Releases
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Ron Suskind goes "In Search of George W. Bush" in Vanderbilt address
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind will speak at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, Oct. 14, delivering a lecture titled "In Search of George W. Bush: Informed Consent in the Age of Spin." Suskind's book, "The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House and the Education of Paul O'Neill," published earlier this year, is a candid assessment of the Bush presidency by former U.S. Treasury Secretary O'Neill, the only member of Bush's innermost circle to leave and then agree to speak frankly about the inner workings of the administration. Read MoreOct 11, 2004
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Fine-tuning nanocrystals to shed new light on how nerve cells work
Call it the illuminated brain cell: Imagine a neuron decked out with thousands of tiny red, yellow, green and blue lights. As the neuron fires and recovers, visualize these lights as blinking on and off, moving this way and that, revealing the location and movement of the nerve's molecular machinery in action. Read MoreOct 8, 2004
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt students react to vice presidential debate
The nationally televised debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards will be the only opportunity voters have to see the vice presidential candidates go head to head before the election, and a trio of Vanderbilt University students will experience the action live from the debate floor. Erin Brown, Susan Mader and Alex Kwak will be on hand at Case Western Reserve University to see how Cheney and Edwards use this moment in the spotlight to reinforce the messages of the men atop their respective tickets. Read MoreOct 7, 2004
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TIPSHEET: South’s role in presidential race
A good performance in the vice presidential debate by Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina could be a factor in a win by Kerry on Nov. 2 in one or more Southern states, despite predictions that the Bush campaign is practically assured of victory there. While more Southern states are likely to be red than blue this November, the Democrats' campaign strategy may succeed by carrying just a few Southern states, says Vanderbilt Fellow Kareem Crayton. Read MoreOct 7, 2004
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Vanderbilt plans events to mark 100th birthday of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Friend of Nobel Prize winner to speak on Oct. 14
Vanderbilt University will participate in nationwide celebrations of the 100th birthday of writer Isaac Bashevis Singer with screenings of two films and a lecture by Robert D. King of the University of Texas, a friend of the Nobel Prize-winning author. Read MoreOct 7, 2004
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Music on the Mountain to feature Butch Baldassari and David Schnaufer, Free Appalachian music concert Oct. 24 at Dyer Observatory
Appalachian music will ring out on the grounds of the Dyer Observatory in the next installment of the Music on the Mountain concert series on Sunday, Oct. 24. Read MoreOct 6, 2004
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Reading ability development expert to speak at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Does environment determine the reading success of a student? Stephen Petrill will address this question as he presents a lecture in a series on development and developmental disabilities on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. Read MoreOct 5, 2004
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Firsthand account of code-breaking in World War II
ENIGMA ñ you may have seen the movie, read the book or downloaded a software simulation of the secret code machine the Germans used in World War II. Now you have an opportunity to hear a firsthand account of the code-breaking effort that made a major contribution to defeating Nazi Germany. Read MoreOct 5, 2004
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Dr. Mildred Stahlman named 2004 Vanderbilt Distinguished Alumna
Dr. Mildred T. Stahlman, who revolutionized the care of high-risk newborns by creating the world's first modern neonatal intensive care unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named the university's 2004 Distinguished Alumna. The Alumni Association of Vanderbilt will honor Stahlman Nov. 4 during the university's reunion and homecoming weekend. Read MoreOct 5, 2004
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A new approach to effective sermons, Vanderbilt homiletics expert to offer seminar based on book
Ministers who want to freshen or rethink their approach to writing and delivering sermons are invited to a six-hour seminar led by John McClure, a Vanderbilt University homiletics professor and co-author of a book on the subject. Read MoreOct 5, 2004
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Vanderbilt students to explore political process in precursor to Oct. 5 vice presidential debate
Before Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards square off next week in their only nationally televised debate, a delegation of Vanderbilt students will join peers from 14 other prominent universities for a mock political convention and debate at the same site. Read MoreOct 1, 2004
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The United Nations Foundation and Vanderbilt University to host foreign policy discussion;
The United Nations Foundation and Vanderbilt University will host a foreign policy discussion at Ingram Hall on the Vanderbilt University campus on Monday, October 4, at 7 p.m. Read MoreSep 30, 2004
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Vanderbilt joins ORNL core universities
Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced today that Vanderbilt University has joined the laboratory's "core universities." ORNL's core universities--which now number sevenóassume a scientific leadership role in working with the laboratory to help shape the research agenda for more than one billion dollars in science and technology programs. Read MoreSep 30, 2004
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Canadian government offers support to Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt, Further collaboration likely
The government of Canada will provide support to Vanderbilt University for programs and studies that promote a better knowledge and understanding of Canada and its relationship with the United States. Read MoreSep 30, 2004
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Panel to discuss beginnings of Moby Dick, other Melville masterpieces, Vanderbilt event will honor the late Wilson Heflin, author of Herman Melville’s Whaling Years
Four years of Pacific Ocean adventures in the early 1840s informed classic novels by Herman Melville including Moby Dick and Typee, but until recently the full story of those formative years of the author had not been told. Read MoreSep 29, 2004
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Study of German at Vanderbilt gets boost from the Max Kade Foundation, Center to receive $428,000 grant
An investment into the study of Europe ñ Germany in particular ñ will help transform the Center for European Studies at Vanderbilt University into a hub of activity reaching college and high school German instructors through much of the South. Read MoreSep 29, 2004
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Vanderbilt to host "Meet the Candidates" community picnic
Vanderbilt University's "Meet the Candidates" community picnic on Oct. 7 is expected to be one of the area's largest and most festive political gatherings prior to the Nov. 3 election. Read MoreSep 29, 2004
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Writer and Vanderbilt alumnus Randall Jarrell to be honored at Nashville high school
Vanderbilt University graduate Randall Jarrell, a poet, critic and teacher, will be honored with a historical marker at Hume-Fogg High School. He graduated from Hume-Fogg in 1931. Read MoreSep 28, 2004
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center offers free Sibshops for siblings of children with special needs
Children between the ages of 7 and 12 who have a sibling with special needs are invited to attend Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Sibshops on Oct. 9, Dec. 4, Feb. 5 and April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Read MoreSep 27, 2004
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Vanderbilt expert: Hamm will likely keep gold medal
The likelihood is slim that Paul Hamm will be ordered to surrender his gold medal, despite an appeal by South Korean gymnast Yang Tae Young being heard by Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday, Sept. 27. Read MoreSep 27, 2004