Releases

The popular Bluebird on the Mountain concert series returns for its second season at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory with a show featuring top singer-songwriters Gary Nicholson and "Big Al" Anderson along with multitalented performer Kenny White. Read More

Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, will be the keynote speaker at Vanderbilt University's Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 11, at 9 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Read More

Vanderbilt Medical Center laboratories will be joining the many laboratories across the country that observe and celebrate National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (NMLPW). Read More

An education assessment company founded by Vanderbilt University's Peabody College has been purchased by a major producer of digital video-based learning products. Discovery Education, of Silver Spring, Md., announced the purchase of Nashville-based ThinkLink Learning on April 3. Read More

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