Releases

A dozen faculty members who are retiring from Vanderbilt University this year will be honored during the May 14 Commencement ceremony when the University honors their years of service and bestows on them the title of emeritus faculty. Read More

Discoveries by Vanderbilt archaeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli will be the focus of a new National Geographic special, Dawn of the Maya, scheduled to air Wednesday, May 12, at 8 p.m. ET on PBS. Read More

Researchers, using a new combination of techniques, have discovered that dopamine levels in our brains vary the most in situations where we are unsure if we are going to be rewarded, such as when we are gambling or playing the lottery. Read More

A new vaccine to protect against anthrax infections will undergo clinical trial testing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and up to 11 other national sites in an effort to determine correct dosing formulas. Read More

Political science books fill one wall of Bruce Oppenheimer's office in Calhoun Hall at Vanderbilt University. Across the room, a comparatively tiny bookcase is stuffed with works like Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer and three videotape installments of HBO's When It was a Game. Read More

In the spirit of cooperation between Tennessee public and private universities, Tennessee Tech University and Vanderbilt University are helping students prepare to face today's world of corporate buyouts, layoffs, greed and unethical practices with entrepreneurial skills and attitude. Read More

If it were a reality TV show, it might have been called "Making the Brand." For the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, it was a singular opportunity to engage students in a real-time, brand management case that would position the school for a new century and, in the process, give new meaning to the decades-old concept of "brand promise." Read More

According to business gurus, the smart money is on "smart" systems-those computer enhancements that pop up in everything from musical greeting cards to "smart dust" defense intelligence systems. However, much is lost in the translation when computers move out of the box into the physical world to form "smart" embedded systems. Read More

Engineers are known for making sure that all loose ends are tied up. For William Morrison, the one loose end was an unfinished master's degree in engineering at Vanderbilt University. Morrison will receive his degree May 14 not as a beginning to his career, but as a capstone. That's because at age 80, Morrison is finishing a degree he began when he was just 25. Read More

Vera M. Kutzinski has been appointed to lead an innovative center at Vanderbilt University which studies North, Central, and South America across political and disciplinary boundaries. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development and the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee will host an opening reception for the "Art Through the Eyes of Autism II" art exhibit April 29 at 5 p.m. in the lobby of the Kennedy Center/MRL Building on Vanderbilt's Peabody campus. Read More

Helmut Walser Smith, a major scholar of German and European history, has been named the first Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. Read More

A technical walkthrough for television outlets for the Condoleezza Rice/Senior Class Day event at Vanderbilt University will be held Wednesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. Read More

Kent D. Syverud, dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School since 1997, announced today he will step down as dean when his second term ends in the summer of 2005. Syverud, who is the Garner Anthony Professor of Law, will continue as a full-time faculty member. Read More

Important new stone monuments covered with historical texts dating from a period just before the collapse of the classic Maya civilization have been unearthed by archaeologists from Vanderbilt University and the Guatemalan Ministry of Culture who are excavating a thousand-year-old ball court with support from the National Geographic Society. Read More

Two residents of Georgia are the newest members of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust. Read More

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will speak at Vanderbilt University's inaugural Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 13, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Senior Class Day is an addition to Vanderbilt's graduation celebrations and is held the day before the University's Commencement exercises. Read More

Vanderbilt engineering seniors will strut their stuff Tuesday, April 27, during the School of Engineering "Senior Design Day." Read More

For children and adults with disabilities and their families, finding information and health, developmental, education and other support services can be difficult and time-consuming. The new Vanderbilt Kennedy Family Outreach Center, which celebrates its opening April 21, helps families navigate the maze of services to find the best treatment, support and research available. Read More

Georgetown University law professor Sheryll Cashin will give a talk, "The Failures of Integration: America's Struggle with Race and Class 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education," Friday, April 23, at Vanderbilt University. Read More