Arts And Science
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt experts available to comment on Iraq
Michael Newton and Thomas Schwartz are available to talk about the current situation in Iraq. Read MoreAug 12, 2014
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Search committee for next Arts and Science dean announced
Provost Susan Wente has appointed a committee, including a Board of Trust member, a dean, numerous faculty members, alumni and a current student, to conduct the search for the next dean of the College of Arts and Science. Read MoreAug 11, 2014
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Smith Hall honors legacy of influential Nashville preacher
A new Vanderbilt residence hall pays tribute to the legacy of civil rights pioneer and former Vanderbilt Divinity School assistant dean Kelly Miller Smith. Read MoreAug 8, 2014
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New Russian trade ban violates WTO obligations; plays ‘big ag’ special interest card
The one-year ban of food imports to Russia from the European Union, the United States, Australia, Canada and Norway violates the Russia's obligations to the World Trade Organization and is designed in part to leverage the American agricultural industry's lobbying power in Congress, Vanderbilt experts say. Read MoreAug 7, 2014
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New York Times: Why you can’t catch up
Contrary to popular belief, a prestigious graduate degree does not make up for a less-than-elite undergraduate one, according to new research by law and economics professor Joni Hersch. Read MoreAug 4, 2014
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Fault trumps gruesome evidence when it comes to meting out punishment
A new brain study has identified the brain mechanisms that underlie our judgment of how severely a person who has harmed another should be punished. Read MoreAug 3, 2014
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‘The New York Times’: 50 shades of blue, green, everything
Mel Ziegler (Vanderbilt University) When artists Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler, now the chair of the Department of Art at Vanderbilt, started out, they sometimes took house-painting jobs to pay the rent. The pair became fascinated by houses, colors, even the names of colors: subjects… Read MoreAug 1, 2014
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Jack Sasson’s scholarly efforts in Assyriology honored
Jewish studies, Hebrew Bible and classics professor Jack Sasson's scholarly efforts in Assyriology were honored during an international conference in Warsaw. Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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Seligson: People want legislatures to listen to them
Centennial Professor of Political Science Mitchell Seligson gave the keynote address at the First Inter-American Meeting of the Presidents of the Legislatures of the Americas held in Peru. Read MoreJul 29, 2014
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Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame 2014 class named
Five alumni will be inducted into the Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame during Homecoming/Reunion weekend. Read MoreJul 23, 2014
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Vanderbilt astronomers play key role in major new sky survey
The influential Sloan Digital Sky Survey is launching a major new program called SDSS-IV this month, and Vanderbilt astronomers are directly involved. Read MoreJul 15, 2014
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Listen: Farley’s memoir highlights pivotal era at Vanderbilt Divinity School
Retired Vanderbilt Divinity Professor Ed Farley's memoir speaks to the next generation of theologians. Read MoreJul 11, 2014
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Thomas Weiler receives prestigious Simons Foundation Fellowship
Professor of Physics Thomas Weiler has been awarded a prestigious Simons Foundation Fellowship in Theoretical Physics. Read MoreJul 7, 2014
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Vanderbilt physicists help confirm identity of the Higgs particle
Vanderbilt physicists played a leading role in the latest findings on the nature of the Higgs particle, which explains why objects have weight and mass. Read MoreJun 26, 2014
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‘Thought Leader’ named for ion mobility mass spectrometry research
Vanderbilt's John McLean has received Agilent Technology's Thought Leader Award in recognition of his contributions to ion mobility mass spectrometry. Read MoreJun 20, 2014
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Grit better than GRE for predicting grad student success
New findings suggest interviews are better predictors of graduate STEM program completion than test scores and would increase participation by women and minorities. Read MoreJun 12, 2014
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Elsie Quarterman, who rediscovered Tennessee coneflower, dies at 103
Elsie Quarterman, the first woman to serve as an academic department chair at Vanderbilt and who is best known for her work on the ecology of Tennessee cedar glades, has died. Read MoreJun 12, 2014
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Kate Brown selected for Horowitz Foundation grant
Kate Pride Brown, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at Vanderbilt University, has been awarded a grant for research from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. Read MoreJun 11, 2014
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VUCast: Pet Partners
In the latest VUCast: Learn more about the special role animals are playing for kids fighting cancer; find out how the sun could eat the Earth - and why it hasn't already; and see who you might know in our social media mashup. Watch now. Read MoreJun 10, 2014
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A different D-Day would have meant a different world today
The world would now be a very different place if D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, had gone badly, says Thomas Schwartz, professor of history. Read MoreJun 6, 2014