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Congress in danger of losing relevancy as presidents work around it
By obstructing most legislation President Obama sends its way, Congress has weakened rather than exercised its power, says a Vanderbilt University political expert. Read MoreJan 28, 2016
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Climate Change Literature: A New Fictional Genre about a Real Problem 1.28.16
Watch video of The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt’s winter class – “Climate Change Literature: A New Fictional Genre about a Real Problem” on Thursday, January 28th with Ed Rubin. Read MoreJan 28, 2016
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Climate Change Literature: A New Fictional Genre about a Real Problem
Watch video of The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt’s winter class – “Climate Change Literature: A New Fictional Genre about a Real Problem” on Thursday, January 21. Read MoreJan 21, 2016
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TIP SHEET: Political expert John Geer can comment on presidential races
Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer, the nation’s leading expert on negative political advertising, is available to comment on the U.S. Democratic and Republican presidential primary elections. Geer co-chairs Vanderbilt’s Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Read MoreJan 19, 2016
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Vanderbilt Engineering research project on Cubesat
A satellite carrying a Vanderbilt research project is now flying in space. The research payload, built by a Vanderbilt engineering team, is the first of its kind. Barb Cramer reports the lift-off was spectacular. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Why politicians won’t reach across the aisle
Bad feelings about each other rather than competing ideologies keep Republicans and Democrats from encouraging their representatives to compromise and get things done, say the authors of a new book about why Washington won’t work. Read MoreJan 11, 2016
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The Big Short brings Burry’s market genius to silver screen
The Big Short brings Burry’s market genius to silver screen In 2010 Michael Burry, MD’97, became known as the first financial analyst to predict America’s financial crisis. The New York Times bestseller The Big Short, written by Michael Lewis, tells the story of how Burry and a few others discovered… Read MoreJan 4, 2016
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VUCast: Who looks like a leader to you?
In the latest VUCast: Find out why gender matters when you envision a president, leader or CEO; see what Vanderbilt blasted into space and what it's doing now; and learn how the price of cigarettes is saving babies' lives. Read MoreDec 17, 2015
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Higher cigarette taxes linked to fewer infant deaths
Higher taxes and prices for cigarettes are strongly associated with lower infant mortality rates in the United States, according to a new study from Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan released Dec. 1 in the journal Pediatrics. Read MoreDec 1, 2015
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VUCast Extra: Making a Difference in Latin America
From a new product to combat childhood malnutrition in Guatemala to a low-cost capsule for stomach cancer screenings to preserving the history of slave societies, Vanderbilt is helping find solutions, making discoveries and changing lives. Read MoreNov 12, 2015
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VUCAST: Digging for history in the middle of campus
In the latest VUCast: See why undergrads are digging on campus and what they're finding in the ground; hear actress Reese Witherspoon discuss her new venture in Nashville; and watch the student video asking people to rethink stereotypes. Watch now! Read MoreNov 10, 2015
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Sexism rules in the ballot booth unless voters have more information
Female candidates have to be more qualified than their male opponents to prevail in an election because many people don’t see women as leaders, according to research that reveals hidden bias that can emerge in the voting booth. Read MoreNov 9, 2015
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InsideOut of the Lunch Box series – City of Songs
Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series, City of Songs¬ which took place on November 5. Vanderbilt University’s Theatre Department presented City of Songs an original play created by the director and members of the cast, is about a quirky Albanian American… Read MoreNov 5, 2015
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Legal and Policy Issues in Modern Warfare 11.4.15
Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s class “Legal and Policy Issues in Modern Warfare” November 4, 2015 with Michael Newton. Read MoreNov 4, 2015
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Who Was Nelson Mandela? 11.4.15
Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s class on “Who Was Nelson Mandela?” November 4, 2015 with Clive Mentzel. Read MoreNov 4, 2015
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Vanderbilt Students Digging Into The Past
Vanderbilt students are stepping back in time by digging in the dirt and getting class credit for it. They are doing an archaeological dig behind an on-campus 1870’s home of a Vanderbilt University professor and his family. Students are searching in the dirt to find items from the servants who… Read MoreNov 2, 2015
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Who Was Nelson Mandela? 10.21.15
Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s class on “Who Was Nelson Mandela?” October 21, 2015 with Clive Mentzel. Read MoreOct 21, 2015
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Legal and Policy Issues in Modern Warfare 10.21.15
Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s class “Legal and Policy Issues in Modern Warfare” October 21, 2015 with Michael Newton. Read MoreOct 21, 2015
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Who Was Nelson Mandela? 10.21.15
Watch video of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s class on “Who Was Nelson Mandela?” October 21, 2015 with Clive Mentzel. Read MoreOct 21, 2015
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Two Ebola Survivors’ Blood Could Help Vanderbilt Researchers Find A Treatment
Vanderbilt researchers could be one step closer to finding a way to fight the deadly Ebola virus – thanks to two Ebola victims from Nigeria, who faced death and survived. Vanderbilt researchers developed a unique method of isolating potent Ebola-fighting antibodies from survivors’ blood and they believe these newest… Read MoreOct 19, 2015