Releases

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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