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Richard Woodcock, a world-renowned researcher of learning ability assessment, will present a lecture on historical advances in cognitive assessment on Thursday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. The lecture will take place in Room 241 of the Kennedy Center/MRL Building and is free and open to the public. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Dewey W. Grantham, a nationally prominent scholar of the 20th century South and distinguished faculty member in the Vanderbilt Department of History, died Aug. 26 at St. Thomas Hospital. He was 83 years old and had suffered during the past year from cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Read More

The Mensa Education and Research Foundation (MERF) has selected Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, as the recipient of its 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More

Vanderbilt University professor Robert D. Sherwood is on loan from the university to the National Science Foundation (NSF), where he will play an integral role in the funding of research and education. Read More

For many teachers, managing ongoing student behavior problems is a full-time job, one that can keep them from effectively delivering classroom content. A program developed by Vanderbilt in partnership with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools to improve behavior is now being introduced to more than 4,000 North Carolina pre-kindergarten students. The program is called Reaching Educators, Children and Parents, or RECAP. Read More

Allan Erbsen, a Vanderbilt fellow and instructor at Vanderbilt Law School, says it is unlikely that arbitrators would award South Korean gymnast Yang Tae Yong a gold medal after a scoring error by Olympic judges placed him behind American Paul Hamm and a fellow South Korean. Read More

Microscopic pacemakers--also known as circadian clocks--are found in everything from pond scum to human beings and appear to help organize a dizzying array of biochemical processes. A study performed by researchers at Vanderbilt University and published in the Aug. 24 issue of the journal Current Biology sheds new light on this issue. Read More

The digital music revolution has a new home at Vanderbilt University with the launch of VUmix, a comprehensive download service that will offer students and staff a safe, legal and inexpensive way to obtain and share music. Read More

Vanderbilt University has advanced to 18th in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of America's best national universities ñ up from the 19th spot last year. Read More

The challenge of being and raising a teenager has gotten even more complicated in recent years, with increasing numbers of teens now taking antidepressants to manage their distress. But antidepressants are not the only or even the best long-term solution for many troubled teens. A study underway at Vanderbilt University offers parents and teens struggling with stress an opportunity to learn skills to prevent depression and navigate the teenage years with confidence. Read More

Reporters can find experts on election issues ranging from the South's role in the 2004 presidential race to the role of government in stem cell research using the new Vanderbilt 2004 election Web site: www.vanderbilt.edu/news/election. Read More

Frank Dobson Jr. slyly smiles when asked if activities at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University might kick up some controversy under his tenure. Read More

Eloise Dunn Stuhr, an honors graduate of Vanderbilt University who has been a senior development official at three higher education institutions, is returning to her alma mater to oversee key development staffs. Read More

When Vanderbilt's Dance Marathon committee began planning its February 2004 event last fall, the end goal was simple: to raise more money than it had the previous year, an amount of about $6,000. Dance Marathon 2004 far exceeded its goal by raising almost $50,000, a feat that earned it the Children's Miracle Network's "Most Improved Dance Marathon" award at its annual Dance Marathon Leadership Conference held July 23-25 in Atlanta. Read More

The African American Studies program at Vanderbilt University is poised for fast expansion under new director T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, one of the brightest young scholars and administrators in the field. Read More

Daniel Usner, who has taught and written extensively about colonial America, American Indians and the significance of the frontier, has been named chair of the Vanderbilt University Department of History. Usner, the Holland M. McTyeire Professor of History, has a strong research-based interest in the American South during the colonial period and the early years of the Republic and also in Indian-U.S. relations during the 19th century. Read More

At a time when parents, schools and physicians still struggle with the perceived overuse of the medication Ritalin to treat children with attention difficulties, a new study suggests the potential for another controversy. Read More

A GROWING NUMBER OF ADOLESCENT CHILDREN EITHER INSURED OR COVERED BY A MANAGED CARE PROGRAM IN TENNESSEE WERE BEING PRESCRIBED NEW ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS FOR BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS A-D-H-D. REPORTER HEATHER HALL EXPLAINS. Read More

Three Commodores - junior wide receiver Erik Davis, junior defensive end Jovan Haye and senior offensive tackle Justin Geisinger - were named to the 2004 Media Days All-SEC Team, the league announced July 29. Read More