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The day that robot playmates help children with autism learn the social skills that they naturally lack has come a step closer with the development of a system that allows a robot to monitor a child's emotional state. Read More

Students helping other students learn has been proven to boost academic achievement and social skills in students with and without disabilities. A new book by Vanderbilt University researchers, Peer Support Strategies for Improving All Students' Social Lives and Learning, based on over 20 years of research in the field, offers teachers practical guidelines for implementing these peer support strategies in the classroom. Read More

Hundreds of Vanderbilt students will hit the dance floor Feb. 13-14 during Dance Marathon, a 14-hour student-run event to raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and the Children's Miracle Network. Dance Marathon will be held from 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, until 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Student Recreation Center on Vanderbilt's campus. The event is open to the public and all proceeds from Dance Marathon will go to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

John Murphy, a national expert on presidential campaign speeches and rhetoric, will present "A New Birth of Freedom: Barack Obama and the Rhetorical Uses of History" on Monday, Feb. 16, at 4:10 p.m. at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The son of the namesake of The Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions at Vanderbilt Divinity School will speak during a Feb. 26 breakfast about lessons learned from a leadership challenge. Read More

Voters have the opportunity to meet the candidates running for the Metro Council District 18 seat and hear their ideas on wide-ranging community issues during a Feb. 22 forum. Read More

Academically talented 5th and 6th graders taking part in the Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young, or SAVY, will have a chance to tour a trailer decked out with cutting-edge, computer-aided gizmos and interactive technology Saturday, Feb. 14, from 10 to 11 a.m. in Lot 111 on the corner of 19th and Edgehill avenues. Read More

Vanderbilt University senior Amanda Scott has won a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship – a full-cost award for graduate study and research in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. Read More

Hundreds of Vanderbilt students will hit the dance floor Feb. 13-14 to benefit the health of area children during Dance Marathon, a 14-hour student-run event to raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and the Children's Miracle Network. Read More

Last May, during my remarks at Vanderbilt University's graduate school commencement ceremony, I shared this observation, "The world you're about to enter as Vanderbilt's newest alumni is a world where many of the challenges so in need of fresh ideas are increasingly measured in trillions." Little did I know then that the economy's approaching nosedive would soon turn trillions into front-page news. Read More

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Israeli legislator Natan Sharansky will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 17-18 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read More

Poet Maggie Anderson, famed for her evocation of Appalachian themes and language in her work, will read from her poems at Vanderbilt University as part of the Gertrude and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series. Read More

Endowment managers at Vanderbilt University bested many of their peers in the last six months of 2008, with Vanderbilt's endowment declining 16.5 percent during a period of severe economic downturn. Read More

Community Breakfast sessions on liberation theology and black women will be held this spring at Vanderbilt Divinity School, on Feb. 12 and March 12 respectively. Also, the divinity school (411 21st Avenue South) is sponsoring a three-part class at West End United Methodist Church (2200 West End Ave.) on the history of marriage three consecutive Tuesday evenings in late March and early April. Read More

"Blair in Africa: Researching and Collecting African Music," featuring a performance by prominent Ugandan musician Centurio Balikoowa, takes place Feb. 12 at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music. Read More

Brandt F. Eichman, assistant professor of biological sciences and biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, has received Sigma Xi's Young Investigator Award. Read More

Vanderbilt University's Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center will host a series of free, public lunchtime discussions led by academic leaders in celebration of Black History Month. Read More

The Country Wife, which debuts Feb. 13 at Neely Auditorium at Vanderbilt University, is a Restoration comedy that has been delighting audiences for more than 300 years with its witty language, memorable characters and inventive story. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos sent the following message to the Vanderbilt community Jan. 28, 2009, regarding the economy and the university. To Members of the Vanderbilt Community: As Vanderbilt’s community of faculty, staff and students advances its work in the new year, I want to update you on… Read More

Patrick O'Keeffe, who won the prestigious Story Prize for short stories in 2005, will read from his work Thursday, Feb. 5, at Vanderbilt University. Read More