Releases

Neal Tate, a professor and chair of Vanderbilt University's Department of Political Science who provided strong leadership during a successful rebuilding of the department, died on Sept. 13, 2009. Tate, 65, had been recovering from major surgery. Read More

Dhavan V. Shah, an expert on the social psychology of media influence on political judgment, will examine the impact of new media in his presentation "Network Nation: How Campaign Ads and the Internet Shape Participation" on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 4:10 p.m. at the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The novel H1N1 flu virus is a presence on the Vanderbilt campus, as it is on many U.S. university campuses, but it appears to be no more serious than the regular seasonal flu, Vanderbilt's chief student health official says. Read More

A documentary about the 1980s punk music scene in Los Angeles will begin the Vanderbilt University portion of the 2009-2010 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers. Read More

Contributors to The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" will gather on Sept. 16 for a panel discussion on the topic "Is America Postracial?" Read More

William Turner, former Obama health care advisor, Betts Chair and Professor of Education and Human Development, Peabody College of Education and Human Development, is among several Vanderbilt professors available to comment on health care reform. Read More

Katherine Carroll, an assistant professor of political science at Vanderbilt University, will describe her experiences in Iraq during a Sept. 17 lecture in the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Read More

Tiki Barber, retired NFL Pro Bowl running back, philanthropist and NBC correspondent, will speak at Vanderbilt University's Langford Auditorium Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by Billy Hudson, Elliot V. Newman Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Biochemistry and Director, Vanderbilt Center for Matrix Biology, have discovered a new chemical bond in biological tissue, a fundamental discovery that helps explain evolutionary adaptation in the animal kingdom and may shed light on human disease. Read More

On Oct. 2, VU Gmail will become the exclusive email service for Vanderbilt University undergraduates. To claim their Gmail account prior to Oct. 2, students should visit http://its.vanderbilt.edu/gmail and follow the instructions. All remaining undergraduate mailboxes will be automatically directed to Gmail by Information Technology Services Oct. 2. Read More

Vanderbilt University's film series, International Lens, kicks off its season on Sept. 2 with Amnesty International's presentation of The Visitor, a drama that explores the implications of U.S. immigration policy. Read More

When citizens in the United States and Mexico are confronted by terrorist threats, they cope in ways that can put significant stresses on the nations' democracies, according to research by political scientists at Vanderbilt and Claremont. Read More

A unique collaboration between Fisk and Vanderbilt universities that is poised to become the nation's top source of Ph.D.s in physics and astronomy awarded to underrepresented minorities has received a major boost from three federal grants totaling $3.7 million. Read More

Vanderbilt University has hired Matthew Redd as its director of commencement. In this role, Redd will oversee the university's three days of events each year that culminate in Commencement exercises held the second Friday in May. Read More

A Vanderbilt University political scientist's study of President Obama's appointments during his first six months in office finds some agencies are receiving significantly more qualified presidential appointees than others. Read More

Vanderbilt University will be viewing eco-friendly, sustainable fashions in September at a fashion show and a couture display. Read More

Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee have joined with the 10 other Southeastern Conference institutions to launch the SEC Academic Network, a Web site designed to promote academic endeavors of SEC universities in partnership with ESPN and the member universities. Read More

Vanderbilt University Distinguished Professor of Political Science John Geer will spend fall 2009 at Harvard University as a Fellow of the prestigious Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. Read More

More than 1,800 new Vanderbilt University students, including about 1,600 first-year students and more than 200 transfer students, will march into the school's main gate Sunday, Aug. 23, at 5 p.m. during Founders Walk, a tradition that formally welcomes new students to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced Aug. 20 the closure of the eastbound lanes of I-440 in Nashville from the I-40 junction on the west side of Nashville to I-65 from 8 p.m., Friday, Aug. 21 until 5 a.m., Monday, Aug. 24. Read More