Releases
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Vanderbilt University students, faculty and staff plan A Day of Hope and Remembrance to mark Sept. 11
Vanderbilt Universitys first Arab-American Muslim Student Government Association president, Samar Ali, will join members of the campus community for A Day of Hope and Remembrance to commemorate Sept. 11. Read MoreSep 9, 2002
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Vanderbilt announces winners of Show Your Gold banner contest
For several weeks, merchants in the Vanderbilt area have heralded the return of students to campus with eye-catching banners hung from their storefronts. Now, the University announces the winners of its first-ever Show Your Gold banner contest. Read MoreSep 6, 2002
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Barrons designates Vanderbilt among most competitive
Vanderbilt is listed among the nations most competitive universities in Barrons most recent Profiles of American Colleges. Read MoreSep 5, 2002
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Nashvilles religious communities, state government among topics for Retirement Learning at Vanderbilt
The history of Protestant Christianity in Nashville and the workings of Tennessees state government are just a few of the diverse topics being discussed during the fall term of Retirement Learning at Vanderbilt, Oct. 7 - Nov. 15. Read MoreSep 5, 2002
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Early named to head Vanderbilts Department of Development and Alumni Relations
Robert L. Early has been named executive associate vice chancellor for the Department of Development and Alumni Relations at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreSep 5, 2002
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Vanderbilt University, Middle Tennessee schools part of landmark national study to determine effectiveness of preschool programs
Vanderbilt University researchers working with 36 preschool classrooms in seven school districts in Coffee, Franklin, Lawrence, Maury, Rutherford and Wayne counties in Tennessee are part of a landmark national study that will for the first time help determine which preschool programs work best for which children. Read MoreSep 4, 2002
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First kosher restaurant in Nashville opens for Vanderbilt students and community
Grins (pronounced greens) is Yiddish for vegetables and the name of Nashvilles first fully kosher restaurant. Located at the new Ben Schulman Center for Jewish Life on the Vanderbilt campus, the restaurant is now open to the public for breakfast, lunch and afternoon takeout. Read MoreSep 3, 2002
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Vanderbilt to host Web services technology seminar
The Vanderbilt School of Engineering and the Middle Tennessee Java Users Group will hold a one-day seminar on Web programming technology at the Vanderbilt Stadium Club on Friday, Sept. 27. The topics to be addressed are developing Web services using Java and developing wireless applications using Java. Read MoreAug 27, 2002
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New clinical education program at VU Law School to help domestic violence victims
Victims of domestic violence as well as the future lawyers who will represent this growing constituency will benefit from a nearly $259,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant to Vanderbilt University Law School to establish the first domestic violence clinical training program for law students in Middle Tennessee. Read MoreAug 22, 2002
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Vanderbilt professor wins SAEs distinguished educator award
Vanderbilt Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sankaran Mahadevan has been selected by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) to receive the international 2002 Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award. Read MoreAug 22, 2002
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Vanderbilt invites area merchants to Show Your Gold with back-to-school banner contest
Nashville business owners surrounding Vanderbilt University know when the fall semester is about to begin. The signs are everywhere. More traffic along West End and 21st avenues. More foot traffic on sidewalks and in area shops. And more 20-somethings populating neighborhood restaurants, coffee houses and watering holes. Read MoreAug 21, 2002
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Lunchtime lecture series promises to be both filling and fulfilling
Hungry for knowledge? Thirsty for the truth? Join Vanderbilt University and the Nashville Public Library as they serve up the next round of their popular box lunch and lecture series, back after a summer break. Read MoreAug 21, 2002
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Roads Scholars visit Appalachia colleges, high school
A high school that pulled itself from near extinction and a community college that opens doors of opportunities to rural Tennesseans topped the agenda on the second and final day of the inaugural Vanderbilt Roads Scholars Tour. Read MoreAug 21, 2002
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Traditions and soon-to-be traditions await Vanderbilt students
Their arrival on campus will be followed by a weeks worth of traditions and other eventsthat are expected to become traditions, including the first-ever Founders Walk Aug. 27 through the main University gate by incoming freshmen, who will be greeted by faculty, staff and current students. Read MoreAug 21, 2002
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Peter Cummings Appointed John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering
Peter T. Cummings has joined the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt as the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering. Read MoreAug 21, 2002
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Vanderbilt Roads Scholars Tour stresses closer ties with East Tennessee
The chiefs of Tennessees largest public and largest private universities sat down for dinner last night and vowed cooperation, as the first ever Vanderbilt Roads Scholar Tour ended day one of an excursion designed to strengthen ties between the Nashville school and East Tennessee institutions, businesses and people. Read MoreAug 20, 2002
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ANTs make Marine air operations a picnic
A highly decorated Marine Air Group has begun streamlining its planning and reducing operational risk with a new software system developed at Vanderbilt University and the University of Southern California. Read MoreAug 14, 2002
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Finding sheds new light into mysterious process of cell movement during development
Biologists at Vanderbilt and the University of Missouri have uncovered what could be a major clue into the mysterious molecular processes that direct cells to the correct locations within a developing embryo. Read MoreAug 14, 2002
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21st Avenue pedestrian bridge placement scheduled overnight Saturday
Four cranes will lift two sections of a nearly 100-foot span of steel over 21st Avenue beginning at midnight Saturday as Vanderbilt creates an aerial link between its central campus and the historic Peabody College area. Read MoreAug 14, 2002
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Vanderbilt Chancellor, faculty, students hit the road to enhance Tennessee ties
Political candidates will not be the only ones logging miles on Tennessees highways this summer. For the first time, Vanderbilt University Chancellor Gordon Gee will hit the road with about 40 newly tenured and newly hired faculty and students to East Tennessee to learn more about the state and to visit areas where Vanderbilt is engaged in community outreach. Read MoreAug 14, 2002