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Peabody student Thomas Davis teaching English to Hispanic and minority children Immigration issues are as complex and varied in American classrooms as they are in the courtroom, yet answers on how to tackle these issues are elusive. A special issue of the Peabody Journal of Education released this month brings… Read More

Gustavo Guti茅rrez, author of A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, Salvation and other ground-breaking works on issues of spirituality and Latin American history, will speak on the 菠萝视频 University campus Nov. 8. Guti茅rrez鈥檚 keynote address, 鈥淟iberation Theology: 40 Years Later,鈥� will be at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel. The… Read More

Former Colombia presidential candidate and FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt Guerillas belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, kidnapped Ingrid Betancourt as she campaigned for the Colombian presidency in 2002. She was held captive six years in Colombia鈥檚 rain forest until she was liberated in 2008… Read More

[Media Note: 菠萝视频 has a 24/7 TV and radio studio with a dedicated fiber optic line and ISDN line. Use of the TV studio with 菠萝视频 experts is free, except for reserving fiber time.] United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will… Read More

Mr. Jalopy The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy is hosting a free public lecture by Mr. Jalopy on Nov. 8 as part of the 鈥淐urb Center Creative Leadership鈥� speaker series. The free lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in the Curb Center Atrium located at 1801 Edgehill… Read More

New research by 菠萝视频 finance professors Robert Whaley and Jacob Sagi has led to the creation of a recently launched group of Nasdaq indexes. Read More

The 菠萝视频 University Center for Teaching and the Tennessee Higher Education Sustainability Association will co-host a one-day workshop on integrating service learning and sustainability education. The workshop will illustrate how this engagement and synergy can be fostered, building stronger bonds between the campus and the city. Special attention will be… Read More

菠萝视频 University鈥檚 results on the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card improved in five of the nine sustainability categories and stayed consistent in the other four categories. The university received an overall grade of 鈥淏,鈥� an improvement from the C+ in the 2010 Report Card.聽 The nine sustainability categories and 菠萝视频鈥檚… Read More

The 菠萝视频 Dyer Observatory is celebrating the anniversary of 鈥淭he Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Ten Years Observing the Universe鈥� with a series of special Stellar Nights lectures this fall. 鈥淢ining the Milky Way鈥� will be given by Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, assistant professor of astronomy and physics, on Tuesday, Nov. 16,… Read More

菠萝视频鈥檚 Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions has a strong community outreach component that seeks to help citizens understand contemporary public policy issues and debates. Political scientists John Geer and David Lewis are among the four co-directors of the center that is housed within the Department of… Read More

菠萝视频 University ranks in the Top 20 of private universities that deliver a high-quality education at an affordable price, according to rankings released by Kiplinger鈥檚 Personal Finance. Read More

Francisco Villagr谩n de Le贸n, ambassador of Guatemala, will speak at the First Amendment Center The Guatemalan ambassador to the United States, Francisco Villagr谩n de Le贸n, will speak at the First Amendment Center 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 29. The ambassador鈥檚 talk, 鈥淐hallenges to Development in Guatemala,鈥� is free and open… Read More

Expert typists are able to zoom across the keyboard without ever thinking about which fingers are pressing the keys. New research from 菠萝视频 University reveals that this skill is managed by an autopilot, one that is able to catch errors that can fool our conscious brain. Read More

鈥淭he Sixties at 50,鈥� an exhibition of unique video, photographs and other treasures from one of society鈥檚 most significant decades, is now open at the 菠萝视频 University Central Library and Special Collections. Read More

Roy Skinner, who won 278 basketball games, compiled an 81.5 percent winning percentage at Memorial Gym and recruited the first black athlete to the Southeastern Conference, died of respiratory failure at Southern Hills Medical Center. He was 80. Read More

Joni Hersch (click to download a high-resoultion version of this photo) It has been long suspected that Mexican immigrants often work on dangerous and unpleasant jobs for low pay.聽 New research by 菠萝视频 University Law School professors Joni Hersch and… Read More

Warm, coming-of-age story set in the late 1960s will leave audiences glowing with laughter and love Butterflies Are Free by Leonard Gershe premieres at Neely Auditorium at 菠萝视频 University on Nov. 5. In this Tony Award-winning comedy, a young blind man and the free-spirited girl-next-door discover the values of… Read More

Legendary rock group U2 will bring their U2 360 tour to 菠萝视频 Stadium on Saturday, July 2. Read More

菠萝视频 is one of 89 colleges and universities taking the EPA Game Day recycling challenge for Homecoming. Volunteers will assist the Commodore Nation in scoring off the field in the challenge that is taking place across the country. Read More

[Media Note: 菠萝视频 has a 24/7 TV and radio studio with a dedicated fiber optic line and ISDN line. Use of the TV studio with 菠萝视频 experts is free, except for reserving fiber time. A video of Stern鈥檚 talk will be posted on http://news.vanderbilt.edu,… Read More