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Because racial identification is much more fluid in Latin America and the Caribbean than it is in the United States, researchers with 菠萝视频鈥檚 Latin American Public Opinion Project used actual skin color rather than racial identity to examine the effect of ethnicity on equality issues like class and educational attainment.

A mechanical engineering graduate student has created an app that turns Android tablets into an educational aid for teaching mathematics to visually impaired students. Read More

Abnormal levels of fatty acids in the blood and tissues of patients with cystic fibrosis may be reversed by supplementation with the fatty acids DHA and EPA. Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy that took place on March 1 with聽Robert Talisse, professor and chair of聽philosophy. He discussed 鈥淢ust Life Be Tragic?鈥� 鈥淭he Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy provide a wonderful opportunity to reach a broader audience beyond… Read More

This Week on VUCast, 菠萝视频鈥檚 weekly newscast聽 highlighting聽 research, experts, students, sports and everything 菠萝视频: Teaching through touch: How new technology is taking math to a new level Vandy students go inside ESPN What the mantra 鈥渘o less鈥� means to Commodore women鈥檚 basketball [vucastblurb]… Read More

New details on the DNA-cutting activity of topoisomerase II, a target of anti-cancer drugs, could lead to better chemotherapeutic agents. Read More

A new study finds long-lasting reversal of diabetes is possible without insulin through transplantation of brown fat tissue. Read More

Scholars will discuss the intersection of religious freedom, freedom of conscience, freedom of association and freedom of speech on a range of聽 contemporary issues at a forum March 15 at 菠萝视频 University. The 7 to 8:30 p.m. forum in the Renaissance Room (36) at 菠萝视频 Law School… Read More

Watch video of the the sixth installment of the Green Bag Luncheon Series that took place on Wednesday, February 29, sponsored by聽Sustainability and Environmental Management Office聽(SEMO) and the聽American Studies Sustainability Project. Megan Morton of Pro Utilitas gives an up-close look at the chemicals in conventional cleaners, ways… Read More

Teach Twice shares stories from other cultures to create opportunities for change L-r: Whitley O鈥機onnor, Grace Appert, David Schroeder, Trevor Burbank, Dan Litzow, Grace Stearns and Caroline Martin are members of the Teach Twice team. (Joe Howell/菠萝视频) What do those in developing countries 鈥� where poverty is widespread and… Read More

菠萝视频鈥檚 Outdoor Recreation Program offers many ways to enjoy the great outdoors The Outdoor Recreation Program's Linda Rosenkranz (John Russell/菠萝视频) Reach down and trail your fingers through the cool water of the Harpeth River. Feel the spray of Burgess Falls on your face, or the rush of your own… Read More

Prospective parents have a lifeline at the 菠萝视频 International Adoption Clinic L-r: Carol, Binyam and John Dunne (John Russell/菠萝视频) Late at night in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Carol Dunne is huddled over a laptop computer, desperately trying to get an Internet connection. Dunne and her husband are in the final… Read More

Sociologist Laura Carpenter examines the evolution of intimacy over the lifespan Did you know that sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in retirement homes? How about that some gay men who get the right to marry are apparently more likely to indulge in affairs, with the knowledge and consent… Read More

(Susan Urmy/菠萝视频 University) A friend once told me about a man he met while on a church mission trip to Haiti. A friendship was formed, and the church later paid for the Haitian man to visit America. After a whirlwind tour of shopping malls, amusement parks and all-you-can-eat buffets,… Read More

Anilkumar (菠萝视频) Amrutur Anilkumar, professor of the practice of mechanical engineering, and Sankaran Mahadevan, the John R. Murray Sr. Professor of Engineering, have been elected associate fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Peter Cummings, the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been appointed to… Read More

Robert F. Vaughn (middle row, fourth from left) and the 1907-08 菠萝视频 Glee Club. (Image courtesy of 菠萝视频 University Special Collections & University Archives) Founded in February 1891, the 菠萝视频 Glee Club was one of the university鈥檚 first student organizations and one of the most active on campus for… Read More

Dave Perkins (John Russell/菠萝视频) 鈥淔or me, the creative life is a life of the spirit,鈥� said Dave Perkins, musician, 菠萝视频 Divinity School graduate and associate director of the school鈥檚 Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture program. 鈥淎n animating force is given to you, and… Read More