Releases

Within the last decade astronomers have discovered more than 100 planets orbiting stars other than our sun. The significance of these profound discoveries on Earth's place in the universe is the focus of the next "Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box" talk on Nov. 5. Vanderbilt Professor of Philosophy David Wood will lead the conversation, titled "A Question of Planets," with David Weintraub, associate professor of astronomy. Read More

Students at Vanderbilt Divinity School will take a closer look at how art is intertwined with Christian worship with the help of Robin Margaret Jensen, the first holder of the Luce Chancellor's Chair of the History of Christian Worship and art. Read More

Fuel cell manufacturer PowerAvenue has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering to collaborate on hydrogen fuel cell research. Read More

The Gender, Sexuality and Political Action Conference, organized by the 2002-03 fellows of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt, will be held Friday, Oct. 31, and Saturday, Nov. 1, in Room 134 of Featheringill Hall at Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a federal grant for nearly $1 million to address nurse recruitment and retention and its impact on the quality of care. Read More

Avery Leiserson, a distinguished Vanderbilt University political scientist who brought national recognition to his department through a variety of leadership and service roles, will be honored Nov. 1 at a campus reunion of his colleagues and former students. Read More

Two decades of dinner-table conversation between a husband and wife have resulted in a rare grant to an English professor from the National Institutes of Health. Read More

Dr. Andrea Bracikowski, director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, says parents should be aware children are far more likely to suffer injury from a fall, or impact with an auto on Halloween than to have their candy tampered with. Read More

Faculty and staff of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University will be the first on campus to take part in the Nashville Area Red Cross' "Together We Prepare" training later this week. Read More

Two Vanderbilt faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Sokrates T. Pantelides, professor of physics, and Ned A. Porter, professor and chair of the department of chemistry, are among the 300 members of the AAAS to receive the honor. Read More

In September of 1957, a bomb exploded at the Hattie Cotton School as Nashville moved toward desegregating public schools. Five months later, dynamite exploded at the city's Jewish Community Center. Read More

The new business law clinic at Vanderbilt University Law School is a classic example of a "win-win" situation: it provides free legal services to small business owners and non-profit agencies who couldn't otherwise afford an attorney while giving law students valuable experience with actual clients. Read More

A new and ambitious intellectual initiative at Vanderbilt University takes a significant step forward on Oct. 30, when the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture introduces itself with an open house. Read More

David Brooks, a columnist for The New York Times and senior editor at The Weekly Standard, will explore "The Geography of Politics" in a Vanderbilt University address on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The lecture begins at 6 p.m. in Ingram Hall at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. A reception with Brooks will precede the lecture at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

An expert panel will consider two cases of suspected environmental injustice in Middle Tennessee as part of a continuing series of lunch-hour discussions presented by the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Members of Metro Council will participate in a public policy seminar this weekend at Vanderbilt as part of the University's ongoing commitment to civic engagement. Read More

ñ "Is the War on Terrorism Abroad an Assault on Democracy at Home?" is the subject of a town hall forum at Vanderbilt University Monday, Oct. 20, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The Trotter Group, one of two national journalists organizations meeting at the University next week, is hosting the free, public event. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development will host a Sibshop, an activity-based retreat for children ages 7 through 12 who have a sibling with special needs, this Saturday, Oct. 19, 2003, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The children will work with an education staff member from the Frist Center for the Visual Arts to create a unique quilt that will hang in the new Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

The delicate and sometimes ridiculous balancing act of maintaining a relationship has rarely been tackled with the wit and insight displayed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn in his 1975 classic Bedroom Farce. Read More

A dozen Vanderbilt University students will spend the weekend in Washington, D.C., paying a special visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Read More