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Blumstein: court should strike down Medicaid expansion
The Supreme Court should strike down President Obama’s proposed expansion of Medicaid, says James F. Blumstein of Vanderbilt University Law School. Read MoreOct 5, 2011
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Where Were You on 9/11?
It has been a decade since the 9/11 terrorists attacks, in which more than 3,000 people died at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. But time has not fully healed the wound: Don’t we all remember where we were that day? The View invited members of the Vanderbilt community to share their stories, and we have captured a few of them here. Read MoreSep 9, 2011
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Vanderbilt students return to campus Aug. 20, move-in will be green
Vanderbilt University will begin welcoming first-year students to campus first thing Saturday morning, Aug. 20, when move-in begins at 7 a.m. at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, Vanderbilt’s first-year student community. Read MoreAug 19, 2011
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Designing diamond circuits for extreme environments
There is a new way to design computer chips and electronic circuitry for extreme environments: make them out of diamond. Read MoreAug 4, 2011
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Vanderbilt Peabody education experts available for back-to-school stories
Education experts from the Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Read MoreJul 22, 2011
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OpEd: Justice: Too much and too expensive
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. Read MoreApr 18, 2011
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Pawlenty, Romer to speak at Vanderbilt’s 2011 Impact Symposium tonight
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. Read MoreMar 2, 2011
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Campaign spending’s clear winner: Corporations
Researchers discover corporations gain clear financial benefits when individual employees make political donations. Read MoreMar 2, 2011
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Tennessee pre-k students see 82 percent gain over peers
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. Read MoreFeb 24, 2011
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The Invisible Line: American families’ journeys from black to white
African Americans have continually crossed the color line and assimilated into white communities since the 17th century, without science or surgery. A new book reveals how, and why. Read MoreFeb 17, 2011
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Vanderbilt-pioneered fetal surgery procedure yields positive results
Results of a landmark, seven-year National Institutes of Health-funded trial, Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS), demonstrate clear benefit for babies who undergo fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system. Read MoreFeb 9, 2011
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Economy, including jobs, Tennesseans’ No. 1 priority in inaugural Vanderbilt Poll
The top three priorities for Tennessee’s elected officials should be the economy, education and health care, according to a new poll launched by Vanderbilt University. Read MoreFeb 6, 2011
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Research News @ Vanderbilt website showcases discovery
The latest news about discoveries by Vanderbilt researchers is now available on a new online news channel, Research News @ Vanderbilt. Read MoreFeb 1, 2011
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Vanderbilt business school ranks No. 25 in U.S., according to Financial Times
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management ranked 25th in the U.S. and 51st worldwide, according to the 2011 Global MBA survey published today by Financial Times. Read MoreJan 31, 2011
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Events featuring daughter of Malcolm X, first African American to play in the NBA scheduled at Vanderbilt University during Black History Month
Ambassador Atallah Shabazz, daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X, will give a talk, “Melting Pot: Cultural Diplomacy/Multi-National Patriotism,” at Vanderbilt University Thursday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. in Room 103 of Wilson Hall. Her lecture is among several free, public events scheduled at Vanderbilt University during February – Black History Month. Read MoreJan 25, 2011
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State of the Union: Vanderbilt experts available for analysis
Vanderbilt experts are available to comment on the State of the Union address. Read MoreJan 24, 2011
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Public lecture series at Vanderbilt features renowned Civil War scholars
U.S. Civil War scholars from across the nation will speak at Vanderbilt University this spring on a variety of themes, including the war’s impact on Nashville, during a series of public lectures. Read MoreJan 20, 2011
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Mason, Jarman among authors appearing at Vanderbilt this spring
Novelists Bobbie Ann Mason and Tom Perrotta and poets Mark Jarman, Ciaran Carson and Frank Bidart are among the writers who will read from their work during the spring semester at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreJan 18, 2011
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Vanderbilt’s role in largest digital sky image
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III collaboration, which includes Vanderbilt University, has resulted in a picture of the sky so big that it would take 500,000 high-definition TVs to view it at full resolution. The color image contains more than a trillion pixels and covers about one-third of the entire sky. Read MoreJan 13, 2011
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Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond headlines MLK celebration at Vanderbilt
Civil rights leader and former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond will deliver the keynote address at a 4:30 p.m. event at Vanderbilt University commemorating the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 17. Watch it live. Read MoreJan 11, 2011