Releases

In his State of the Union Address, President Bush called for a sharpening of America's competitiveness and highlighted the need to pick up the pace of innovation in order to thrive on the playing field of global commerce. Read More

John Ashcroft, whose tenure as U.S. attorney general from 2001 to 2005 included an historic era of safety and security concerns for America following Sept. 11, will speak at Vanderbilt University Monday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. in Ingram Hall. Read More

Writer and activist Lucy R. Lippard, a celebrated art critic, theorist and author of more than 20 books on contemporary art and cultural criticism, will present "Common Ground: Arts & Communities" on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Vanderbilt University as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More

Hamlet, possibly the most famous play in the English language, will open Feb. 17 at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Vanderbilt University Professor of Law Richard Nagareda says the asbestos reform litigation backed by the president and expected to be debated in the U.S. Senate as early as next week "would mark a huge step forward for litigation reform in this country. Read More

Did you hear that Saddam Hussein took a hundred lawyers hostage and said that if his demands aren't met, he'll start releasing them one by one? Read More

When it comes to education reform, Tennessee needs a booster shot. Somehow, education has fallen from its once prime place on the public policy agenda. We need a mechanism that can overcome our current statewide school policy steady state and stimulate and guide local creativity. Charter schools offer such hope. Read More

Vanderbilt is one of 40 centers nationwide to enroll patients in a study to determine the efficacy and safety of a new pacing device for heart failure patients. This is the first time the device, called the Optimizer III, will be implanted in humans. Read More

While Super Bowl ads often beat the game itself for entertainment value, they wouldn't be effective any other day of the year, says Jennifer Escalas, associate professor at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management and an expert on consumer research and advertising. Read More

Peter T. Cummings -- John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University and director of the Nanomaterials Theory Institute of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory — has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. Read More

George W. Bush has an important primetime opportunity to regain some presidential momentum by delivering a compelling State of the Union address, according to Vanderbilt political scientist John Geer. Read More

Author and cultural critic Kevin Powell, an original cast member of MTV's The Real World, will speak at Vanderbilt University on "Images of Blacks in the Media." Read More

Thanks to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's new Clinical Trials Mentor Program, patients considering enrolling in a clinical trial can now ask questions and get first-hand accounts from patient advocates who have already gone through the process. Read More

It's established that in medieval times spices were such a valued commodity that the business of importing them was the most profitable and dynamic element in European trade. Read More

Jeremy J. Waldron, University Professor of Law and director of the Center for Law and Philosophy at Columbia University, will discuss "The Rule Against Torture as a Legal Archetype" at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, at Vanderbilt University Law School. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which has a 21-year accident free operation, is the first dedicated air medical operation in the U.S. to deploy the American Eurocopter EC 145 equipped with the latest in state of the art avionics specially designed to operate in the nighttime and inclimate weather environment. VUMC, which operates four helicopters and one fixed wing and is the largest IFR program in Tennessee, has air ambulance experts available to speak about air ambulance safety standards. Read More

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been chosen by the National Cancer Institute to join an elite group of researchers asked to test the most cutting-edge cancer treatments in Phase II clinical trials in both solid tumor and hematologic malignancies. Read More

In a new book, a professor at Vanderbilt University documents the effective role music and the arts are playing in the fight against AIDS in Uganda. Read More

An information session on Accelerator — Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute at the Owen Graduate School of Management will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 222 at the Owen School. Undergraduate students from Vanderbilt and other area colleges and universities and their parents are invited to learn more about Vanderbilt's unique summer program, and students attending the information session are eligible for a program discount. Read More

W. Kip Viscusi and Joni Hersch, law and economics scholars at Harvard Law School, will join the Vanderbilt University faculty later this year as the law school launches the first program of its kind — a Ph.D. in law and economics. Read More