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A legacy of the 2000 election is the increased likelihood that the 2004 and subsequent presidential races will end up in the courts, says Susanna Sherry, Cal Turner Professor of Law and Leadership at Vanderbilt University. Read More

"Company," Stephen Sondheim's grown-up look at love and marriage, is the second production of the Vanderbilt University Department of Theatre's 2004-2005 season. Read More

The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, author of bestselling books about faith and widely regarded as one of America's most distinguished preachers, will deliver the 2004 Cole Lectures at Vanderbilt University on Nov. 4 and 5. Read More

Vanderbilt professors will discuss diverse topics ranging from the presidential election and its impact on the Middle East to understanding the latest recording technologies during a series of "Classes Without Quizzes" on Nov. 5. Read More

A few lucky families will avoid long lines to receive flu vaccine for their young children, and may help future generations at the same time by participating in flu vaccine research at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

Decades ago Halloween meant visiting a handful of houses, always prepared to earn a treat with a clever homemade costume and a friendly Halloween greeting. Today many families feel trick-or-treating is an exercise in excess at a time when obesity is one of the nation's top health concerns. Read More

Juvenile defenders from all 50 states, juvenile justice advocates and legal experts will convene in Nashville Oct. 22-24 for the national Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit. The summit is held in a different city each year and is co-sponsored this year by the Vanderbilt Child and Family Policy Center. Read More

One week before American voters decide whether to retain George W. Bush as president or make a change with Sen. John Kerry, political analyst and author Joe Klein will speak at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Carole Brookins, the World Bank's executive director for the United States, will speak about "Tennessee and the World Bank: Partners in Development" at Vanderbilt University on Oct. 20. Read More

There are many terms that can be used to define Monica J. Casper, the new director of the women's studies program at Vanderbilt University ñ feminist scholar, bioethicist, medical sociologist and mom. Indeed, Casper's varied roles reflect one of her major goals since joining the university this fall ñ to expand people's definition of women's studies. Read More

Annette S. Eskind, chairman of the Nashville Public Education Foundation, announced that the foundation is establishing a $1,000,000 endowed fund at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University that will create a permanent collaborative relationship between Peabody, Vanderbilt and Metro Public Schools to help meet the professional development needs of Metro Schools teachers and principals. Read More

The "down low" black male quickly became a cultural touchstone after the publication of On the Down Low by J.L. King and its subsequent promotion in the national print and television media. Read More

The longest continuous Holocaust lecture series at an American university begins its 27th year on Thursday, Oct. 21, at Vanderbilt University and will expand to consider genocides beyond those perpetrated by the Nazis. Read More

Vanderbilt University students will gather Wednesday evening to watch the final and perhaps decisive presidential debate. Read More

French scholar Claude Pichois, one of the world's foremost scholars of French letters and a Vanderbilt University professor since 1970, died Tuesday at a Paris hospital of heart failure. He was 79. Read More

Controversial Vietnam veteran and Vanderbilt alumnus B.G. "Jug" Burkett will speak on campus Oct. 21 about "The Myths of the Vietnam War ñ Then and Now." Read More

A three-year collaborative research project exploring the relationship between religion and the economy will be outlined by members of an interdisciplinary faculty research team commissioned by the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture at Vanderbilt University. Read More

With the United States' military involvement in Iraq playing a key role in the hotly contested presidential race between George W. Bush and John Kerry, Pierre Gassmann's insight could prove invaluable to voters trying to sort through the rhetoric. Gassmann, who until July served as head of the Baghdad delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), will discuss "Humanitarianism and the Global War on Terror: Does Neutrality Still Make Sense?" on Oct. 12 at Vanderbilt. Read More

In post-Sept. 11 America, prisons are increasingly holding people, some of them indefinitely, for reasons of security, asylum and migration. But neither George Bush nor John Kerry is talking about immigration issues, which "should be at the very forefront of the debates," says Robert Barsky, an immigration issues expert and Vanderbilt University professor. Read More

There has not been a personnel change on the Supreme Court in 10 years ñ the longest the body has gone unchanged since the 1820s. If President George W. Bush replaces a liberal justice or Sen. John Kerry replaces a conservative justice, there is a significant opportunity for change within this closely divided Supreme Court, says Suzanna Sherry, Cal Turner Professor of Law and Leadership at Vanderbilt University. Read More