poet Carole Boston Weatherford
Listen to an Oct. 9 podcast by Carole Boston Weatherford. Read MoreOct 13, 2008
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Podcast: “It’s Like God is Testing Me: Approaches for Researching Religion and Hip-hop”
Listen to a podcast of a presentation by Juan Floyd-Thomas. Read MoreOct 9, 2008
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Podcast: "It’s Like God is Testing Me: Approaches for Researching Religion and Hip-hop"
Listen to a podcast of a presentation by Juan Floyd-Thomas. Read MoreOct 9, 2008
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Podcast: “If They Could See it Now: The Evolution of the American Presidency From the Founding Fathers to Present Day”
Listen to a podcast from Constitution Day. Read MoreOct 3, 2008
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Podcast: "Sustainability at Vanderbilt: What You Can Do"
Listen to Andrea George discussing "Sustainability at Vanderbilt: What You Can Do" to find out how you can "green" the many choices you make each day. Read MoreSep 30, 2008
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Politicos, voters connect at Candidates’ Picnic
More than 800 Vanderbilt employees and friends of the university enjoyed old-fashioned politicking under beautiful blue skies and sunshine during the Sept. 25 Meet the Candidates picnic on Olin Lawn. Read MoreSep 29, 2008
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Podcast: "The World of Contemporary Christian Music: An Insider’s View"
Listen to a talk by John Styll, President/CEO of the Gospel Music Association, Christian Trade Music Association and founder of Contemporary Christian Music Magazine. Read MoreSep 24, 2008
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Podcast: "From Songs to Sermons: Listening to the Stories of Women of the Hebrew Bible"
Listen to a podcast of a talk by producer and session musician Dave Perkins. Read MoreSep 19, 2008
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Podcast: On Writing, featuring Cecelia Tichi
Watch video of University of Michigan School of Education Dean Deborah Ball speaking about the need for more practical classroom experience in the curriculum of collegiate education programs across the country. Read MoreSep 18, 2008
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Students play games in quirky first-year writing seminar
Students play all types of games -- from Texas Holdem poker to Monopoly -- in The Mathematics of Games, a first-year writing seminar offered this fall in the College of Arts and Science. Senior Lecturer Lori Rafter will also teach the course in spring 2009 to adults enrolled in Vanderbilt's Master of Liberal Arts and Science Program. Read MoreAug 14, 2008
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Federal panel discusses impact of economic downturn on college access
The impact of the nation’s current economic downturn on low- and moderate-income students was the topic of an all-day national roundtable discussion June 13 at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development. Listen to audio of afternoon session. Watch video. Read more. Read MoreJun 19, 2008
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Prepare for rush of attack ads as likely presidential nominees begin battle, say Vanderbilt political scientists
John McCain and Barack Obama, the likely presidential nominees for the GOP and Democrats, will need to run negative ads as they seek to define each other in the general election campaign, says Vanderbilt political scientist John Geer. He and colleague Bruce Oppenheimer are preparing to teach a course on the 2008 elections in the fall. Read MoreMay 20, 2008
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Treasured Robert Penn Warren interviews now accessible via Internet
For the first time, anyone with access to the Internet can hear tapes of Robert Penn Warren's 1964 interviews with prominent Civil Rights activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X and the Rev. James Lawson. The interviews were conducted for Warren's book "Who Speaks for the Negro?" and this project was made possible with the cooperative efforts of the Vanderbilt, Yale and University of Kentucky libraries. Read MoreMay 16, 2008
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Vanderbilt Library offers next-generation research tool
Vanderbilt University Library users can locate and access more quickly an expanding variety of resources, print, digital and electronic, thanks to the new online service DiscoverLibrary. Read MoreApr 4, 2008
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New composting initiative nourishes Vanderbilt’s arboretum
While Vanderbilt has been recycling leaves for more than 20 years, a new initiative is transforming the university's massive pile of leaves into usable compost to nourish plants and trees on campus. Read MoreFeb 13, 2008
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Going "green" to protect the environment now includes Vanderbilt computers
Vanderbilt's Information Technology Services is taking several steps to help protect the environment including a "server virtualization" strategy with computers. Read MoreFeb 7, 2008
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Going “green” to protect the environment now includes Vanderbilt computers
Vanderbilt\'s Information Technology Services is taking several steps to help protect the environment including a "server virtualization" strategy with computers. Read MoreFeb 7, 2008
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Students, Cal Turner official explain Project Pyramid
Listen to students who traveled to India in 2007 as part of a Vanderbilt program to alleviate poverty. Graham Reside, executive director of the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions, speaks and introduces several students who reflect on the Project Pyramid program that brought together the divinity and business schools at Vanderbilt. Read MoreJan 25, 2008