Lectures

Watch video of “College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education” presented by Jeffery Selingo on April 7, 2015. Author, columnist and leading authority on higher education Jeffrey Selingo is the inaugural speaker for… Read More

Watch video of “Religions, Exoplanets and Extraterrestrial Life” by Professor David Weintraub on April 1st, 2015 during the Osher Center for Lifelong Learning Institute’s Spring term. Read More

Watch video of “From Romantic Poetry to the Writings of the Beat Generation” by Professor Robert Barsky on April 1st, 2015 during the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Spring term. Read More

Watch video of Emily Tanner-Smith, Research Assistant Professor on March 24th, 2015. Schools are increasingly using visible security measures (surveillance cameras, metal detectors, security personnel) in an attempt to promote student safety. This presentation will discuss findings from a recent study that examined how different patterns of visible security utilization… Read More

Watch video of Professor David Weintraub discuss “Religions, Exoplanets, and Extraterrestrial Life” during the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt’s 2015 Spring Term on March 18th. Read More

Watch video of Professor Robert Barsky’s lecture “Romantic Poetry to the Writings of the Beat Generation: Youthful Passion for the Sublime and the Intoxicating” during the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt’s 2015 Spring Term on March 18th. Read More

Watch video of a symposium on the Vietnam War held March 10 at the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt based on They Marched Into Sunlight, a book by David Maraniss. Read more »… Read More

Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s winter term on February 25th, “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas” by Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology. Read More

Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s winter term on February 12th, “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas” by Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology. Read More

Watch video of “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas”, by Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology on February 5th, 2015. Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series, The Whipping Man­ which took place on January 29. A badly wounded Jewish Confederate soldier stumbles home at war’s end to find his family has fled to the countryside. Remaining behind to greet him are… Read More

Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s winter term on January 29, “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas” by Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology. Read More

Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute winter term on January 22nd, “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas”, Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology… Read More

Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s winter term on January 15th, “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas”, Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology. Read More

Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s winter term on January 15th, “Ancient Civilizations of the Americas” by Anna Guengerich, Ph.D., Anthropology. Read More

Venture capitalist and Jumpstart Foundry CEO Vic Gatto delivers the inaugural lecture — “Entrepreneurs: Heroes of our Generation” — in the School of Engineering’s newly created Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lectureship, endowed by Jason Chambers, engineering alumnus and member of the school’s Board of Visitors. Read More

Watch video of From Neurons to Perception: Insights into Brain Function and Dysfunction by Ronald Emeson. Read More

Watch video of Air Force general, astronaut Kevin P. Chilton speak about “Problem Solving at 17,500 MPH” on October 24, 2014. To read a Q&A with Chilton, click here. Read More

Watch video of a talk by Mark Wallace, Ph.D., “Do You See What I Hear? The Merging of the Senses.” This talk focuses on how our behaviors and perceptions are greatly shaped by this process of “multisensory integration,” and provides insights into how the brain combines information across the senses. This… Read More

Watch video of “Men’s Health and the Politics of Masculinity,” a forum presented by The Center for Medicine, Health and Society on Oct. 21 from Furman Hall. Jonathan Metzl, director of the Center for Medicine, Health and Society, moderates. Read More