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It's established that in medieval times spices were such a valued commodity that the business of importing them was the most profitable and dynamic element in European trade. Read More

Jeremy J. Waldron, University Professor of Law and director of the Center for Law and Philosophy at Columbia University, will discuss "The Rule Against Torture as a Legal Archetype" at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, at Vanderbilt University Law School. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which has a 21-year accident free operation, is the first dedicated air medical operation in the U.S. to deploy the American Eurocopter EC 145 equipped with the latest in state of the art avionics specially designed to operate in the nighttime and inclimate weather environment. VUMC, which operates four helicopters and one fixed wing and is the largest IFR program in Tennessee, has air ambulance experts available to speak about air ambulance safety standards. Read More

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been chosen by the National Cancer Institute to join an elite group of researchers asked to test the most cutting-edge cancer treatments in Phase II clinical trials in both solid tumor and hematologic malignancies. Read More

In a new book, a professor at Vanderbilt University documents the effective role music and the arts are playing in the fight against AIDS in Uganda. Read More

An information session on Accelerator — Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute at the Owen Graduate School of Management will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 222 at the Owen School. Undergraduate students from Vanderbilt and other area colleges and universities and their parents are invited to learn more about Vanderbilt's unique summer program, and students attending the information session are eligible for a program discount. Read More

W. Kip Viscusi and Joni Hersch, law and economics scholars at Harvard Law School, will join the Vanderbilt University faculty later this year as the law school launches the first program of its kind — a Ph.D. in law and economics. Read More

Vanderbilt University will examine the legacy of African American fraternities and sororities, which celebrate their 100th birthday this year, during a week of activities Feb. 6-10. Read More

USA Baseball announced today that Tim Corbin of Vanderbilt University will serve as head coach of the 2006 USA Baseball National Team that will represent the United States this summer. Read More

Hailed as one of the great voices in contemporary literature, Maya Angelou has worn many hats — poet, bestselling author, actress, historian, playwright, civil rights activist, producer and director — and she will share her experiences Monday, Feb. 27, at a public lecture at Vanderbilt University's Memorial Gym. Read More

Sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Rodney Stark, who debunks the notion that Christianity has held back scientific progress in his new book, will preview a new project about why religions succeed or fail during a lecture series at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Members of the Vanderbilt University and Nashville communities will gather for a candlelight vigil honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. in the university's Benton Chapel. Read More

James Ransome, illustrator of more than 50 children's books, will deliver the Vanderbilt Peabody College 2006 Martin Luther King Lecture Thursday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. His lecture, "A Painterly Palette of My Life," will take place in the Wyatt Center Rotunda and is free and open to the public. Read More

Vanderbilt will add women's swimming as a varsity sport by the fall of 2007, possibly sooner, as the result of an internal periodic review of its athletic program. This addition helps insure that the institution is providing opportunity for its student body to compete at the highest levels of intercollegiate athletics. Read More

John Douglas, former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has hunted some of the most notorious criminals of our time and he will share an inside look during a free public lecture at Vanderbilt University, Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. Read More

Ed Colker, a noted print-maker and book publisher, will address "Modern Arts of the Book," at 4:10 pm. on Jan. 16 in 114 Furman Hall. A reception will follow his illustrated lecture, which will cover many of the major art movements of the 20th century. Read More

Classroom-based interventions for children with emotional and behavioral disorders was the topic of a Jan. 11 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Devleopment lecture. Read More

Charles Baxter, whose fiction has been described as "a valentine to the Midwest" by The Atlantic, will read from his work on Jan. 30 at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Efforts to reform drug regulation in the wake of the Vioxx withdrawal do not go far enough, according to experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

A new public service announcement for Vanderbilt University features an urgent drum cadence by the "Spirit of Gold" Marching Band Drumline accompanied by images showing student and academic life. Read More