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Vanderbilt University will elevate creative practice on and off campus to prepare students to work with globalized markets, engage emerging technologies and navigate increasingly complex intellectual property rules through an expansive new program funded by recording industry executive Mike Curb. Read More

After recent efforts to develop a vaccine to protect against AIDS proved ineffective, the National Institutes of Health announced a change in research direction; and it\'s one that will involve the lab of James Crowe, M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

There\'s more to great health care than medicine. While physicians, nurses and hospital administrators are experts at patient care, they often lack the business skills needed to be effective managers. The new Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year degree program designed to arm clinical professionals with the business fundamentals and decision-making skills needed to successfully manage people, programs and processes. Read More

With temperatures already hitting the mid-90s, it\'s important to keep a close eye on children, especially those who are active outside. "This is the time that we tend to see more heat-induced illnesses because kids are out of school and more active outdoors,"said Rebecca Swan, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt University is the first university in the state to receive Gold level certification for its environmentally friendly construction from the U.S. Green Building Council\'s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. Read More

President George W. Bush has appointed Jennifer A. Pietenpol, director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Pietenpol, the B.F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Oncology at Vanderbilt-Ingram, will serve a six-year term through March 9, 2014. Read More

Vanderbilt University Professor of History William Caferro has received the 2008 Otto Grundler Prize for his book John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in 14th Century Italy. Western Michigan University offers this prestigious award annually for the best book or monograph on medieval studies. Read More

Events from scholarly presentations to a concert will mark three major events at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Tuesday, June 17: the dedication the new $110 million Medical Research Building IV; the renovation of L.C. Langford Auditorium; and the unveiling of a sculpture by world-renowned artist Frank Stella. Read More

Anthropologist Tom D. Dillehay\'s book Monuments, Empires and Resistance has received the Society of American Archaeology\'s highest book award for 2008. Read More

The new full-time office to support the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community at Vanderbilt University will be led by Nora Spencer, who leaves a similar job at the University of Florida. Read More

Vanderbilt astronomers have constructed a special-purpose telescope that will allow them to participate in one of the hottest areas in astronomy-- the hunt for earthlike planets circling other stars. Read More

Michael R. Snellgrove has been named Vanderbilt University\'s assistant chief of police. Snellgrove, who joined the university June 2, most recently served as a division commander at Duke University Police Department. Read More

The impact of the nation\'s current economic downturn on low- and moderate-income students is the topic of an all-day national roundtable discussion scheduled for June 13 at Vanderbilt University\'s Peabody College of education and human development. Read More

Despite what seems like an exhaustive and never-ending primary season for the Democratic presidential candidates, the process actually worked, says Distinguished Professor of Political Science John Geer. The race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has essentially come down to a tie, and the superdelegates are fulfilling their role. Read More

Improving access to college for rural Tennessee students is the aim of a partnership between Vanderbilt University and the state of Tennessee that will bring more than 200 high school students, parents and school administrators to Nashville June 1-5. Read More

Vanderbilt\'s Accelerator program offers undergraduates and recent graduates an intensive immersion in the world of business. Accelerator participants are assigned to competitive teams and are expected to provide solutions to problems and opportunities presented by real corporations. Read More

15 high school students have been selected for Vanderbilt's Young Scholars Medical Program. Read More

The value to society of saving a high-risk youth from a life of crime is between $2.6 million and $5.3 million each at age 18, according to a study by Mark Cohen of Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Three Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development faculty have been promoted to associate professor with tenure. The promotions were voted on by Peabody and university-wide faculty committees and confirmed by the Board of Trust at its spring meeting May 15-16. Read More

The effect of the crime rate on overall life satisfaction is relatively small, a Vanderbilt researcher has reported. While public opinion polls show that people think crime should be a high priority for local governments, crime appears to be only a small factor in a person\'s feeling of well-being, according to the study\'s author, Mark Cohen. Read More