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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

Country music group Little Texas will give an acoustic performance Friday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. on the grounds of Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory to raise awareness of the observatory and to help fund Dyer's outreach programs. Read More

Singer-songwriters Pat Alger, Marc Beeson and James Dean Hicks will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, as part of the Bluebird on the Mountain concert series at Dyer Observatory. Read More

Artist Mel Ziegler, the new chair of the Vanderbilt University studio arts department, will meet and greet members of the Vanderbilt and Nashville community at a reception on Sept. 5. Read More

Vanderbilt University has established the Eugene Greener Jr. Chair in Jewish Studies, and the first holder will be David J. Wasserstein, director of the university's Jewish Studies program. Read More

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt has been named as one of the premiere children's hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Read More

Babies exposed to chemicals used in non-stick cookware and other consumer products while in their mother's womb were born at a significantly lower body weight, according a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. Read More

Vanderbilt University kicks off its academic year when freshmen move in 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 25. However, there will not have to be immediate tearful goodbyes as parents can stay and participate with their students in Founders Walk, a welcome celebration for new undergraduates during which they symbolically march through the front gates of campus at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Events scheduled during the first week of school include: Read More

Approximately 1,600 Vanderbilt University freshmen will spend one of their first days in Nashville helping out the local community. Read More

Mayoral candidates Bob Clement and Karl Dean will make their cases for becoming Nashville's chief executive during at an hour-long, live televised debate Saturday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. at Vanderbilt University. Read More