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Vanderbilt Peabody education experts available for back-to-school stories
Education and child development experts from the Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Peabody College was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 3 education school in the nation in 2007. Read MoreAug 14, 2007
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TIPSHEET: National Math Panel member available to talk about $43 billion global competitiveness bill to improve math/science education
Camilla P. Benbow, vice chair of President Bush's National Mathematics Advisory Panel and a member of the National Science Board, is available to talk about the importance of funding math and science education to the United States' ability to compete globally. Read MoreAug 3, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt law professor fights to keep police from releasing arrest records
In a court of law, a person is innocent until proven guilty. But when a person's photograph and arrest information are posted on television newscasts, newspapers, radio reports and Web sites, he or she is essentially being painted as a criminal before being tried by a judge or jury. That's the opinion of University Professor of Constitutional Law & Health Law & Policy James Blumstein. Blumstein is going to U.S. District Court on July 11 to convince a judge to enforce a 33-year-old court order that bans Nashville Metro Police from giving out raw arrest information. Read MoreJul 6, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt professors are ready to talk about upcoming Supreme Court decisions
The United States Supreme Court is set to make decisions on a number of hotly debated cases and a diverse group of Vanderbilt University experts is ready to talk about those cases. Read MoreJun 26, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Immigration overhaul debate: Vanderbilt University experts available for comment
America's past immigrant experience should be studied by those wanting to overhaul current immigration laws, says historian Gary Gerstle. Read MoreJun 21, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt expert can talk about developments in the war crimes case surrounding a young Guantanamo detainee
A military judge Monday threw out a war crimes case against Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr. He is accused of the 2002 grenade killing of a U.S. Army soldier in Afghanistan. Khadr was 15 at the time of the alleged attack. Judge Peter Brownback found that the charge sheet did not meet a two-step process defined in the Military Commissions Act. Read MoreJun 4, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt expert can talk about the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will face 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity on June 4, accused of arming and supporting a rebel group responsible for horrendous atrocities including the murder, rape, mutilation and forced child labor of tens of thousands of people during the Sierra Leone civil war. Read MoreJun 1, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt economist helps sway Supreme Court to overturn telecom antitrust lawsuit
The Supreme Court followed the advice of a Vanderbilt University professor and 25 other top antitrust economists and overturned the decision made by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on the telecom antitrust lawsuit Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly. Read MoreMay 22, 2007
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TIPSHEEET: Vanderbilt expert can talk about the Supreme Court’s decision on late-term abortions
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold a ban on a type of late-term abortion. The court found that the national Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, passed in 2003, does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. Read MoreApr 18, 2007
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TIPSHEET: School violence experts available to comment on aftermath of Virginia Tech shootings
Vanderbilt researchers are available to offer insights on the potential circumstances surrounding school violence and the impact of the tragic April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech on students, faculty and staff. Read MoreApr 18, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt education experts presenting new research on student achievement, charter schools and more in Chicago April 9-13
Education experts from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development will be presenting their latest research April 9-13, 2007, in Chicago at the American Educational Research Association's annual conference. Read MoreApr 9, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Conflict over Alberto Gonzales not likely to reach courts: Vanderbilt Expert
If Alberto Gonzales survives a growing loss of support on Capitol Hill, the standoff between the executive branch and Congress over whether to require sworn testimony from Bush aides is not likely to reach the courts, according to Vanderbilt University judicial expert Stefanie Lindquist. Read MoreMar 26, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt expert can talk about recent problems with airline customer dissatisfaction
"It's time to regulate the airline industry; customers need a passengers' bill of rights." A recent massive snowstorm grounded and delayed hundreds of flights across the country. While many airlines found successful ways to handle the delays, some Jet Blue customers were trapped on planes for more than nine hours, with overflowing toilets. Other passengers were forced to camp out for days at airports, with no clear solution from Jet Blue. Airline expert Michael LaprÈ believes this latest evidence of "massive miscalculations from the airlines," shows that it is time for regulation. Read MoreMar 20, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Think that conversation from your office phone is private? Think again
Vanderbilt professor says Wal-Mart case calls attention to employer‘s right to eavesdrop on employee calls: Bruce Barry, professor of management and sociology, is available to comment on recent case. Read MoreMar 6, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt expert can speak about importance of Fisk paintings
Nashville stands to lose important works if sale goes through. Nashvillians should understand the stakes if paintings by Georgia O‘Keeffe and Marsden Hartley are sold from the Stieglitz Collection at Fisk University to raise money for the university, says art historian Vivien Green Fryd of Vanderbilt University. Read MoreMar 6, 2007
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TIPSHEET: EDUCATION EXPERTS AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS REAUTHORIZATION OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
Vanderbilt University Peabody College of education and human development experts are available to discuss various aspects of No Child Left Behind as Congress considers its reauthorization in 2007. Read MoreFeb 13, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt University political experts available for State of the Union analysis
President Bush will have a difficult time shifting the national conversation away from Iraq, believes presidential historian Thomas Alan Schwartz. Although his State of the Union may contain some interesting proposals on health care, energy and the environment, a conflict as politicized as the Iraq war will still dominate headlines. "Historically, domestic issues tend to pale next to foreign policy when there is a military conflict," Schwartz said. Read MoreJan 22, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Vanderbilt expert can comment on why handwriting still counts; National Handwriting Day to be recognized Jan. 23
Many of today‘s students reach for a keyboard rather than a pencil to communicate their thoughts. But they just might be typing their way to the back of the class, according to Vanderbilt writing expert Steve Graham. Read MoreJan 18, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Saddam Hussein Execution: Vanderbilt Expert Back from Iraq
Vanderbilt University Law Professor Mike Newton is an expert on the Saddam Hussein trial and has just returned from his fourth trip to Iraq. Read MoreDec 29, 2006