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Rally Across America, a non-profit charity bicycle race which raises money for childhood cancer research, will visit the Hematology and Oncology Clinic at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt on Friday, June 27. Read More

A free electronics recycling event will be held at LP Field from May 14 to May 17. A large number of items are expected to be recycled on Wednesday, May 14, providing photo and video opportunities. Items could include computer systems, monitors, printers, copiers, fax machines, TVs, cell… Read More

Graduating students will receive diplomas at Vanderbilt University\'s Commencement on Friday, May 9, starting at 9 a.m. on Alumni Lawn, near West End Avenue and 23rd Avenue North. Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos will give the Commencement address to graduates. Read More

In his May 9 commencement address at Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management, Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, will tell graduating MBAs that the heart and soul of a business resides inside its people and transcends success in the marketplace. Read More

Musician and social activist Bob Geldof will speak at Vanderbilt\'s Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 8, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Senior Class Day, which starts with a ceremonial walk through the gates of the university at 9:30 a.m., is held the day before the university\'s commencement exercises. Geldof\'s speech will be webcast live. Read More

Civil rights leaders and activists Angela Davis and the Rev. James Lawson will speak on April 4, the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and a special panel including Houston Baker, Richard King, Bob Moses and Ruth Turner Perot will examine Robert Penn Warren\'s 1965 book Who Speaks for the Negro? Read More

A distinguished group of scholars, journalists and activists will grapple with some of the thorniest issues of immigration during a symposium organized by Carol Swain, a Vanderbilt University professor of political science and law. Read More

Vanderbilt will celebrate the selection of Nicholas S. Zeppos as the university\'s eighth chancellor during a special open house Monday, March 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Life Center. Read More

The eighth chancellor of Vanderbilt University will be available to speak with media at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 1, in the second floor lobby of Kirkland Hall. Read More

The Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee is hosting the state\'s first ever Food Security Summit Saturday, Feb. 16, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Nashville from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean will address the group at 10 a.m. Read More

Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, will speak at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at Benton Chapel on Vanderbilt University\'s campus. Read More

A multi-disciplinary panel will take up the controversial topic of state-required vaccinations for sexually transmitted disease on Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Flynn Auditorium of the Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Vanderbilt University students will hold a presidential caucus Friday, Feb. 1, in advance of what has been dubbed "Super Duper Tuesday." Read More

President Bush\'s final State of the Union address is likely to be more bipartisan in tone than his previous speeches before Congress, says Vanderbilt University political rhetoric expert Vanessa Beasley. Read More

Vanderbilt University\'s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center will announce the winners of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical and Essay Contest Saturday, Jan. 26, at an 11:30 a.m. luncheon for all local students participating in the contest and their families. Read More

The most senior female executive at Tiffany & Co. will be on campus Jan. 26 as the featured speaker at the first networking conference of the student-run Women\'s Business Association at Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Singer and actor Harry Belafonte, known as the "King of Calypso" for his artistic endeavors and as a social activist and an outspoken critic of the Bush administration, will speak Monday, Jan. 14, at 6 p.m. at Vanderbilt University\'s Student Life Center. Live video of the talk will be available on VUCast, www.vanderbilt.edu.news. Read More

Judge Zuhair Al-Maliki, an Iraqi jurist who served as a judge with the Iraqi Criminal Court, will speak at noon Friday, Dec. 7, at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Residents in Metropolitan Nashville‘s 18th District will celebrate on Nov. 18 longtime successful efforts to preserve and revitalize the area‘s urban neighborhoods. Read More

Virginia Shepherd, a pathology professor at Vanderbilt University and co-chair of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics, will take part in two panel discussions on Monday, Oct. 15, as the Knight Commission discusses a faculty survey on intercollegiate athletics. Read More