Arts And Science
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Vanderbilt to host events observing Constitution/Citizenship Day Sept. 16
A discussion of America’s future and a campus read-a-thon of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights are among the Vanderbilt events that will observe Constitution Day. Read MoreSep 8, 2016
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Arts and Science faculty collaborate on Actors Bridge production
'The Patron Saint of Losing Sleep,' a play written by Diana Grisanti and directed by Associate Professor Leah Lowe, will open Sept. 9 in the Actors Bridge Studio. Read MoreSep 6, 2016
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Mayor speaks to Owen, public policy students
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry met with Vanderbilt students at a pair of recent campus events. Read MoreSep 1, 2016
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Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box resumes with Wood and Bess
Historian Michael Bess, who writes about the social and cultural impact of technological change, leads off this year's free Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box series Sept. 7 at the downtown library. Read MoreSep 1, 2016
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Kudos: Read about faculty and student awards, appointments and achievements
Read about the latest faculty and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read MoreAug 31, 2016
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Listen: Selected portraits of Nashville’s creative community focus of Curb Center exhibition
The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy will host a public art exhibition inspired by a recent book on some of Nashville's most innovative entrepreneurs. Read MoreAug 31, 2016
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Four alumni to join Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame in 2016
Wendell "Sonny" Rawls, Pat Nolan, Vanessa Beasley and Andrew Maraniss will be inducted into the Student Media Hall of Fame for having demonstrated leadership in student media and then distinguished themselves in careers that include journalist, political analyst, Vanderbilt dean, and best-selling author. Read MoreAug 30, 2016
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Cave study designed to solve puzzle of prehistoric megadroughts in the western U.S.
Paleoclimatic cave study in California is designed to identify the factors that made megadroughts commonplace in the western U.S. from 5,000 to 8,000 years ago. Read MoreAug 26, 2016
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Social venture founded by Anthropology’s Ted Fischer wins $15,000 prize
Mani+, a pediatric malnutrition therapy, is the result of years of interdisciplinary research by Vanderbilt anthropology, business, nursing, biological sciences and education students and professors. Read MoreAug 23, 2016
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Listen: Astronomy, jazz and politics among VU Osher fall classes
Renowned Vanderbilt professors and other experts will teach classes this fall on the 2016 elections, astronomy, prisons and more for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt. Read MoreAug 19, 2016
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New center will examine addiction at molecular level, develop treatments
Vanderbilt University researchers from diverse scientific disciplines are joining forces to help crack the stubborn mysteries of addiction through the new Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research. Read MoreAug 17, 2016
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Faculty Senate elects leadership for 2016-17
The Faculty Senate, the representative and deliberative body of the Vanderbilt faculties, has elected its leadership for 2016-17. Read MoreAug 17, 2016
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Congressman Cooper honors Hamilton and Ramayya for superheavy element discovery
U.S. Representative Jim Cooper honored nuclear physicists Joe Hamilton and A.V. Ramayya Aug. 12 for their role in the discovery of the new superheavy element 117 that has been provisionally named Tennessine. Read MoreAug 13, 2016
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Total number of neurons—not enlarged prefrontal region—hallmark of human brain
Research by Associate Professor of Psychology Suzana Herculano-Houzel finds that human intelligence comes from the number of neurons in our brains—and it was the invention of cooking that made neuron development possible. Read MoreAug 9, 2016
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Judaeo-Arabic culture focus of cross-disciplinary conference
Renowned experts across disciplines will speak on Judaeo-Arabic history and culture at an international conference at Vanderbilt University Aug. 15-18. Read MoreAug 9, 2016
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Discovery of male-harming DNA mutation reinforces ‘mother’s curse’ hypothesis
There is new evidence that the "mother’s curse" – the possibility that moms may transmit genes to their children that harm their sons but not their daughters – holds true in animals. Read MoreAug 2, 2016
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Expert: Campaign will get uglier as election approaches
More ugliness is in the forecast for the presidential campaign, says a Vanderbilt professor. Read MoreAug 1, 2016
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Newly discovered fossils strengthen proposition that world’s first mass extinction engineered by early animals
New fossil evidence strengthens the proposition that the world’s first mass extinction was caused by ‘ecosystem engineers’ – newly evolved organisms that radically altered the environment. Read MoreJul 29, 2016
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Psychopathologist elected fellow of Association for Psychological Science
Associate Professor of Psychology Bunmi Olatunji is one of 45 members elevated this year to the status of fellow by the Association for Psychological Science. Read MoreJul 26, 2016
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Josh Clinton returns for second Twitter Q&A July 26
Political scientist and NBC News election analyst Josh Clinton returns to Vanderbilt's Twitter account Tuesday, July 26, to take more questions about the 2016 election. Read MoreJul 22, 2016