Releases

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Larry R. Churchill, co-director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will examine the factors that must be addressed as America confronts the Medicare crisis in the 21st century during a lecture Sept. 13 at Flynn Auditorium in the Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Hurricane Katrina has left most of New Orleans a virtual toxic wasteland, and a Vanderbilt University professor says that perhaps this once great city that is below sea level should not be rebuilt, at least in its present form. Mark Abkowitz, professor of civil and environmental engineering, says "imagine the infrastructure expense required to rebuild the levees that can withstand far more than what was included in the original design, installation of a pumping system with greater capacity and less prone to failure, and add to that the knowledge that the climate change will increase the frequency and severity of hurricanes in the region." Read More

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Gordon Gee and Fisk University President Hazel O'Leary will lead a celebration Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. of the two universities' Masters-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program partnership to increase the number of minority students pursuing their doctoral degrees in physics, astronomy and the biomedical sciences. Both university leaders will speak, and students who are participating in the partnership will be available for interviews. The event will feature a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Read More

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Gordon Gee and Fisk University President Hazel O‘Leary will lead a celebration Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. of the two universities‘ Masters-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program partnership to increase the number of minority students pursuing their doctoral degrees in physics, astronomy and the biomedical sciences. Both university leaders will speak, and students who are participating in the partnership will be available for interviews. The event will feature a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Read More

Vanderbilt LifeFlight has dispatched its reserve helicopter and a medical team to Hattiesburg, Miss., to assist in disaster relief efforts after a call for assistance was made to Tennessee EMS officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read More

When Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) amended a massive spending bill last year to provide that all institutions of higher education receiving federal funds celebrate Constitution Day, he may not have envisioned a discussion about whether the requirement is itself unconstitutional. Read More

A quirky or socially awkward approach to life might be the key to becoming a great artist, composer or inventor. Read More

In an effort to help displaced hurricane refugees from the Gulf Coast area, the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is holding a special clinic for hurricane victims needing health care at the Vine Hill Clinic on Tuesday and Thursday evenings to treat hurricane disaster refugees who have sought refuge in Middle Tennessee. Read More

Cancer patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath who are in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky and in need of continued treatment can contact the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center for assistance. Read More

Beginning at 1 p.m. today, the Middle Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps (MTMRC) will open a warehouse within the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, located on James Robertson Parkway in downtown Nashville, to receive personal items as well as medical supplies to assist hurricane disaster relief efforts. Beginning tomorrow, warehouse hours will be 7 a.m.-7 p.m. each day. Read More

As Vanderbilt began accepting visiting students from Gulf Coast institutions, the university reassured current Vanderbilt students from the devastated areas that the university is prepared to help meet their changing educational financial needs. Read More

Peter Eisenman, an internationally recognized architect and educator who has designed projects ranging from NFL stadiums to unique private homes, will speak Sept. 23 at Vanderbilt University as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More

Vanderbilt experts are available to discuss a variety of issues related to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, including emergency response planning, police response, looting, economic impact, impact on universities, mass casualties, infectious disease and medical problems facing children. Read More

The Vanderbilt Commodores did something on Sept. 1 that they haven't done since 1993-win their season opener on the road. Fourth-year Head Coach Bobby Johnson and his Commodores toughed out a 24-20 win against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 1:48 left in the game. The four-play, game-clinching drive culminated in a rushing touchdown by sophomore running back Jeff Jennings-his second of the game. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In response to Hurricane Katrina's devastation, Vanderbilt University is offering a campus-wide response that includes medical aid, counseling for students from the affected areas, fund-raising and an option for local students displaced by the tragedy to continue their studies at Vanderbilt while their Gulf Coast colleges and universities work to restore their campuses. Read More

The value of democracy in today's scientific world, a discussion of why presidentialism is bad for U.S. democracy and the importance of choosing the right doctor are among topics for the fall 2005 "Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box" series. Read More

Singer-songwriters Gary Burr, Jim Photoglo and Victoria Shaw will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory as part of the popular Bluebird on the Mountain concert series. Read More

Larry D. Soderquist, one of the nation's most respected securities law scholars and director of the Corporate and Securities Law Institute at Vanderbilt Law School, died on Aug. 20 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Soderquist, 61, was a professor of law at Vanderbilt University. He had been seriously injured in an automobile accident in early July. Read More

Veteran health care executive Jon Lehman has been named associate dean for health care at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, effective Sept. 1. In his new role, Lehman will have responsibility for the school's new Health Care MBA program, while continuing to conduct research and teach health care information technology strategy classes as professor for the practice of management. Read More

Veteran health care executive Jon Lehman has been named associate dean for health care at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, effective Sept. 1. In his new role, Lehman will have responsibility for the school‘s new Health Care MBA program, while continuing to conduct research and teach health care information technology strategy classes as professor for the practice of management. Read More