Releases

T. John Koo, assistant professor of computer engineering, has been recognized with a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to support his efforts to pioneer a new science that will help engineers do a better job of designing the wide array of "smart devices" which contain microchips and are spreading rapidly throughout modern society. Read More

Nashville kids ages 4 to 18 are invited to enter a new local art contest to help decorate the Learning Sciences Institute at Vanderbilt University. Read More

It‘s nature‘s fastest quick-change artist: In less than the time it takes a beam of light to travel a tenth of a millimeter, vanadium dioxide can switch from a transparent to a reflective, mirror-like state. Read More

Peter Guralnick, biographer of Elvis Presley and Sam Cooke and a visiting professor at Vanderbilt University, will read from his work this month at Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt University will look within the borders of its own campus for potential bone marrow donors during a registry drive on Thursday, April 7. Read More

A record high 11,628 students sought admission to Vanderbilt University‘s fall 2005 freshman class, while fewer than 4,000 of them actually received letters of acceptance, making admissions for the Class of 2009 the most selective in the university‘s history. Read More

Busy executives often put off professional development because schedules are already too tight, or they can‘t afford to leave their jobs to go back to school full time. Read More

Vanderbilt‘s new Student Life Center, which celebrated its grand opening March 30, features a piece of artwork by Los Angeles-based sculptor Bruce Gray. Read More

Nashville (Tenn.) - Larry M. Goldberg, vice president for hospitaloperations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, has been namedexecutive director and CEO of Vanderbilt University Hospital. Read More

Vanderbilt Law School maintained its No. 17 ranking in the nation for the fifth consecutive year, while Peabody College saw seven of its programs ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of the leading graduate and professional schools. Peabody‘s Special Education program was ranked first in the nation for the third straight year. Read More

Joe Blackburn, a leading researcher in operations management and longtime member of the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management faculty, has been named senior associate dean. Read More

Christian women are looking to the Virgin Mary for inspiration as they move to expand their leadership within the church, says a Vanderbilt University theologian who has organized a Mary conference on April 13 and 14. Read More

The role of religion in ecology will be explored by a leading proponent of ecofeminism during a lecture on Thursday, April 7, at Vanderbilt University. Read More

NO!, a documentary about rape in the African-American community, will be screened Tuesday, April 5, at Vanderbilt University, followed by a discussion led by filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons. Read More

Dr. Irwin B. Eskind, a retired Nashville physician and philanthropist and a strong supporter of Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine for more than a half century, died March 28 at his home in Nashville. He was 80. Read More

Interfaith activist and filmmaker Ruth Broyde-Sharone will bring her most recent documentary, God and Allah Need to Talk — a Film for Healing and Reconciliation, to Vanderbilt University Tuesday, April 5. Read More

Lawrence Small will discuss his vision for the Smithsonian Institution during a lecture titled "A 21st Century Smithsonian" April 5 at Vanderbilt. Read More

Fourteen student actors will portray 50 characters in the Vanderbilt University Theatre production of Steven Dietz‘s "Handing Down the Names," which debuts Friday, April 8. Read More

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that profoundly affects the lives of thousands of children and adults and their families. Susan Folstein, a distinguished psychiatrist and geneticist known for her research on autism, will speak at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development on Thursday, March 31, at 4 p.m. Read More

Tom Wolfe, author of the critically acclaimed works "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff," will speak at Vanderbilt University on Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. Read More