Releases

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

One of the nation's most prominent researchers on aging and health care and his sister will speak from the heart when they deliver the fall Medicine, Health and Society Lecture at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Sept. 15. Read More

Global union taking on Wal-Mart a classic showdown between "David and Goliath"Labor unions from around the world will meet next week (Aug. 22-25) in Chicago to plan efforts to organize workers at Wal-Mart stores around the world. Up to 1,500 delegates will debate the plan at the second annual World Congress of United Network International, a five-year-old global union whose aim is to get multinational corporations to observe labor and other rights wherever the corporations operate around the world. UNI has 900 affiliated unions representing 15 million workers in 150 countries. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bluebird on the Mountain concert series presents a special evening with Judy Collins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory. Other guests include Marcus Hummon and Hugh Prestwood, with Amy Speace opening. Read More

Vanderbilt University maintained its No. 18 position in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of top national universities in a field that changed very little from last year's. Read More

Vanderbilt University maintained its No. 18 position in U.S. News & World Report‘s annual ranking of top national universities in a field that changed very little from last year‘s. Read More

Marlon C. Lynch, chief and director of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Police and Public Safety Department, has been named Vanderbilt University's assistant police chief. He officially joins the university's police force Aug. 22. Read More

Before they even pick up their keys this weekend to their new "home" away from home, Vanderbilt University freshmen can "surf the net" on their laptops via wireless network access — in campus parking lots, no less. Read More

Vanderbilt University has launched a major study in collaboration with the Forest Stewardship Council to determine what constitutes the social impact of responsible forest management in the Americas and how that impact can best be measured. Read More

The fourth annual Vanderbilt Roads Scholars Tour rolls out on Wednesday, Aug. 17, taking Chancellor Gordon Gee and about 50 faculty, senior administrators, staff, student leaders and a member of the Board of Trust to parts of Tennessee and Alabama. Initiated in 2002 with a trip to East Tennessee, the annual tour is designed to welcome new faculty and to familiarize them and other members of the Vanderbilt community with the region. Read More

Vanderbilt University Law School has named Todd Morton, one of the most talented and experienced law school admissions officers in the nation, to head its admissions program. Read More

Vanderbilt University's campus will be a hub of activity next week as upperclassmen return to campus and incoming freshmen prepare to step on campus for the first time as official students. In anticipation of the start of classes on Aug. 24, the university will host a variety of activities to welcome new and returning students and introduce new students to campus life. Read More

If your partner seems to be ignoring you after a flash of nudity on the television screen, it might not be his or her fault. New research indicates that people shown erotic or gory images frequently fail to process what they see immediately afterwards. Read More

From the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and from the University of the South to Jack Daniel's Distillery, the cultural, educational and economic engines of southeastern and Middle Tennessee and north and central Alabama will be showcased on the fourth annual Vanderbilt Roads Scholars Tour. Read More

The Crohn‘s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are hosting the third annual Living With Crohn‘s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis patient education program. Read More