Lectures

"Information Infrastructure and Its Orphans", lecture by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. The lecture focuses on decisions which determine what is captured or represented by search engines and information systems, and, what is left out. Read More

"Information Infrastructure and Its Orphans", lecture by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. The lecture focuses on decisions which determine what is captured or represented by search engines and information systems, and, what is left out. Read More

Islam is a religion of peace, logic and tolerance, said panelists assembled Thursday evening as part of Islamic Awareness Week at Vanderbilt. Read More

Listen to sociologist Jill Quadagno\'s lecture about the political, economic and historical reasons behind America\'s lack of a national health insurance program. Read More

Listen to sociologist Jill Quadagno's lecture about the political, economic and historical reasons behind America's lack of a national health insurance program. Read More

Mohamed Yahya, a refugee from the Darfur region of Sudan, spoke about his experiences and his work to speak out against the genocide in that country April 4 at the Student Life Center as part of the Darfur Lecture Series. Read More

Mohamed Yahya, a refugee from the Darfur region of Sudan, spoke about his experiences and his work to speak out against the genocide in that country April 4 at the Student Life Center as part of the Darfur Lecture Series. Read More

Juan Melendez spent 17 years, eight months and one day on Florida\'s death row for a crime he did not commit. He shared his story April 6 at Vanderbilt University\'s Sarratt Cinema. Read More

The 2006 Spring Faculty Assembly convened April 6 at the Student Life Center, where Chancellor Gordon Gee bestowed faculty prizes before addressing the group. Read More

Listen to a March 30 lecture about the representation of women in historical photos by Tina Campt, associate professor of women\'s studies at Duke University. Read More

Listen to a March 30 lecture about the representation of women in historical photos by Tina Campt, associate professor of women's studies at Duke University. Read More

Listen to a podcast of James Gardner\'s, associate director of the National Museum of American History\'s Office of Curatorial Affairs, lecture about the changing role of the nation\'s history museum. Read More

Listen to a podcast of James Gardner's, associate director of the National Museum of American History's Office of Curatorial Affairs, lecture about the changing role of the nation's history museum. Read More

Three prominent writers who also critique others in their field discussed their work as part of Vanderbilt University\'s annual Spring Symposium on March 24. Read More

Respect for a variety of religious traditions is growing in America, but that welcome development holds potential pitfalls for democracy, believes Robert Wuthnow, a Princeton University sociologist who spoke March 23 at at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Respect for a variety of religious traditions is growing in America, but that welcome development holds potential pitfalls for democracy, believes Robert Wuthnow, a Princeton University sociologist who spoke March 23 at at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Former U.S. senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards spoke March 21 at Langford Auditorium as part of Vanderbilt\'s annual Impact Symposium. Though the theme of the symposium was "Disappearing Borders," Edwards spent the bulk of his lecture discussing poverty, which he called "the greatest moral issue of our time." Read More

Many are familiar with the basic facts that surround the founding of Vanderbilt University in 1873, but the unusual confluence of characters and events that led to this unlikely gift is the stuff of fiction. Historian Michael McGerr recounted Cornelius Vanderbilt\'s journey from single-minded businessman to university patron in the inaugural Founder\'s Day Lecture on March 16. Read More

Dr. Richard A. Meserve, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, gave the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture at Vanderbilt March 13 on the "nuclear renaissance in the U.S." . Read More

Dr. Richard A. Meserve, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, gave the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture at Vanderbilt March 13 on the "nuclear renaissance in the U.S." . Read More