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The first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi, will speak at Vanderbilt. Read More

Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and rock ‘n‘ roll legend Little Richard will help send off the 130th class at Vanderbilt University this month, with commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 13, capping three days of celebration. Read More

William M. Wilson, a Nashville businessman and Vanderbilt alumnus, and Carrie Colvin, a member of the Class of 2005 from Birmingham, Ala., are the newest members of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. Colvin and Wilson were elected at the board‘s spring meeting on April 29. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will embark on a phase one clinical trial of a new product that could be used in children to protect them from hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Vanderbilt will be the only site in the country testing this new product. Read More

George W. Bush‘s best efforts to rally public support for Social Security privatization have met with failure. Although more people now perceive a problem, few perceive a crisis. Worse for the president, two months of salesmanship have actually lowered his approval rating on the issue. People do not seem to want private accounts if it means fundamental changes to a program that has a strong track record of success. Read More

Journalists are invited to a special screening May 11 of a new PBS documentary highlighting the problems of youth who age out of the foster care system. Read More

The new Bluebird on the Mountain concert series begins at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory on Saturday, May 14, the first of five shows this summer and fall offered by the observatory in collaboration with the Bluebird CafÈ. Read More

Learning to read is a struggle for one in five children. The Vanderbilt Kennedy Reading Clinic is currently accepting applications for two summer sessions. The first session will be June 6-30, and the second session will be July 11-Aug. 4. Read More

Professor of Law John Goldberg has been named associate dean for research, a new position at Vanderbilt University Law School. Read More

William T. Spitz, vice chancellor for investments and treasurer at Vanderbilt University, has been named the recipient of the 2005 Award for Investment Leadership given by the investment firm Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. Read More

Reginald W. Coopwood, M.D. has been named the next CEO of the Metro Hospital Authority which inclues Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, Bordeaux Long Term Care and Knowles Assisted Living Facility and Adult Day Care. Read More

Democrats need to redefine themselves to win the White House in 2008. The Party‘s leadership change is an opportunity to develop a bold platform that restores the American Dream to working families left behind by the Bush Administration. Read More

Public reaction to news such as the recent studies showing America‘s elementary and secondary schools‘ students do not know math, science and other subjects as well as their counterparts in other nations is predictable. Read More

Vanderbilt University has been awarded the 2005 Tennessee Pollution Prevention Partnership Green Schools Award for recycling by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Read More

Vanderbilt engineering seniors will display their innovations Tuesday, April 26, during the School of Engineering‘s Senior Design Day. Read More

Research reported April 20 at a meeting of the American Physical Society reveals that the early universe may have behaved like a liquid in the first few microseconds after the Big Bang. Physicists from Vanderbilt University were part of a prestigious international team that made the surprising findings. Read More

Vanderbilt Chancellor Gordon Gee presented five faculty members with annual awards when Vanderbilt‘s Spring Faculty Assembly convened April 4. Read More

Richard Davidson, a psychologist who studies adults and young children who have or are at risk for emotional disorders, autism and other developmental disorders, will speak at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development on Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt University professors Lynn Fuchs and Doug Fuchs are the recipients of the Special Education Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2005 Distinguished Research Award. Read More

Members of Expressions, the Vanderbilt Community Outreach Partnership Center‘s after-school dance program for local teens, will perform "FUSION" April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Tennessee State University‘s Recital Hall. Read More