Releases

Vanderbilt University will look within the borders of its own campus for potential bone marrow donors during a registry drive on Thursday, April 7. Read More

A record high 11,628 students sought admission to Vanderbilt University‘s fall 2005 freshman class, while fewer than 4,000 of them actually received letters of acceptance, making admissions for the Class of 2009 the most selective in the university‘s history. Read More

Busy executives often put off professional development because schedules are already too tight, or they can‘t afford to leave their jobs to go back to school full time. Read More

Vanderbilt‘s new Student Life Center, which celebrated its grand opening March 30, features a piece of artwork by Los Angeles-based sculptor Bruce Gray. Read More

Nashville (Tenn.) - Larry M. Goldberg, vice president for hospitaloperations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, has been namedexecutive director and CEO of Vanderbilt University Hospital. Read More

Vanderbilt Law School maintained its No. 17 ranking in the nation for the fifth consecutive year, while Peabody College saw seven of its programs ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of the leading graduate and professional schools. Peabody‘s Special Education program was ranked first in the nation for the third straight year. Read More

Joe Blackburn, a leading researcher in operations management and longtime member of the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management faculty, has been named senior associate dean. Read More

Christian women are looking to the Virgin Mary for inspiration as they move to expand their leadership within the church, says a Vanderbilt University theologian who has organized a Mary conference on April 13 and 14. Read More

The role of religion in ecology will be explored by a leading proponent of ecofeminism during a lecture on Thursday, April 7, at Vanderbilt University. Read More

NO!, a documentary about rape in the African-American community, will be screened Tuesday, April 5, at Vanderbilt University, followed by a discussion led by filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons. Read More

Dr. Irwin B. Eskind, a retired Nashville physician and philanthropist and a strong supporter of Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine for more than a half century, died March 28 at his home in Nashville. He was 80. Read More

Interfaith activist and filmmaker Ruth Broyde-Sharone will bring her most recent documentary, God and Allah Need to Talk — a Film for Healing and Reconciliation, to Vanderbilt University Tuesday, April 5. Read More

Lawrence Small will discuss his vision for the Smithsonian Institution during a lecture titled "A 21st Century Smithsonian" April 5 at Vanderbilt. Read More

Fourteen student actors will portray 50 characters in the Vanderbilt University Theatre production of Steven Dietz‘s "Handing Down the Names," which debuts Friday, April 8. Read More

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that profoundly affects the lives of thousands of children and adults and their families. Susan Folstein, a distinguished psychiatrist and geneticist known for her research on autism, will speak at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development on Thursday, March 31, at 4 p.m. Read More

Tom Wolfe, author of the critically acclaimed works "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff," will speak at Vanderbilt University on Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. Read More

Art created by DeLoss McGraw and inspired by poems by Robert Penn Warren will be exhibited at the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt University in April. McGraw will discuss his work on Tuesday, April 5. Read More

Vanderbilt will celebrate the grand opening of its new Student Life Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Wednesday, March 30, followed by a series of events through April 2. Read More

Vanderbilt‘s second round contest at Memorial Gymnasium Monday, March 21 will start at 8 p.m. CT and will be televised by ESPN. The Commodores will face the winner of the Western Kentucky-Wichita State match-up to take place on Saturday. Read More

A union representing about 570 Vanderbilt University employees has voted overwhelmingly to accept a new two-year contract with the university. Read More