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February 9, 2012 Sculpture from fine arts collection to be featured at Guggenheim A sculpture from the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery collection will be included in upcoming Guggenheim exhibitions in New York and Spain.   Read More »
Physics professor John Daniel documented an early discovery involving X-rays Following German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen's discovery of X-rays in late 1895, scientists around the world began experimenting with the new technology. Among them was Vanderbilt physics professor John Daniel, who built his own X-ray device using an induction coil and Crookes tube.   Read More »

February 6, 2012 Black Migration Symposium set for Feb. 10-11 Vanderbilt and Fisk universities will co-host the Black Migration Symposium Feb. 10-11 on both university campuses.   Read More »

February 1, 2012 The American Prospect: Where Indiana goes, so goes the nation Right-to work, which prohibits mandatory union membership in the private sector and deals a crippling blow to the state's unions, will likely soon become law in Indiana. After more than a year of fighting, the Indiana House passed the bill last week, and the state Senate is poised to pass it Feb. 1 and send it immediately to Gov. Mitch Daniels. Gary Gerstle, James Stahlman Professor of History, is quoted.   Read More »

January 30, 2012 Join environmental sciences professor and Mayor Dean on geology walk Feb. 4 Earth and environmental sciences professor Molly Miller and Anne Choquette, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, will lead a one-mile walk through Percy Warner Park's Mossy Ridge Trail beginning at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. Mayor Karl Dean will join the walk.   Read More »

January 13, 2012 Beloved hymns carried King through troubled times As the nation pauses Monday to mark the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, those who knew him say hymns, spirituals and other religious songs helped carry him through troubled times. Lewis Baldwin, professor of religious studies, is quoted.   Read More »

January 12, 2012 Mars-sized planet orbits red dwarf star A rocky planet just 0.57 times the radius of Earth - a little larger than the planet Mars - has been found orbiting a red dwarf star along with two other smaller-than-Earth companions. Keivan Stassun, professor of astronomy and member of the team that discovered the planets, is quoted.   Read More »

January 10, 2012 'The Arts of Japan' opens Jan. 12 at Fine Arts Gallery The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of The Arts of Japan. The exhibit is drawn from the 1,300 exquisite Japanese works in the Fine Arts Gallery's permanent collection.   Read More »

January 5, 2012 Pivotal Year for Physics, Say Vanderbilt Experts Vanderbilt scientists are part of an international group whose experiments this year could make or break decades of study. Experts in Nashville say the results could cement long-held theories of physics, or turn much of the discipline on its head.   Read More »

December 16, 2011 One nation overdrawn In the frantic race to save the euro, many Europeans have sought inspiration from the United States, perhaps the most successful monetary union in history. To European federalists, America demonstrates that monetary union cannot survive without fiscal union. Look more carefully, however, and the American example is more complicated. Fiscal and currency union did indeed kick-start America's early economic development, but were not robust enough to contribute to nation-building. Peter Rousseau, professor of economics, is quoted.   Read More »

December 15, 2011 Vanderbilt sets record for number of new AAAS fellows Fourteen members of Vanderbilt University's faculty have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year. This is the largest number of Vanderbilt fellows to be elected in a single year on record.   Read More »

December 12, 2011 Vanderbilt nuclear physicist elected to European academy Joseph H. Hamilton, the Landon C. Garland Distinguished Professor of Physics at Vanderbilt University, has been elected as a member of the Academia Europaea, a non-governmental association of independent scientists and scholars in arts and sciences that promotes learning, education and research.   Read More »

November 17, 2011 Standing on the outside looking in: a Washington insider reviews the carbon tax Changing U.S. laws so we could move away from a carbon-based economy and toward clean, renewable energy sources should have been a no-brainer, writes Roy Neel, adjunct professor of political science at Vanderbilt and visiting international fellow at the University of Melbourne.   Read More »

November 7, 2011 Seligson named to governing body of inter-American human rights group Mitchell Seligson, Centennial Professor of Political Science and director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project, has been confirmed to the General Assembly of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR).   Read More »

October 27, 2011 Fright delight October is the month to catch a fright, with a range of attractions-from haunted houses and hayrides to ghost tours and the obligatory slasher flick-designed to incite shivers and screams aplenty. The cackling clowns and masked chain-saw wielders aren't real, of course, but some of us can't seem to resist an opportunity to be frightened. David Zald, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry, has studied thrill-seeking behavior and is quoted.   Read More »

October 17, 2011 Tiffiny Tung awarded Chancellor's Cup The Department of Anthropology's Tiffiny Tung was surprised with the 2011-12 Chancellor's Cup on Oct. 13 when Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos interrupted what Tung thought was to be a departmental meeting.   Read More »

October 6, 2011 Pavlovic featured at 12th Istanbul Biennial Vesna Pavlovic, assistant professor of art at Vanderbilt, is featured in the 12th Istanbul Biennial, one of the most prestigious exhibitions of contemporary art in the world. Pavlovic's "Search for Landscapes, 2011" is on display through Nov. 13.   Read More »

September 19, 2011 Gove, professor emerita of Russian, women's advocate, dies Vanderbilt Professor Emerita of Russian Antonina ("Nina") Filonov Gove died on Aug. 29 in Seattle, Washington. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. at St. Augustine's Chapel, 2200 24th Ave. South in Nashville.   Read More »

September 9, 2011 Jewish Daily Forward: Men protest panels excluding women It's nice to see influential men increasingly protest the absence of women presenting at major Jewish events. Shaul Kelner, assistant professor of sociology and Jewish studies, writes a powerful essay for a Jewish philanthropy website about his pledge to refrain from participating in any all-male panel discussions, and to make his involvement conditional on the inclusion of women.   Read More »

September 8, 2011 In Conversation with Billy Collins The former U.S. poet laureate discusses his upcoming Vanderbilt residency and the importance of a poem's 'shape'   Read More »

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