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Acclaimed poet Robin Becker, poetry editor and contributing editor for The Women's Review of Books, will give a public reading from her work at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The future career path and creative direction of gifted youth can be predicted well by their performance on the SAT at age 13, a new study from Vanderbilt University finds. The study offers insights into how best to identify the nation's most talented youth, which is a focus of the new $43 billion America Competes Act recently passed by Congress to enhance the United States' ability to compete globally. Read More

A pregnant woman is kidnapped outside an abortion clinic and held prisoner - chained to a bed - in an attempt to force her to deliver a baby. Read More

The changing brain, architectural "winners and losers" and the rise of Irish literature are among the topics offered this fall at Vanderbilt University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Read More

The role of lesbians and gays in the Christian church will be addressed at Vanderbilt University in the inaugural lecture of Ellen T. Armour as the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Associate Professor of Feminist Theology. Read More

Protestant leaders are on an endless quest to make their worship rituals relevant while keeping sight of traditions. During a three-part Relevant Religion workshop beginning Sept. 25, two Vanderbilt Divinity School professors will consider the effectiveness of various new worship styles. Read More

Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, Shalimar the Clown and winner of numerous literary prizes, will speak at Vanderbilt University to open the Chancellor's Lecture Series for the fall 2007 semester. Read More

Watch live streaming video of Vanderbilt alumnus Perry Wallace delivering the first Walter R. Murray Jr. Memorial Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Read More

In 2008, Democratic campaign strategists might want to target traditionally Republican congressional districts with heavy casualties in Iraq, according to research by two Vanderbilt University political scientists. Read More

Vanderbilt University maintained its rank of 23rd in the nation in the total value of federal science and engineering research grants awarded to campus researchers, according to an annual report compiled by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read More

New research from Vanderbilt University and the University of Missouri-Columbia suggests that performance pay for teachers and administrators often has a positive impact on student achievement and should be explored by states and school districts. Their findings are the result of a review of six large current or planned performance-pay programs and the U.S. Department of Education's $500 million Teacher Incentive Fund implemented under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Read More

Vanderbilt clinical professor of law Alex Hurder has spent much of his career championing the rights of people with mental and physical disabilities. Now Hurder is taking on an even more powerful role as an advocate for individuals with disabilities. Read More

Vanderbilt University will host "A Conversation with Gore Vidal" Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. in Benton Chapel as part of its Project Dialogue series. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

By mapping a specialized sensory organ that the malaria mosquito uses to zero in on its human prey, an international team of researchers has taken an important step toward developing new and improved repellants and attractants that can be used to reduce the threat of malaria, generally considered the most prevalent life-threatening disease in the world. Read More

Vanderbilt University will honor alumnus Walter R. Murray Jr., the first African American to serve on the Board of Trust, Tuesday, Sept. 4, with a memorial lecture and by naming a new residence hall for him. Read More

The National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) has chosen Jerry Fife, assistant vice chancellor for research finance at Vanderbilt University, to receive its 2007 Distinguished Service Award. Read More

The dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School will speak on religion and the 2008 presidential election on Sept. 20 in the school's first community outreach of the fall semester. Read More

Helping African American males succeed in urban schools can seem like an intractable problem, but applying some basic principles that empower teachers and students is a key part of the answer, finds Vanderbilt University education researcher H. Richard Milner. In a new article in the journal Theory Into Practice, he argues that teachers and school leaders must move beyond making excuses to turn around failing schools. Read More

Men with prostate cancer now may have access to a new, minimally invasive surgical procedure. Urologic surgeons at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will be the first in Tennessee to test the new Ablatherm procedure, which uses high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to destroy cancerous prostate tissue without any incision. Read More

Students at Vanderbilt University have new options for free digital music and video content starting this semester, with the addition of the Ruckus and Joost services to the slate of offerings. Read More