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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

A new study underway at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development seeks to identify the reasons why many students begin but do not finish college and what can be done to help more students earn degrees. Read More

Listen to the first year results of Vanderbilt\'s field study on religion and politics. Read More

Vanderbilt professors Stefanie Lindquist and Mark Brandon discuss judicial activism at Constitution Day. Read More

As chair of the Democratic Party in Smithville — not to mention choir director of the First United Methodist Church — Faye Fuqua generally knows what's going on around town. Read More

The much-loved and long-running science fiction series Star Trek introduced viewers to plenty of fantastical ideasófrom the Borg to Vulcan mind melds to a transporter that could beam humans across space. But behind the lscience fiction lay quite a bit of real science, according to Vanderbilt University psychologist Randolph Blake. Read More

Finding the line between interpreting laws and making them has been an issue for America since its founding, and concerns about "legislating from the bench" crop up regularly. Read More

Vanderbilt and Fisk universities joined together Aug. 25 for a daylong conference that addressed issues related to race and wealth disparities. Read More

The start of the academic year is a time for renewal, and this fall Vanderbilt finds itself on the path to becoming a more selective, more unified university, Chancellor Gordon Gee said during his annual address to the Fall Faculty Assembly. Read More

Each Saturday this summer, a dusty vacant lot on a city street in North Nashville is transformed into a vibrant oasis of colors, scents and sounds. Read More

The Golden Globe Award-winning television show Lost will be used as a springboard for learning concepts about cultural studies in a new communications studies course at Vanderbilt University. Read More

A vote-by-vote recount in Mexico's contested presidential election would ideally convince all Mexicans that this was a clean election and not a repeat of 1988, said Vanderbilt political scientist Jonathan Hiskey. Lopez Obrador, who claims there was voter fraud, lost to Felipe Calderon by less than one percent, according to the official results. Read More

Strange...exotic...bizarre--three words Rob Knop uses to describe dark matter and dark energy in this continuing conversation about the expansion of the universe. What is this invisible, mysterious "stuff" and how do we know it\'s there? Rob delves into these questions and discusses what the universe may look like billions of years from now. Read More

Listen to the second installment in this series of Stellar Conversations about the expanding universe with Rob Knop, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy. Read More

Islam is a religion of peace, logic and tolerance, said panelists assembled Thursday evening as part of Islamic Awareness Week at Vanderbilt. Read More

Listen to sociologist Jill Quadagno's lecture about the political, economic and historical reasons behind America's lack of a national health insurance program. Read More