Arts And Science
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Vanderbilt experts can speak about election results
John Geer, Marc Hetherington and Bruce Oppenheimer of Vanderbilt University are available to comment on the Nov. 4 election. Read MoreNov 5, 2014
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Overcoming challenges to scientific innovation topic of (Lunch) Box talk
Environmental scientist Chris Vanags will discuss overcoming obstacles to scientific innovation at the Nov. 5 Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box talk at the Nashville Public Library. Read MoreNov 4, 2014
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Weintraub to speak on aliens and world religion at Dyer Observatory Nov. 6
The possibility of extraterrestrial life and its impact on religion will be addressed in a free, upcoming talk at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory. Read MoreOct 31, 2014
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U.S. aid to Central America is successfully combatting crime and violence: LAPOP study
Aid programs sponsored by the United States are effective in lowering crime in Central America, according to a Vanderbilt study. Read MoreOct 30, 2014
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Vanderbilt Theatre production to focus on career women and success
Vanderbilt Theatre opens "Top Girls," a play written in the 1980s about the impact of career choices on ambitious women, at Neely Auditorium Oct. 31. Read MoreOct 29, 2014
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Vanderbilt students travel to Washington, D.C., for science policy event
Vanderbilt students explored the opportunities and challenges of setting policy on federal issues and advocacy related to science, technology, engineering and math during a two-day immersion event last week in Washington, D.C. Read MoreOct 27, 2014
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Members named to Academic Strategic Plan committees
Two committees tasked with fleshing out key initiatives in Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan are now staffed and ready to begin work. Read MoreOct 27, 2014
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Listen: Goodman co-authors book on the soul
Lenn Goodman, professor of philosophy and the Andrew Mellon Professor of Humanities, has co-authored a new book, Coming to Mind: The Soul and Its Body (University of Chicago Press). Goodman and D. Gregory Caramenico contend that the soul works not as a rival, but in partnership with the brain. With… Read MoreOct 23, 2014
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Center for Latin American Studies receives $1.8 million federal grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $1.8 million grant to the Center for Latin American Studies for interdisciplinary projects. Read MoreOct 23, 2014
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Vanderbilt doctoral thesis helps protect rare domestic sunflower
The doctoral thesis of former Vanderbilt graduate student Jennifer Ellis Mandel played a key role in protecting a rare domestic sunflower. Read MoreOct 23, 2014
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Vanderbilt University names Women’s Center director
Rory Dicker will assume the role of director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center at Vanderbilt University beginning January 2015. Read MoreOct 22, 2014
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New faculty: Townsend studies the glycobiology of human milk
Although he is lactose-intolerant, Steven Townsend has more than a passing interest in mother’s milk. Read MoreOct 20, 2014
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Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements
Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read MoreOct 17, 2014
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New faculty: VanDiver views art through multidisciplinary lens
University students are bombarded with dozens of media images each day. Rebecca VanDiver’s goal is to get them not only thinking critically about what they see, but doing so with trained eyes. Read MoreOct 13, 2014
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Human sacrifice in Etruscan art topic of lecture at Parthenon
An Oct. 14 lecture by Larissa Bonfante, an Etruscan civilization expert, is in honor of retiring Vanderbilt Professor Jack Sasson. Read MoreOct 10, 2014
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New faculty: Jackmans make study of American political institutions
Though they didn’t meet until graduate school at Stanford University, Molly and Saul Jackman both grew up in California and became fascinated with politics while very young. Read MoreOct 10, 2014
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‘Lost in the Ivy’ documents the African American experience at Vanderbilt
A quest to learn about Vanderbilt’s first African American Board of Trust member has led sociologist Rosevelt Noble on a much greater mission to document as much of the African American experience at the university as he can. Read MoreOct 9, 2014
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The new ‘double disadvantage’
In the United States, your nationality has some effect on your likelihood to be employed--but being married matters more. For women, it matters a lot more. Read MoreOct 9, 2014
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Goddu receives 2014 Chancellor’s Cup
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos presented the 2014 Chancellor’s Cup to Associate Professor of English Teresa Goddu during a surprise ceremony Oct. 7 in Benson Hall with many of Goddu’s colleagues and students looking on. Read MoreOct 8, 2014
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Vanderbilt represented at this weekend’s Southern Festival of Books
The Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities will co-sponsor a special track of veteran-focused readings, discussions and performances at this year's Southern Festival of Books, which also features appearances by Vanderbilt faculty, staff, students and alumni. Read MoreOct 8, 2014