Lectures

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

The role that physical location and urban design play in the social, economic, sexual, artistic and religious development of cities was the topic of a lecture by urban planning expert Edward Soja at the Wyatt Center Rotunda on the Vanderbilt Peabody campus, Monday, March 13. Read More

Neil Lerner, associate professor of music at Davidson College, discussed music, horror film and disability in the 1946 film "The Beast with Five Fingers," Feb. 23 at Vanderbilt University. Read More

The use of brain scans to detect Alzheimer\'s disease was the topic of a lecture by Dr. John Csernansky, director of the Silvio O. Conte Center for Neuroscience Research at Washington University, St. Louis, at Vanderbilt University March 9. The lecture was part of the Brainstorm 2006 lecture and event series. Read More

The use of brain scans to detect Alzheimer's disease was the topic of a lecture by Dr. John Csernansky, director of the Silvio O. Conte Center for Neuroscience Research at Washington University, St. Louis, at Vanderbilt University March 9. The lecture was part of the Brainstorm 2006 lecture and event series. Read More

Vivien Green Fryd, a Vanderbilt professor of art history who is conducting a seminar in conjunction with Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman\'s Multimedia Project of Discovery, lectured on the work of these two acclaimed artists who are Vanderbilt\'s first Chancellor\'s Artists-in-Residence. The lecture took place March 2 at Sarratt Cinema. Read More

With a "bold goal" to reinvest $300 million annually by 2016, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Harry Jacobson, M.D., told an auditorium packed with faculty, staff and students that he envisions Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be a far different place when it meets its ambitious 10-year goals. Read More