Society And Culture
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Nobel Prize-winning economist will deliver Steine Lecture March 22
Alvin E. Roth, who shared the 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, will discuss “Who Gets What and Why: The Economics of Matching and Market Design" March 22. Roth is responsible for re-designing the National Resident Matching Program, through which approximately 20,000 doctors a year find their first employment as residents at American hospitals. Read MoreMar 16, 2016
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The Conversation: Organizing a student protest? Have a look at 1970s Germany
Christoph Zeller, associate professor of German, writes: "Looking back at the protest movement in Germany reveals parallels that help to understand the present." Read MoreMar 11, 2016
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The Conversation: Are looser gun laws changing the social fabric of Missouri?
Jonathan Metzl, director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, writes: "Again and again, people with whom I spoke raised concerns, not just about the lethal potential of firearms, but about the ways that allowing guns into previously gun-free communal spaces might impact a host of commonplace civic encounters as well." Read MoreMar 10, 2016
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Lim’s research on evangelical activism awarded Louisville Institute grant
A Vanderbilt Divinity School professor has been awarded a grant from the Louisville Institute for his transnational study of the evangelical community's fight against human trafficking. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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Vanderbilt Economics ranked first in the South in top scholarly output
Vanderbilt’s Department of Economics has been ranked first in the South by researchers who study economics education at Columbus State University and the University of New Haven. The ranking measures research competitiveness. Read MoreMar 7, 2016
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Vanderbilt mourns former Graduate School dean Russell Hamilton
The first African American dean of a Vanderbilt school or college has died. Russell G. Hamilton was 81. Read MoreMar 4, 2016
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Graduate students compete in fourth annual Three Minute Thesis competition
Vanderbilt graduate students demonstrated that they can summarize their 80,000-word theses in less than three minutes using terms that members of the public can understand during this year's Three Minute Thesis competition. Read MoreMar 1, 2016
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Special-edition beer inspired partly by Vanderbilt archaeology debuts in Chicago
A corn-and-pepper beer whose significance to an ancient South American empire was confirmed by archaeologist Tiffiny Tung has inspired a custom brew commissioned by Chicago's Field Museum. Read MoreFeb 24, 2016
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Eberl receives grant to study the cultural identity of Q’eqchi’ Maya
Markus Eberl will study how the relocation of a Maya community in Guatemala affects their connection to the past. Read MoreFeb 23, 2016
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Donato appointed 2016-17 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar
While in residence, Katharine Donato will analyze how race and gender affect how immigrants find their place in the United States. Read MoreJan 26, 2016
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Resolving the food-energy-water trilemma
A computer model has been developed that provides new insights into the food-energy-water nexus and can help resource managers around the world do a better job of weighing food and energy tradeoffs when water is scarce. Read MoreJan 25, 2016
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History journal launched by Vanderbilt undergraduates
The "Vanderbilt Historical Review" is online and ready for readers, with a semiannual publication schedule planned from now on. Read MoreJan 21, 2016
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Imagination Grants nurture Divinity students’ social justice passion
Vanderbilt Divinity students can enhance their global education while learning leadership skills through creative, self-directed projects funded by Imaginations Grants. Read MoreJan 15, 2016
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Landers added to UNESCO slave route committee
History professor Jane Landers has been appointed to an international scientific committee working to identify important historic sites related to the slave trade. Read MoreJan 13, 2016
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Professor offers unsettling look at humanity with study of people and their dogs
Stories of relationships between dogs and people and actions surrounding those relationships are relayed by Colin Dayan in a new book calling for greater empathy and engagement across class and racial lines. Read MoreJan 7, 2016
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Grant to Vanderbilt historian will help fund book on diabetes
Vanderbilt historian Arleen Tuchman is getting some assistance with her work on a book about the cultural history of diabetes. Read MoreDec 17, 2015
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New research puts spotlight on neglected American composers of the 19th century
Vanderbilt music professor Doug Shadle wants American composers of the 19th century to finally get a fair hearing, more than a hundred years after they lived and worked. Read MoreDec 9, 2015
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All together now: What makes Nashville’s music community so strong
Successful arts communities are anchored by three types of "artist-activists," visionaries who create opportunities for artists to develop their craft. Read MoreDec 8, 2015
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Blair School of Music’s library is new home for John Hartford music collection
The family of the songwriter who wrote "Gentle on My Mind" has donated 2,500 books on musicians and Southern music to the library at Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt. Read MoreDec 8, 2015
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Vanderbilt historian offers unsettling look at bioengineered near future
Historian Michael Bess said that he found a whole new world of imminent advances in biotechnology that promise to transform society while he was researching 'Our Grandchildren Redesigned.' Read MoreDec 1, 2015