Releases

Kent D. Syverud, dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School since 1997, announced today he will step down as dean when his second term ends in the summer of 2005. Syverud, who is the Garner Anthony Professor of Law, will continue as a full-time faculty member. Read More

Important new stone monuments covered with historical texts dating from a period just before the collapse of the classic Maya civilization have been unearthed by archaeologists from Vanderbilt University and the Guatemalan Ministry of Culture who are excavating a thousand-year-old ball court with support from the National Geographic Society. Read More

Two residents of Georgia are the newest members of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust. Read More

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will speak at Vanderbilt University's inaugural Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 13, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Senior Class Day is an addition to Vanderbilt's graduation celebrations and is held the day before the University's Commencement exercises. Read More

Vanderbilt engineering seniors will strut their stuff Tuesday, April 27, during the School of Engineering "Senior Design Day." Read More

For children and adults with disabilities and their families, finding information and health, developmental, education and other support services can be difficult and time-consuming. The new Vanderbilt Kennedy Family Outreach Center, which celebrates its opening April 21, helps families navigate the maze of services to find the best treatment, support and research available. Read More

Georgetown University law professor Sheryll Cashin will give a talk, "The Failures of Integration: America's Struggle with Race and Class 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education," Friday, April 23, at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The University of the South and Vanderbilt University today announced a wide-ranging agreement that builds on a history of both formal and informal relationships between the schools and establishes official collaborations to expand educational options for students and research opportunities for faculty. Sewanee Vice Chancellor and President Joel Cunningham and Vanderbilt Chancellor Gordon Gee met to sign the agreement this morning. Read More

Scientists have discovered the region of the brain responsible for the old adage, "out of sight, out of mind." Read More

Susan Gray School for Children is sponsoring a fiesta featuring food, fun, live music and the chance to bid at auction during its Cinco de Mayo fundraiser benefiting the school's children and programs on Saturday, May 1. Read More

May 18 has been designated HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, a day to educate Americans about the need for a vaccine to prevent HIV. Read More

A common ingredient in over-the-counter decongestants -- pseudoephedrine -- may increase blood pressure and the risk of life-threatening or disabling strokes in susceptible patients, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have reported. Read More

The Nashville community is invited to put on its dancin' shoes and enjoy a stellar outdoor evening at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory's "Music on the Mountain" on Sunday, May 2, at 6 p.m. Read More

Doctors at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital have found a whole new use for the popular erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Sildenafil, as it is called by its more anonymous chemical name, may have the power to save babies. Read More

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will be the guest speaker at Vanderbilt University's inaugural Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 13, at 10 a.m. Read More

Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science John Geer will become editor of The Journal of Politics, consistently ranked as one of the nation's most influential political science journals, in January 2005. The scholarly journal, which is published quarterly by the Southern Political Science Association, will be housed within the Vanderbilt Department of Political Science for four years. Read More

Springtime means longer days, warmer weather and the return of outdoor community gatherings, and Vanderbilt University's Community Concert Band plans to usher in the season with an evening of free music on Tuesday, April 13. Read More

Jay Clayton, chair of the Department of English at Vanderbilt University, has been appointed to an endowed chair as a William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English. Read More

By all accounts, Don Matl was not expected to survive his second bout with melanoma in 1998. He was given less than a 5 percent chance. But he lived.Another recurrence in 2001 yielded a similar inference ó but again he persevered. Now Matl knows why he beat the odds. Read More

Gerry G. Hull, president and chief executive officer of Automated Logic Corporation, has received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. Read More