Arts And Science
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New ‘geospeedometer’ confirms super-eruptions have a short fuse
A new "geospeedometer" that can measure the amount of time between the formation of an explosive magma melt and an eruption confirms that the process took less than 500 years in several ancient super-eruptions. Read MoreOct 20, 2015
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New faculty: Jennifer Trueblood uses math to predict complex decision-making
Jennifer Trueblood is a mathematical psychologist who develops dynamic and probabilistic models using Bayesian statistical methods to explain complex decisions. Read MoreOct 20, 2015
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Mona Frederick named UNC Distinguished Alumna
Mona Frederick, who oversaw the creation of a state-of-the-art digital archive at Vanderbilt related to Robert Penn Warren and the civil rights movement, has been named a 2015 Distinguished Alumna at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read MoreOct 16, 2015
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VUCast: How Ebola survivors are teaming with Vanderbilt to fight the deadly virus
In the latest VUCast: Hear from Ebola survivors helping a Vanderbilt researcher fight the deadly virus; see the high-tech way an art exhibit is bringing VU students face to face with people across the world; and find out which country music star shot his latest video with Mr. Commodore! Watch now. Read MoreOct 16, 2015
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Public lecture on renaissance in Einstein’s theory of general relativity Oct. 22
James Peebles, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science, Emeritus, at Princeton University, is giving a free public lecture on campus Oct. 22 titled "The Renaissance of General Relativity." Read MoreOct 15, 2015
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Vanderbilt Poll-Nashville: Newly elected leadership must find balance between social services, continued economic development
Nearly three-quarters of Nashville residents are optimistic about the state of the city, but significant differences of opinion exist, primarily along income--rather than racial--lines. Read MoreOct 13, 2015
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Race to preserve slavery-era records to be discussed at VU conference
Scholars interested in saving fast-disappearing slave records with digital archiving will gather at Vanderbilt's Jean and Alexander Heard Library Oct. 15-17 to compare notes. Read MoreOct 13, 2015
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Dean Lauren Benton: Moving her field and Arts and Science forward
Lauren Benton grew up surrounded by scholars and teachers. Her father was a faculty member and dean at Johns Hopkins University. Despite that, she didn’t plan on becoming an academic. Read MoreOct 8, 2015
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New faculty: Carolyn Heinrich tackles public policy with an interdisciplinary approach
Carolyn Heinrich has broad experience working with teams on a variety of issues, from education, labor force development and social welfare policy to program evaluation and public and performance management. Read MoreOct 8, 2015
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Barbara L. Carroll named Vanderbilt University chief HR officer
Barbara L. Carroll, a nationally recognized leader in higher education human resources, has been named to the newly defined role of Vanderbilt University associate vice chancellor and chief human resources officer. Read MoreOct 8, 2015
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Interpreting ambiguous visual information is surprisingly low level brain function
When faced with ambiguous visual information, it is the visual processing areas of the brain that choose between the competing impressions, not the higher levels of the brain as previously thought. Read MoreOct 7, 2015
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2015 Southern Festival of Books features Vanderbilt faculty
The Vanderbilt community will be well-represented at the 2015 Southern Festival of Books, with several faculty and alumni discussing their work. Read MoreOct 7, 2015
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Guatemala leads Americas in condoning violence against unfaithful wives
A majority of Guatemalans believe it is understandable, and sometimes even acceptable, for women who cheat on their husbands to be subjected to violence in return, the results of a new survey indicate. Read MoreOct 7, 2015
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New faculty: Anna Marie Bohmann uses math to understand multidimensional spaces
When Anna Marie Bohmann was growing up in Minneapolis, she enjoyed school in general—and math in particular—but had no idea that making a career in mathematics was even possible. Read MoreOct 7, 2015
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Public lecture on next century in space Oct. 8
Gregory Benford, a physicist at UC-Irvine and a noted science fiction author, is giving a free public lecture titled "Our Next Century in Space" that will describe steps that could see the opening of the solar system to productive use and colonization. Read MoreOct 5, 2015
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Vanderbilt glacier expert to give library talk on Antarctica
The history of Antarctic exploration and the role that the coldest continent on Earth plays in global earth systems will be discussed at a Williamson County Public Library talk by Vanderbilt researcher Dan Morgan Oct. 9. Read MoreOct 5, 2015
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Vanderbilt malnutrition project opens mass-production facility in Guatemala
Years of interdisciplinary research by Ted Fischer, professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Latin American Studies, and more than a dozen Vanderbilt students from across the university went into the development of Mani+. Read MoreOct 5, 2015
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New ‘text mining’ tech tools boon for Vanderbilt researchers
A partnership between the Owen Graduate School of Management and Vanderbilt Libraries can benefit the entire campus research community with the availability of new technology tools that include a 'back door portal' to LexisNexis Academic content. Read MoreOct 2, 2015
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World’s largest atom smashers create world’s smallest droplets
Recent experiments at the world's largest atom smashers are producing liquid drops so small that they raise the question of how small a droplet can be and still remain a liquid. Read MoreOct 2, 2015
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New faculty: Jessie Hock mines relevance of early modern literature
Jessie Hock knows how to make Shakespeare and Renaissance poetry relevant to Vanderbilt students. Read MoreOct 1, 2015