Releases

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are launching a clinical trial of Herpavac, a new genital herpes vaccine that has proven effective in previous clinical trials in preventing the spread of the herpes simplex virus in women. Read More

The presumption that the American South is irretrievably "Bush Country" will be challenged when several of the writers from the Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent book of essays appear at Vanderbilt University for a panel discussion. Read More

Mayor Bill Purcell and Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor for Student Life and University Affairs David Williams today joined other state and local officials in cutting the ribbon on a new playground at Boyd Park for the children who live in and near the historic Preston Taylor Homes. The park and its playground were renovated through a cooperative effort between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the Vanderbilt University / North Nashville Community Outreach Partnership Center. Read More

The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University has announced the promotion of three of its MBA program's senior management team members and the return of another to head its Executive MBA and other executive programs. Read More

The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University soared among programs its size in today's ranking of top business schools reported in The Wall Street Journal. The school placed No. 2 in North America among regional schools, those the paper says "tend to be smaller." Read More

Often the accomplishments of the less powerful are overlooked when the history books are written, because those who dominate a culture generally keep the records. Read More

Three junior Vanderbilt faculty members have won highly competitive national grants designed to recognize and promote promising researchers. The grants from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Army and the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Physics will support research ranging from the origin of stars to better equipment for combat personnel and first responders. Read More

A more than 50-year-old debate between philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and anti-colonialist Frantz Fanon will be the starting point for a Vanderbilt University discussion of race consciousness. Read More

Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell and Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor for Student Life and University Affairs David Williams will join other state and local officials in cutting the ribbon on a new playground at the historic Preston Taylor Homes on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. Read More

Irshad Manji, best-selling author of "The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith," will give a public lecture at Vanderbilt University's Wilson Hall, Room 126, Thursday, Sept. 23, at 4:10 p.m. Read More

Finding resolution to long-standing and seemingly unbridgeable conflicts is the subject of a Sept. 21 forum at Vanderbilt University Law School. Read More

Keeping stockholders satisfied while maintaining a commitment to artistry is the knotty problem facing recording industry executives in the current merger-and-acquisitions business climate. Read More

Psychologists often conclude from research subjects' behavior in psychological experiments that humans are irrational. New research indicates that humans are in fact quite rational; they just do not trust what people in lab coats tell them. The research suggests that by taking doubt into account, psychologists have the opportunity to strengthen the predictive power of many commonly used models and potentially better understand human behavior. Read More

Vanderbilt University announced today it has crossed the $1 billion mark in gifts and pledges in its multi-year "Shape the Future" campaign and detailed ways in which funds have already been put to use to transform the university and the people it serves. Read More