Releases

The Vanderbilt University SustainVU office, in conjunction with Plant Operations and Housekeeping staff, will construct a one-day exhibit – Mt. Trashmore – for Earth Day Wednesday, April 22, on Alumni Lawn near the flagpole. Read More

Urban school districts across the country have shifted back to managing segregated schools following the recent lifting of court-ordered desegregation plans, a new book finds. Read More

Traffic patterns in and around Vanderbilt University will be modified on April 25 because of several events taking place, including the Country Music Marathon, a concert by the Dave Matthews Band, a tennis tournament and a baseball game. Read More

Cecelia Tichi, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, is this year's Hubbell Medal winner, given by the American Literature Section. Read More

A team of synthetic chemists at Vanderbilt University report in the March 18 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society that they have created an efficient way to make a naturally occurring alkaloid that could have anti-cancer properties and may combat memory loss from scratch. Read More

A time could soon come when genetic tests and neurological brain scans are introduced as evidence in criminal trials as readily as DNA evidence is today. Read More

Three courses will be offered this summer by the Master of Liberal Arts and Science program at Vanderbilt University. The program offers working adults the chance to earn a graduate degree on a convenient one-evening-per-week class schedule. Read More

Early data from a project evaluating the first-year impact of New York City's performance pay program, the School-Wide Performance Bonus Program (SPBP), finds no discernable impact on student achievement thus far. However, the report's authors caution that it is too soon to draw any overall conclusions about the program's impact. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps will host a Spring Pass in Review and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 16, on the Commons Center Lawn at 3 p.m. Pass in Review is a formal military ceremony that honors the students' hard work and dedication. Read More

K-12 and higher education experts from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development will present their latest research April 12-18 in San Diego, Calif., at the American Educational Research Association's annual conference. Read More

As parents and policymakers increasingly worry about the quality of public schools, alternatives such as charter schools, magnet schools and vouchers appear more attractive. But experts wonder: What difference do schools of choice make? Read More

Comparing different ways of solving math problems is a great way to help middle schoolers learn new math concepts, researchers from Vanderbilt and Harvard universities have found. Read More

New research from Vanderbilt University has found students benefit more from being taught the concepts behind math problems rather than the exact procedures to solve the problems. The findings offer teachers new insights on how best to shape math instruction to have the greatest impact on student learning. Read More

Tuesday morning, surgeons at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt successfully completed the hospital's first separation of conjoined twins. Read More

On April 18, a group of Vanderbilt engineering students will fire off a 16-foot, 82-pound rocket. If all goes as planned, the vehicle will power its way one mile directly overhead where it will release a remotely piloted aircraft that will collect images and infrared data of the ground below as it is guided back down to earth. Read More

The work of art students at Vanderbilt University will be displayed April 17-May 8 at the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center. The exhibit is open to the general public, as is a reception April 17 highlighted by the announcement of the $25,000 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet award funding a year of travel and research for a graduating senior. Read More

Stephenie Dodson and Kristine LaLonde, candidates in the Metro Council District 18 election run-off, will face each other during a public forum Sunday, April 19, at Eakin School. The meeting will be from 3 to 4 p.m. in the school's auditorium. Read More

A Vanderbilt University student is being treated for meningococcal bacterial meningitis at Vanderbilt Medical Center after being brought to the medical center's Emergency Department overnight. She was in critical but stable condition in the intensive care unit Tuesday evening. Read More

Aliens abound on the movie screens, but in reality we are still trying to find out if we share our universe with other sentient creatures. Read More

The Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Read More