Arts and Science
Terrill advances to ‘Jeopardy!’ finals
Feb. 13, 2012—UPDATE: Terrill finishes third in Jeopardy! College Championship Vanderbilt senior Zack Terrill has advanced to the finals of the Jeopardy! College Championship. He will compete Feb. 13 and 14 against Sarah Bart of Goucher College and Monica Thieu of the University of North Texas for a best-of-two-day total to determine the $100,000 grand prize winner,...
Psychology Today: Must cutting calories lead to binge eating?
Feb. 10, 2012—Vanderbilt psychologist David Schlundt weighs in on the issue of whether or not cutting calories is bound to lead to binge eating and explains why we need to "personalize" our diets.
Black migration focus of Vanderbilt-Fisk symposium
Feb. 9, 2012—A range of issues relative to the challenges, possibilities and tensions that have emerged from the migration and settlement of black people in North America, the Caribbean and Europe will be discussed at a symposium co-hosted by Vanderbilt and Fisk universities Feb. 10-11. Sessions will be held Friday, Feb. 10, at Vanderbilt’s Bishop Joseph Johnson...
Terrill to appear in ‘Jeopardy!’ semifinals
Feb. 8, 2012—College of Arts and Science senior Zack Terrill will return Friday to the semifinals of the Jeopardy! College Championship. The episode will air at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, on WUXP-TV, Comcast/Xfinity Channel 14. Terrill placed second in last Friday’s broadcast. He is one of 15 players in the game show’s college tournament, which has...
Adding to the periodic table
Feb. 7, 2012—The year has gotten off to a good start for modern-day alchemists like Vanderbilt physicists Joe Hamilton and A.V. Ramayya who are engaged in the extremely challenging scientific endeavor of extending the periodic table by creating new elements. In November, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) officially added three new superheavy elements...
Vanderbilt Theatre to present Lillian Hellman’s ‘The Children’s Hour’
Feb. 7, 2012—Although written in the 1930s, Lillian Hellman’s play, The Children’s Hour, still resonates today. She skillfully illustrates the personal tragedy that follows when a schoolgirl tells lies about her teachers. Although the young girl is definitely to blame for the mayhem that occurs, Hellman also clearly attacks the self-righteous few who so easily accept unfounded libel.
Vanderbilt applications up from all regions for fall 2012
Feb. 3, 2012—Vanderbilt University has received a record 28,306 undergraduate applications for the fall 2012 semester, 3,658 (15 percent) more than at the same time last year.
María Elisa Velásquez: “Africans and Afrodescendant Women in Mexico City during Colonial Times”
Feb. 3, 2012—Watch video of María Elisa Velásquez delivering the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities’ 2012 Black Atlantic Lecture Feb. 2. Renowned experts on preservation of African and Afro-descended slave records gathered at Vanderbilt Feb. 2-4 to launch the university’s new Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies digital archive and website. The three-day conference, “New Sources for the...
Black Migration Symposium set for Feb. 10-11
Feb. 2, 2012—Vanderbilt and Fisk universities will co-host the Black Migration Symposium Feb. 10-11 on both university campuses. Sessions will be held Friday, Feb. 10, at Vanderbilt’s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Sessions on Saturday, Feb. 11, will take place at Fisk University’s Jubilee Hall. The symposium is free and open to the public. The Black...
Watch Vanderbilt senior on ‘Jeopardy!’ Feb. 3
Jan. 31, 2012—Zack Terrill, a College of Arts and Science senior, will represent Vanderbilt as a contestant on the college edition of Jeopardy! beginning Friday, Feb. 3. Episodes featuring Terrill will begin airing at 6 p.m. Feb. 3 on WUXP-TV, Comcast/Xfinity Channel 14. The Vanderbilt community is invited to cheer him on at a viewing party at the...
Preserving endangered slave records focus of Vanderbilt conference
Jan. 31, 2012—Renowned experts on preservation of African and Afro-descended slave records will gather at Vanderbilt Feb. 2 - 4 to launch the university's new Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies digital archive and website.
Bias against Mormonism may not keep Romney out of White House
Jan. 18, 2012—New Vanderbilt research shows that though the Republican base is generally biased against Mormonism, Mitt Romney’s religion would not hurt his chances among the GOP faithful as a presidential candidate in the general election.