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Econometrics, the means by which economic ideas are tested and measured, brings theoretical, methodological and applied economics into one discipline. “You get a little bit of everything,” Atsushi Inoue said. Read More

An esteemed group of panelists will reflect on Bishop Joseph A. Johnson Jr. as a scholar, a bishop and a civil rights activist in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth and the 60th anniversary of his graduation as Vanderbilt’s first African American student. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has charged university leadership to move forward with the next phase of Vanderbilt’s strategic planning process. Read More

Legendary singer-songwriter George Clinton will speak at a Vanderbilt symposium Oct. 18 on "Afrofuturism in Black Theology." Read More

The Office of the Provost is launching a search for the new dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons at Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt employees who want to experience the thrill and excitement of the upcoming basketball season can now purchase discounted season tickets for men’s and women’s basketball. Read More

Vanderbilt Athletics, Vanderbilt’s Sustainability and Environmental Management Office and Waste Management, Inc. are looking for the greenest group on campus during this year’s football sustainability challenge. Read More

More than most professions, music celebrates the line of succession from teacher to student. Stephen Miahky understands the importance of this time-honored approach. Read More

When Anita Disney was growing up in Adelaide, Australia, friends and family assumed she would follow her biologist father into science. But she wasn't hooked until she took a biological psychology course in college. Read More

View a complete list of new School of Medicine and School of Nursing faculty for 2014. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s newest class is the most academically prepared and the most ethnically, economically and geographically diverse in Vanderbilt’s history Read More

View a complete list of new university faculty for the 2014-15 academic year. Read More

As a significant step in Vanderbilt IT’s efforts to improve OAK performance, only courses from fall 2013 onward will be available in OAK, effective Friday, Oct. 3. Read More

David Weintraub's new book explores how leaders in the world's major religions will react to the discovery of extraterrestrial life. Read More

In compliance with the law, Vanderbilt publishes an annual report to provide information on security-related services offered by the university. Read More

A talk at the Nashville Public Library Oct. 1 will feature Vanderbilt's John Geer and spotlight research on negative political ads. Read More

A teacher collaboration model used in Shanghai is proving useful to Tennessee teachers. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, Provost Susan Wente and several Vanderbilt experts joined colleagues from across the Southeast to discuss obesity at the second annual Southeastern Conference Symposium Sept. 21-23. Read More

Don’t panic over Ebola. But don’t ignore it, either. That was the take-home message for U.S. citizens from a “mini-hearing” held by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Wednesday with researchers and health officials from Vanderbilt and the State of Tennessee. Read More

Mechanical engineering professor Pietro Valdastri and colleagues will continue to develop a capsule endoscope for colonoscopy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease with the support of a 4-year, $1.5 million NIH grant. Read More