Releases
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Automatic external defibrillator saves young athlete’s life; Nwankwo released from hospital
The quick actions of an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life of Vanderbilt basketball student-athlete Davis Nwankwo (Nah-WONK-wo), said the team physician. Read MoreMar 10, 2006
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Automatic External Defibrillator Saves Young Athlete’s Life – Nwankwo Released From Hospital
The quick actions of an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life of Vanderbilt basketball student-athlete Davis Nwankwo (Nah-WONK-wo), said the team physician. Read MoreMar 9, 2006
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McGerr lecture marks 133rd Founder’s Day
Michael McGerr, the Paul V. McNutt Professor of American History at Indiana University, will deliver the inaugural Vanderbilt Founder's Day Lecture on Thursday, March 16. The lecture is in conjunction with the 133rd anniversary of the first gift of the university's namesake patron, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Read MoreMar 9, 2006
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Shane Hutson receives CAREER award to study forces that cause cell movements during development
The vital process that transforms the identical cells in a fertilized egg into a multi-cellular embryo with a complicated shape and dozens of different cell types involves a surprising amount of movement: As development proceeds, cells move hither and yon in a complex choreography for reasons that largely remain mysterious. Read MoreMar 9, 2006
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Vanderbilt to honor early black female graduates at dinner
Being one of Vanderbilt University's first female African American students was a mixed but ultimately rewarding experience for Dorothy Phillips. Read MoreMar 9, 2006
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SAT accurate predictor of future creativity and success for bright kids
Students with extraordinary scores on the SAT at age 12 go on to achieve exceptional life success into their 30s, researchers have found. Read MoreMar 8, 2006
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Video, slide project installation marks a first at Studio Arts Center; Louis Cameron exhibition runs March 13-24 at Vanderbilt
An installation by Brooklyn, N.Y., artist Louis Cameron marks the first exhibition by an outside artist at Vanderbilt University's new E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center. Read MoreMar 8, 2006
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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Receives Funding to Identify Signals for Breast Cancer in the Blood and Women at High-Risk for the Disease
A team of researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been awarded $1.5 million from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Read MoreMar 8, 2006
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Growing religious diversity has implications for democracy; Robert Wuthnow of Princeton speaks at Vanderbilt on March 23
Respect for a variety of religious traditions is growing in America, but that welcome development holds potential pitfalls for democracy, believes a Princeton University sociologist set to speak at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreMar 7, 2006
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VUMC Launches New Avian Flu Vaccine Trial for 18 to 64-Year-Old Participants
As tensions rise over the growing possibility of an avian flu pandemic, this week Infectious Diseases researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are launching a new trial of an avian flu vaccine. Read MoreMar 7, 2006
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Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, conservative journalist Peter Brimelow headline Vanderbilt University’s Impact Symposium March 20-21
Former U.S. senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards and conservative journalist Peter Brimelow, known for his controversial writings on immigration policy, will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 20-21 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read MoreMar 6, 2006
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Roles of writer and critic to be discussed at Vanderbilt Spring Symposium; Linda Gregerson, David Lehman and James Wood to visit
Three prominent writers who also critique others in their field will participate in Vanderbilt University's annual Spring Symposium on March 23 and 24. Read MoreMar 3, 2006
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Jacobson outlines VUMC’s future path
With a "bold goal" to reinvest $300 million annually by 2016, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Harry Jacobson, M.D., told an auditorium packed with faculty, staff and students that he envisions Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be a far different place when it meets its ambitious 10-year goals. Read MoreMar 3, 2006
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Stark delivers second Templeton lecture on why religions succeed or fail
Sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Rodney Stark, who debunks the notion that Christianity has held back scientific progress in his new book, delivered the second in a series of four lectures about why religions succeed or fail during a lecture series at Vanderbilt University Feb. 28. Read MoreMar 2, 2006
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Vanderbilt Hillel endowment funded by challenge campaign
The goal of enhancing Jewish life at Vanderbilt University has been strengthened by the successful conclusion of a campaign to raise a $2.4 million endowment for the Vanderbilt Hillel. Read MoreMar 2, 2006
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Lotions and potions that promise to remove wrinkles and other effects of aging crowd cosmetics aisle shelves, but do these treatments really work?
Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have identified new molecular indicators ó or "biomarkers" ó of aging in the skin that could be used to evaluate anti-aging therapies. Their findings are reported in this month's Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Read MoreMar 2, 2006
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Vanderbilt film series heralds accomplishments of black women; March 13 also marks debut of art exhibit at Black Cultural Center
The lives and accomplishments of black women will be celebrated in March and April with a documentary film series at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreMar 1, 2006
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More than 1,500 college students, non-profit professionals to talk community service, activism at March 3-5 conference at Vanderbilt University
College students, campus administrators and non-profit professionals from across the country will converge at Vanderbilt University March 3-5 for discussions, networking and workshops on how to improve the quality of life on their campuses and in their communities through community service, activism and socially responsible work. Read MoreMar 1, 2006
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Media fellowship on meth and children available at Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University encourages active journalists to apply to attend its 2007 media fellowship, "Meth Rescue: Meth's Effects on Children, Families and the Foster Care System," April 24-27, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. Read MoreFeb 28, 2006
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Vanderbilt lecturer to challenge the ‘male and lordly’ God; Laurel C. Schneider to deliver annual Antoinette Brown lecture
It's time to rethink common assumptions about the nature of God which support the subjugation of women and non-whites, believes a leading feminist theologian set to lecture at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreFeb 28, 2006