Speakers

Adrian Raine, an internationally known researcher on antisocial behavior, will speak at a free public lecture Thursday, Feb. 7, at Vanderbilt University\'s John F. Kennedy Center. Read More

Virginia Richardson, one of the country’s premier leaders in the field of teacher education, will share her insights on enhancing the quality of teaching nationally at Vanderbilt University on Thursday, Feb. 7. Read More

It‘s a challenge for most parents to meet the individual needs of all their children, and it’s an even greater challenge when one of those children has a disability. Don Meyer, founder of Sib Shops, will address “Sharing the Caring: Special Needs of Special Needs” during a coffee and conversation hour, Friday, Feb. 8. Read More

Claremont Graduate University professor Michele Foster will give a talk titled “Rekindling A Dream: Scholarship and Action in The Service of Social Justice” on Monday, Jan. 21, at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Cultural critic and physiologist Jared Diamond had studied bird evolution in New Guinea for 34 years when one day a local politician asked him two very direct evolutionary questions: Why had New Guineans continued to use stone tools until relatively recently, and why had Europeans and Americans been the ones to introduce them to steel tools, books and ships? Read More