Releases

Two Vanderbilt undergraduates have won prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. Read More

Media are invited Friday, April 21, to be among the first to experience a Vanderbilt art exhibit that could "nudge the contemporary art scene in Nashville forward a step or two," according to the Nashville Scene. Read More

A Vanderbilt University doctoral student whose research has examined the relationship between Head Start and its long-term impact on participants' health has been named a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research. Read More

Results of Nationwide Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Show Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene is as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is Only Regional Participant Read More

Researchers from Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will hold a media demonstration of a dirty bomb detection and location system that illustrates the potential of advanced networking technology for homeland security applications. Read More

Initial Results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene or STAR, released today revealed the osteoporosis drug raloxifene has been proved to be as effective as tamoxifen in preventing invasive breast cancer. Read More

Vanderbilt junior Jenny Magill has been named recipient of two of the nation's most prestigious honors scholarships. Magill, a secondary education and history major from Atlanta, has been named both a 2006 Harry S. Truman Scholar and a 2006 Morris K. Udall Scholar. Read More

The Rev. William Sloane Coffin, a peace activist and former visiting professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School, died April 12 at his Vermont home. He was 81. Read More

Two recently released books on autism offer insights and information for both parents and practitioners working with children with this complex disorder. Read More

A Vanderbilt professor has been appointed to a prestigious temporary post at the American Academy in Rome, one of the leading American overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the fine arts and humanities. Read More

Sandra Steingraber, an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health, will speak Thursday, April 20, at 6 p.m. at The Belcourt Theater in Hillsboro Village. Read More

Lloyd Dunn, a national pioneer in the development of tests that allowed educators and parents to better understand, teach and assist individuals with developmental disabilities, died April 6 at his home in Las Vegas, Nev. He was 89. Read More

School choice is at the top of many K-12 policymakers' agendas, but the impact of the nation's burgeoning Latino population on this debate has gone largely unexamined. Vanderbilt experts will explore this topic and many more at the American Educational Research Association's annual meeting in San Francisco, Calif., April 7-11. Read More

Vanderbilt University's debate team had a record season this year competing in 15 tournaments and more than 300 debate rounds, and winning more than 60 awards. Read More

When school's out for summer, the fun really begins. At least it does for those hundreds of Middle Tennessee students who each summer attend one of the dozens of camps on the campus of Vanderbilt University. Read More

Jay Grinney, president and CEO of HealthSouth, will speak at Vanderbilt Law School about the progress the Birmingham-based health care company has made in restoring its credibility and profitability in the wake of the massive financial scandal uncovered there three years ago. Read More

A new DVD series for toddlers, "Sesame Beginnings," released this week by the "Sesame Street" franchise has stirred continuing controversy about whether children under 2 should watch television. Vanderbilt child development expert Georgene Troseth has found that it's parental interactionónot videosóthat helps very young children learn. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's LifeFlight air ambulance program has become the first program in Tennessee to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). Read More

Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development was ranked 5th in the nation for the second consecutive year 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 fourth straight year, and, overall, the school saw seven of its programs ranked in the top 10. Read More

Last year, the amount of external funding that Vanderbilt University researchers received from peer-reviewed contracts and grants increased by 15 percent to reach an all-time high of $444 million. Read More