Education

Getting very young, at-risk children on the path to future academic success is the goal of a new Vanderbilt University research study. Read More

Joseph T. Hallinan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Wall Street Journal and author of a book examining the growth of the prison system in America, will instruct a writing course at Vanderbilt during the spring semester. Read More

The call went out a year ago to high-ability high school seniors for a new program at Vanderbilt through which they could gain advanced admission to any of seven of its professional and graduate schools when they enroll as freshmen. No one expected quite the level of interest that resulted. Read More

A standing-room only crowd of over 700 heard from top federal officials and national academic leaders in mental health and human development about topics such as the history of mental retardation research and treatment, the social nature of autism, the interplay between nature and nurture and the new "Decade of Discovery" in mental health research at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's 40th Anniversary Symposium Nov. 30. Read More

A symposium featuring top federal officials in mental health and human development will cap off a year of anniversary celebrations for the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Human Development. Read More

A husband and wife who have spent their careers teaching have extended that service into the future with a donation of $750,000 to Vanderbilt's Peabody College of Education and Human Development. John and Leta Shelby Wimpey, alumni of Peabody College, made the donation to commemorate their lifelong commitment to education and to honor the memory of their daughter LeAnn Wimpey, also a teacher, who died in 1982 at the age of 29. Read More

Vanderbilt's Susan Gray School will hold its Holidays Around the World Celebration Saturday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Commodore Ballroom of the Student Life Center on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

Vanderbilt University ranks fifth among the "Best Places to Work in Academia," according to a survey of researchers in the life sciences that will be released Nov. 7 in The Scientist magazine. Read More

A delegation of leaders from South China Normal University, one of the top 10 education colleges in China, will visit Nashville the week of Nov. 7 to formalize a partnership to train both American and Chinese principals in effective leadership, education and management skills. Read More

Roberta Goodman, a well respected health care analyst, will join the faculty of the Health Care MBA program at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in January. A perennial favorite on lists of top analysts in financial publications including the Wall Street Journal and Institutional Investor, Goodman is now a principal with Nashville-based Health Care Analytics, a strategic consulting firm specializing in the health care services industry. Read More

The Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded Vanderbilt University a grant of $207,000 to support a dissertation seminar in the humanities entitled "The Souls of Brute and Stupid Things." The seminar, which will be led by English Professor and Mellon Chair of Humanities Jonathan Lamb, is in response to a proposal prepared and submitted to the foundation by Lamb. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development and the Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research have been awarded a $980,922 grant from the National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiative to support postdoctoral training in understanding and treating developmental disabilities. The funds will support four postdoctoral trainees for five years. Read More

Vanderbilt professors will lead a series of Classes Without Quizzes on Oct. 14, with discussions ranging from the university scientists‘ latest drug discovery advances to reasons why The Da Vinci Code is a good but historically inaccurate story. In addition, there will be informative sessions for families interested in applying to Vanderbilt or other selective colleges and those seeking strategies to move up the career ladder. Read More

Vanderbilt professors will lead a series of Classes Without Quizzes on Oct. 14, with discussions ranging from the university scientists' latest drug discovery advances to reasons why The Da Vinci Code is a good but historically inaccurate story. In addition, there will be informative sessions for families interested in applying to Vanderbilt or other selective colleges and those seeking strategies to move up the career ladder. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Larry R. Churchill, co-director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will examine the factors that must be addressed as America confronts the Medicare crisis in the 21st century during a lecture Sept. 13 at Flynn Auditorium in the Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Peter Eisenman, an internationally recognized architect and educator who has designed projects ranging from NFL stadiums to unique private homes, will speak Sept. 23 at Vanderbilt University as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More

Vanderbilt experts are available to discuss a variety of issues related to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, including emergency response planning, police response, looting, economic impact, impact on universities, mass casualties, infectious disease and medical problems facing children. Read More

Veteran health care executive Jon Lehman has been named associate dean for health care at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, effective Sept. 1. In his new role, Lehman will have responsibility for the school‘s new Health Care MBA program, while continuing to conduct research and teach health care information technology strategy classes as professor for the practice of management. Read More

Veteran health care executive Jon Lehman has been named associate dean for health care at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, effective Sept. 1. In his new role, Lehman will have responsibility for the school's new Health Care MBA program, while continuing to conduct research and teach health care information technology strategy classes as professor for the practice of management. Read More

Vanderbilt University's campus will be a hub of activity next week as upperclassmen return to campus and incoming freshmen prepare to step on campus for the first time as official students. In anticipation of the start of classes on Aug. 24, the university will host a variety of activities to welcome new and returning students and introduce new students to campus life. Read More