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On Jan. 16, a group of stakeholders from academia, federal and state government and the private sector—including Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Sen. Lamar Alexander, former Senate Majority Leader William Frist, Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, University of Tennessee Executive Vice President David Millhorn and Chad Holliday, chairman of the board of Bank of America and retired chairman of DuPont—attended a workshop at Vanderbilt to discuss the steps that must be taken to ensure the future of the critical partnership between academia and government. Read More

Watch video of noted music journalist Alan Light discuss the improbable journey of “Hallelujah” from rejected to one of the most performed songs in rock history Jan. 15 at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Light is the author of The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Eat more, lose weight! A Vandy nutritionist shows how it works Anger in the court! Why ticked-off judges may be better judges. See what inspires some of our professors to teach. Read More

Watch video from the January 9 Lunch and Learn event with David Lewis. David Lewis, assistant chair of political science, spoke on “What to Expect in Obama’s Second Term”. President Obama was reelected with 332 Electoral College votes and 50.6% of the popular vote. Internationally, he faces a number of… Read More

Watch video of “Better Living Through Economics”, part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series presented by Vanderbilt Professor of Economics John Siegfried, who has written a book with the same title. Siegfried will focus on various case studies to demonstrate how economic research has improved societal conditions over the past… Read More

Watch video of “America and the Vietnam War” from the Osher Lifelong Lecture Series event on Jan. 10.  Thomas A. Schwartz, a professor of history and political science at Vanderbilt, examines the war’s history, United States’ involvement, anti-war protests and more. Lifelong learners aged 50 and above can sign up… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: How a world class musical talent is teaching in a global way. How the promise of discovery is changing a family’s life Who does rockstar runningback Zac Stacy consider his inspiration for life? [vucastblurb]… Read More

Where are you spending New Year’s Eve?  Watching about 1,400 people celebrating at the Vanderbilt bowl announcement party will get you in the mood to cheer the Dores to a victory at the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. Visit Bowl Central for more information. [vucastblurb]… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: How Vanderbilt solved the deadly fungal meningitis mystery Which Vandy alum is now starring on network TV! Bowl game countdown is on! [vucastblurb]… Read More

Watch video of Mark Dimunation, chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress, present as part of the Vanderbilt Library Lecture Series. His talk is titled “Forged in Fire: The Jefferson Collection and the Origins of the Library of Congress.” The nucleus of the… Read More

Want to get excited about going bowling for the second year in a row—the first time in Commodore Nation history? Watching Vanderbilt beat U.T. 41 to 18 will get you in the mood to buy those tickets. Let’s Go Bowling! And be sure to check out Bowl Central. [vucastblurb]… Read More

Watch video of Melissa Snarr, a Vanderbilt University Divinity School professor who studies the intersection of religion, social change and political ethics, delivering the 2012 Howard L. Harrod Lecture. Snarr, associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of ethics and society, addressed “Unions, Politics and Inequality: Putting Christian Ethics to… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: Vanderbilt students and a best-selling author change a “deathstyle” into a lifestyle! How a diabetes medication could fight drug addiction What’s your story? Come inside the Vanderbilt Story Booth! [vucastblurb]… Read More

Watch video of Keith Meador presenting “Religion and Health: Pitfalls and Possibilities” as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute lecture series. The course reviews the historical context and current research and conversations regarding religion and health in American culture. We will examine the significance and implications of our “therapeutic culture”… Read More

Watch video of Christopher Slobogin presenting “Contemporary Debates in Criminal Justice: The Class Decides” as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute lecture series. The course explores a number of the hottest topics in criminal justice: the death penalty, the insanity defense, preventive detention, surveillance and other topics relating to… Read More

Watch video of Keith Meador presenting “Religion and Health: Pitfalls and Possibilities” as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute lecture series. The course reviews the historical context and current research and conversations regarding religion and health in American culture. We will examine the significance and implications of our “therapeutic culture”… Read More

Watch video of Christopher Slobogin presenting “Contemporary Debates in Criminal Justice: Interrogation Practices” as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute lecture series. The course explores a number of the hottest topics in criminal justice: the death penalty, the insanity defense, preventive detention, surveillance and other topics relating to investigation… Read More

Watch video of two Vanderbilt Divinity School students reflecting on their experiences within the Occupy Nashville movement and their research on the growing need for street pastoral care in “Radical Chaplaincy: Exploring Alternate Forms of Chaplaincy on the Streets of Nashville and Beyond”. Lindsey Krinks and Darria Hudson discussed street chaplaincy,… Read More

Watch video of Marie Fortune present “Wolves in Shepherd’s Clothing: The Institutional Crisis of Clergy Sexual Abuse” as part of the Divinity School’s Carpenter Lecture Series. Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune grew up in North Carolina where she received her undergraduate degree from Duke University. She received her seminary training at… Read More

Watch video of Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Graduate Chair of Religion, University of Pennsylvania, for the second Cole Lecture when she expands on the way different communities have used the founders and their documents to open up religious and civic opportunities for all. The presentation is… Read More