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Vanderbilt finance professors open NASDAQ stock exchange
Apr. 20, 2011—Vanderbilt finance professors Robert Whaley and Jacob Sagi rang the opening bell for Nasdaq OMX in New York on Tuesday, April 19, to celebrate the start of options trading on a new group of indexes the pair developed to help protect stock gains from market fluctuations.
OpEd: Justice: Too much and too expensive
Apr. 18, 2011—Legal experts Nancy J. King and Joseph Hoffmann propose a new approach to habeas corpus cases, in this op-ed which ran in the April 17, 2011, New York Times.
Sleep strategy used by night nurses throws off their circadian clocks
Apr. 14, 2011—As many as 25 percent of hospital nurses use sleep deprivation to adjust to working on the night shift, the poorest strategy for adapting their internal, circadian clocks to a night-time schedule.
Brain injury strongly linked to depression, but treatments lack study
Apr. 13, 2011—Though a direct link has been found between traumatic brain injury and depression, not enough is known about how to treat those suffering the results.
Fields Medalist joins Vanderbilt faculty
Apr. 6, 2011—One of the world’s foremost mathematicians, Vaughan F. R. Jones, has accepted a position as distinguished professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University beginning in the fall of 2011.
Assistant Vice Chancellor Christine Bradley honored with Athena Award
Apr. 1, 2011—Christine Bradley, assistant vice chancellor for Community and Government Relations, has won the 2011 Athena Award, which honors outstanding women of Nashville for their skills in business, leadership and service.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center campers join Darius Rucker at ACM Awards
Mar. 28, 2011—A special performance at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards April 3 at 8 p.m. on CBS featuring country music star Darius Rucker and participants in the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp will benefit the Kennedy Center.
Hudnut-Beumler re-appointed dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School
Mar. 23, 2011—James Hudnut-Beumler has accepted a third term as dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School.
Graphene expert receives NSF CAREER award
Mar. 21, 2011—Vanderbilt physicist Kirill Bolotin has received NSF’s CAREER award, which supports exceptionally promising junior faculty members.
Pawlenty, Romer to speak at Vanderbilt’s 2011 Impact Symposium tonight
Mar. 2, 2011—Tim Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota, and Christina Romer, former chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, are speaking as part of the university’s annual Impact Symposium.
Campaign spending’s clear winner: Corporations
Mar. 2, 2011—Researchers discover corporations gain clear financial benefits when individual employees make political donations.
Tennessee pre-k students see 82 percent gain over peers
Feb. 24, 2011—Students in Tennessee's state prekindergarten program experience an average of 82 percent greater gains in literacy and math skills over their peers who do not attend state pre-k.