Releases

A message from David Williams, vice chancellor for university affairs and athletics to the Vanderbilt community about the big Oct. 4 game with Auburn and ESPN\'s presence on campus that day. Read More

The youth vote will play an important role in this year's presidential election and Vanderbilt University students will be tuning in to Thursday's vice presidential debate at a group viewing on campus. Read More

Vanderbilt University's seven-year initiative to reduce students' education-related debt will take a bold step forward in fall 2009 when the university replaces all need-based student loans with Vanderbilt grant and scholarship assistance while continuing to fully meet the demonstrated need of its undergraduates. Read More

An interdisciplinary group of scientists has obtained the first detailed information about the structure of the most destructive group of plant viruses known: flexible filamentous viruses. Read More

Soledad O'Brien, anchor and special correspondent for CNN: Special Investigations Unit, will deliver a talk, "Diversity: On TV, Behind the Scenes and in Our Lives," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Langford Auditorium at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Count ESPN\'s College GameDay crew - yes, Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard - among the audience for Vanderbilt\'s nationally televised meeting with Southeastern Conference Western Division power Auburn this Saturday on campus. ESPN officials confirmed Sunday morning that its popular "College GameDay Built by the Home Depot" show will broadcast from the Vanderbilt campus on Saturday, October 4. It will mark College GameDay\'s first appearance in Nashville. Read More

The role of homosexuals in the Christian Church will be examined at a three-day workshop at a Nashville church. The "Our Family Matters" workshop Oct. 22-25 will include a screening of the documentary God and Gays: Bridging the Gap, which inspired the conference. Read More

Frank Warren, founder and curator of the PostSecret Project, brings his story to Vanderbilt University Friday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. at Langford Auditorium. Read More

Candidates on the November ballot in Middle Tennessee – in contests ranging from president to state lawmaker – have been invited to meet the Vanderbilt community, including the university's neighbors, at a Sept. 25 picnic on Olin Lawn. Read More

The New York Times best-selling author Stephen Mansfield and Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean James Hudnut-Beumler bring a discussion, "Race, Religion and Politics: Evangelicals, Conservatives and Liberals Look for Common Ground," to Vanderbilt University Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. Read More

DiscoverLibrary, Vanderbilt University's online research tool, is now more easily accessible through the Vanderbilt University Web site. Online users can locate an expanding variety of resources by clicking on the DiscoverLibrary search box, which has been added to the Vanderbilt Students and Research Web pages. Read More

Community leaders, educators and a hip-hop artist will gather at Vanderbilt University to discuss hip-hop, the presidential election and the youth vote Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at The Commons Center. Read More

James J. Yee, Army captain and former chaplain at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was falsely accused of espionage and arrested and imprisoned for nearly three months before charges were dropped, will bring his story to Vanderbilt Monday, Sept. 22. Read More

The best state financial aid policies focus on students who would not otherwise go to college and make aid simple to apply for and keep, a new research review by Vanderbilt University higher education researcher William Doyle finds. The review has implications for federal financial aid policies. Read More

Elizabeth McCracken, a celebrated novelist who has just released a powerful memoir, will read from her work at Vanderbilt University as part of the Gertrude & Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Program at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Class of 2012 is the most academically prepared class in the history of Vanderbilt University by all measures, including high school ranking, numbers of National Merit scholars, leadership potential and test scores. It is also the most ethnically and geographically diverse, and its selection was the most competitive, with 16,944 students vying for the 1,569 slots in the entering class. Read More

Gary Gerstle, the first James G. Stahlman Professor of American History at Vanderbilt University, will deliver his inaugural lecture Sept. 25 on "Minorities, Multiculturalism and the Presidency of George W. Bush." Read More

Technology company Google will bring its retro-fitted, eco-friendly school bus to Vanderbilt University Thursday, Sept. 18, as part of a campaign to get more students, faculty and staff using their free Google Apps for Education that includes Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Talk calls and instant messaging, and Google Sites Web site builder. Read More

A panel discussion by Vanderbilt alumni who survived the Holocaust will highlight the 31st Annual Vanderbilt University Holocaust Lecture Series. Read More

The Center for Community Studies at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development is hosting its fall conference Friday, Sept. 19, to showcase and discuss research on key topics affecting communities, including Nashville. Read More