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Freedom Ride 2007 inspires participants to create change
Four Gray Line buses idle noisily at the curb by Branscomb Quadrangle as the sun slowly rises over a sleeping Greek Row. A group has quietly gathered on the steps out front -- a mix of students, faculty and staff -- shouldering overnight bags and sipping cups of coffee while members of the media prepare to capture their departure. Read MoreJan 30, 2007
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Video: Students, faculty and staff join Freedom Riders to revisit historic 1961 trip
Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff retraced the 1961 Freedom Rides with some of the original Freedom Riders as they traveled to Montgomery and Birmingham, Ala. Among the participants was Congressman John Lewis, Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette, the Rev. C.T. Vivian, Jim Zwerg, John Seigenthaler and the Rev. James Lawson. More than four decades after being expelled from the university for helping fight segregation in Nashville, Lawson returned to Vanderbilt as a Distinguished University Professor. Read MoreJan 25, 2007
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Lecture: Chancellor’s Lecture Series presents Jane Smiley on reading, writing and creativity
Watch video of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley speaking Jan. 23, 2007, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music on the Vanderbilt University campus. The event was part of the 2006-2007 Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read MoreJan 24, 2007
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Lecture: Chancellor‘s Lecture Series presents Jane Smiley on reading, writing and creativity
Watch video of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley speaking Jan. 23, 2007, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music on the Vanderbilt University campus. The event was part of the 2006-2007 Chancellor‘s Lecture Series. Read MoreJan 24, 2007
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Video: Meet the First and Ten Steel Drum Band
The Vanderbilt Commodore Steel Band program started at the Blair School of Music in 2004 with a handful of students. This 2006 fall semester there were enough students to form three bands: one group of advanced members and two first-year groups, including the First and Ten Steel Band. Read MoreDec 19, 2006
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Lecture: Chancellor’s Lecture Series presents John M. Barry on hurricanes, viruses, politics and the nature of inquiry
Watch video of best-selling author John M. Barry speaking Nov. 30, 2006, at Ingram Hall as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read MoreNov 30, 2006
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Lecture: Chancellor‘s Lecture Series presents John M. Barry on hurricanes, viruses, politics and the nature of inquiry
Watch video of best-selling author John M. Barry speaking Nov. 30, 2006, at Ingram Hall as part of the Chancellor‘s Lecture Series. Read MoreNov 30, 2006
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Research shows teenage girls think faster than teenage boys
It appears to be true – girls can think faster than guys – at least as teenagers. Read MoreOct 28, 2006
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Video: Creating the Star Chamber
Atop one of the highest points in the Nashville area, a spiral sculpture of stone is taking shape that will combine art and science in an innovative approach to making science compelling, especially to students. Read MoreOct 27, 2006
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Galaxy-like sculpture combines art and science at Dyer Observatory, Opening scheduled Oct. 29 in conjunction with Music on the Mountain
Atop one of the highest points in the Nashville area, a spiral sculpture of stone is taking shape that will combine art and science in an innovative approach to making science compelling, especially to students. Read MoreOct 17, 2006
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Video: “What Do the Arts Teach?”
Watch video of Elliot W. Eisner, Lee Jacks Professor of Education and professor of art at Stanford University, speaking in September 2006 on "What Do the Arts Teach?" Read MoreSep 29, 2006
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Video: "What Do the Arts Teach?"
Watch video of Elliot W. Eisner, Lee Jacks Professor of Education and professor of art at Stanford University, speaking in September 2006 on "What Do the Arts Teach?" Read MoreSep 29, 2006
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Video: Vandy-TSU make history
History was made Sept. 23 when Vanderbilt and TSU met on the gridiron for the first time. But, after this game, everyone left a winner. Watch video of the events. Read MoreSep 26, 2006
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Video: Vanderbilt, TSU celebrate historic football match
Watch video of the speakers at the TSU-Vanderbilt Commemorative Dinner on Sept. 22, 2006, the eve of the two school\'s first football game together. Read MoreSep 25, 2006
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Video: Back from Baghdad
Vanderbilt international criminal law expert Mike Newton is the only academic consortium advisor to the Iraqi Tribunal to go to Baghdad. Watch video about his work in Iraq with Tribunal and how he shares this experience with students at Vanderbilt Law School. Read MoreSep 22, 2006
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Video: Economist Niall Ferguson, historian of the global economy, opens Chancellor’s Lecture Series Sept. 12
Watch video of historian Niall Feguson delivering the first 2006-07 Chancellor's Lecture: "The War of the World." Read MoreSep 12, 2006
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9/11 tragedy continues to evoke strong emotions, says Vanderbilt professor
Feelings of grief, anger and vulnerability over the 9/11 terrorist attacks five years ago remain strong for most Americans, according to James Booth, a Vanderbilt University professor of political science and philosophy. Read MoreAug 30, 2006
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Video: Roads Scholars Tour takes Vanderbilt to East Tennessee
The fifth annual Vanderbilt Roads Scholars Tour took Chancellor Gordon Gee and about 45 faculty, senior administrators, staff and student leaders to Middle and East Tennessee August 16 and 17. Read MoreAug 21, 2006
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Lecture: “Information infrastructure and its orphans”
"Information Infrastructure and Its Orphans", lecture by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. The lecture focuses on decisions which determine what is captured or represented by search engines and information systems, and, what is left out. Read MoreApr 21, 2006
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Lecture: "Information infrastructure and its orphans"
"Information Infrastructure and Its Orphans", lecture by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. The lecture focuses on decisions which determine what is captured or represented by search engines and information systems, and, what is left out. Read MoreApr 21, 2006