Releases

The fast-growing number of withdrawal restrictions being imposed by hedge funds to curtail capital drain during the financial market crisis comes with a hefty price tag for fund investors, says a new study from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. The research comes as investors seek desperately to exit hedge funds to avoid further declines and the possibility of fund failure, yet face a suspension of redemptions by fund managers. Read More

Andrew B. Benedict Jr., a prominent Nashville banker and longtime member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, died Monday morning at home. He was 94. Read More

A detailed analysis of the measurements of five different satellites have revealed the existence of the warm plasma cloak, a new region of the magnetosphere, which is the invisible shield of magnetic fields and electrically charged particles that surround and protect Earth from the onslaught of the solar wind. Read More

Christopher P. Toft, a leading fundraiser in higher education and health care in Chicago has been named associate vice chancellor for university development at Vanderbilt. Read More

A member of the Vanderbilt University men's cross country team is one of five finalists for the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup for being a positive influence. Vanderbilt senior Rob Whiting will learn on Jan. 14 whether he bests the other candidates at a ceremony at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Read More

On Wed., Dec. 17, Metro Councilman Keith Durbin, Vanderbilt University and Belmont University invite the public to attend a free, educational program on blasting for construction projects on both campuses. Read More

In a pioneering, interdisciplinary study combining law and neuroscience, researchers at Vanderbilt University peered inside people's minds to watch how the brain thinks about crime and punishment. Read More

Carolyn Dever, interim dean of the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University, has accepted an appointment as dean, effective immediately. Read More

For the first time, structural biologists have managed to obtain the detailed three-dimensional structure of one of the proteins that form the core of the complex molecular machine, called the replisome, that plant and animal cells assemble to copy their DNA as the first step in cell reproduction. Read More

Vanderbilt University's recently announced enhanced financial aid program has received a major boost with a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos said Monday. Read More

Two federal policymakers, Kerri Briggs, assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education for the U.S. Department of Education, and Catherine Freeman, senior program officer for the National Research Center of the National Academies of Science, will co-lead a new special topics course in education policy at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development this spring. Read More

At Vanderbilt University, college students – the group most targeted by the recording industry for prosecution for illegal downloading – are proposing solutions instead of complaining. Read More

Vanderbilt will make its first football postseason appearance in 26 years on New Year\'s Eve in Nashville when it plays Boston College in the 11th Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl at LP Field. Vanderbilt accepted an invitation to the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Dec. 7. Read More

Paying teachers for their performance was supported by both presidential candidates in the 2008 election and is being tried in school districts across the nation. But the question remains—does it work? A second-year evaluation of Texas' statewide performance pay program, the largest in the nation, released Dec. 1 reveals insights into whether these programs are beneficial and attractive to teachers. Read More

New research by Vanderbilt Law School Assistant Professor Paige Marta Skiba found that payday loan applicants who received the quick cash after their first application were significantly more likely to file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy than those whose initial application was denied. Read More

Vanderbilt higher education policy expert William Doyle is available to comment on a new report released Dec. 3 by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., that finds states are making little or no progress in providing affordable college opportunities or improving college completion rates for their residents. Read More

Beth Fortune, a former gubernatorial press secretary and political reporter, has been named Vanderbilt University\'s vice chancellor for public affairs, a position she has held on an interim basis for the past six months, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced Wednesday. Read More

Susie S. Stalcup, the chief fundraising officer for Columbia University Medical Center, has been selected Vanderbilt University\'s new vice chancellor for development and alumni relations, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced Tuesday. Read More

First-year students in the "Stealing in Music City" seminar at Vanderbilt University must devise a workable system for distributing music that delivers content for a reasonable price and allows songwriters, artists and other stakeholders to get paid. Read More

Rabbi Everett Gendler will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, in Room 126 of Wilson Hall on the Vanderbilt campus. The lecture, part of a course called "The Nonviolent Struggle" taught by the civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson, is free and open to the public. Read More