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Tango Buenos Aires Tango Buenos Aires, Afro Cuban All Stars and Trisha Brown Dance represented Great Performances at 菠萝视频 celebrates its 36th season in 2010-2011 with a seven-event lineup including international offerings Tango Buenos Aires and the return of the Cuban orchestra Afro Cuban All Stars. Other… Read More

菠萝视频 University maintained its No. 17 rank on the list of best national universities in the new U.S. News & World Report rankings released Tuesday. Read More

There will be a sea of new faces around 菠萝视频 University鈥檚 campus beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, when about 1,500 freshmen move into The Commons, 菠萝视频鈥檚 first-year student community. The students will move into residence halls known as 鈥渉ouses鈥濃�攅ach of which is headed by a faculty member… Read More

Two 菠萝视频 projects, One Hundred Oaks and The Commons Center, recently earned Excellence in Development awards from the Urban Land Institute鈥檚 Nashville District Council. Winners were selected based on criteria considering various design factors, such as land use, contribution to the community, financial practicality and sensitivity to the… Read More

Jason Koger awoke in the Burn Center at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center in early March 2008, and through the unfamiliar surroundings and the anesthetic haze he understood what he was being told: below the elbow, his arms were gone. His father, Mike Koger, stood at his bedside and as Jason…

Photo courtesy of Sloan Digital Sky Survey 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. 鈥淕alaxies, Quasars and the Universe鈥� will be given by Andreas Berlind on Tuesday, Aug. Read More

Education experts from the 菠萝视频 Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Peabody was named the No. 1 graduate school of education in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for the second consecutive year in 2010. For more information, go to www.peabody.vanderbilt.edu. Read More

Marjorie "Honey" Pike Marjorie 鈥淗oney鈥� Pike, a 33-year veteran of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, has been named assistant police chief at 菠萝视频 University. She will begin work at the university Tuesday, Sept. 7. For the past six years Pike directed the Administrative Services Bureau, which consists of six Metro… Read More

Traci Nordberg, who has overseen human resources at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dartmouth College, will begin work at 菠萝视频 University in September. Nordberg will be an associate vice chancellor and chief human resource officer for 菠萝视频, which employs about 20,000 at its university and medical center. Read More

Based on surveys in Honduras, the combination of low levels of education for the masses and high levels of wealth among the elite is a good recipe for undermining democracy. The Latin American Public Opinion Project, a consortium of universities and research institutes based at 菠萝视频 University which tracks… Read More

Media regulation in an ultra-wired society, the neurology of sleep, the Vietnam War, and great singers and their songs are among the diverse topics included in the fall term of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at 菠萝视频. All older adults with an interest in lifelong learning can sign up… Read More

Deborah Rowe 菠萝视频 and Metro Nashville Public Schools have collaborated on an Early Reading First project among preschool children in Nashville schools that has yielded 鈥渟pectacular鈥� results in a preliminary study, according to project leaders. 鈥淭he big picture is that high quality language and literacy instruction in pre-K can make… Read More

A 2009 Lift Off camper blows bubbles. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Fain, Middle Tennessee YMCA) Swimming lessons. Imaginary trips into outer space. Cooking lessons. Camping out under paper stars. What do these activities have to do with getting ready for kindergarten? Woven into each of these activities are critical… Read More

Marshall Chapman will play at the final Bluebird on the Mountain performance this year. Fourth concert of the Bluebird on the Mountain scheduled for August 21 The fourth show of the 2010 Bluebird on the Mountain concert series is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 21, and will feature… Read More

A group of 菠萝视频 researchers analyzed the role of the brain chemical dopamine in impulsivity to discover more precisely what makes some people more susceptible to rash behavior. Read More

What do an astrophysicist studying how black holes merge, a chemist predicting the biological characteristics of novel proteins, a psychologist investigating decision-making and a mechanical engineer studying how nanotubes transport heat have in common? They all need tremendous amounts of computer power to conduct their research and they… Read More

The adult brain has more plasticity than previously thought The human brain never stops adapting to its environment in a constant quest to formulate what the mind perceives based on what the eyes see, according to findings from a research team that includes two 菠萝视频 neuroscientists. The article,… Read More

Several 菠萝视频 alumnae have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships to travel abroad in 2010-2011: Amy Cattle, Annelyse Freyman, Katherine Mcallister, Angela Sutton and Leslie Esbrook. Cattle, ’10, will travel to Uraguay to teach English as a foreign language. Freyman, 鈥�10, will be traveling to Colombia, also to teach… Read More

People in the United States are more optimistic and resilient in hard times than is commonly believed, a new survey from 菠萝视频 University indicates. Read More

菠萝视频 University is among the Top 20 medium-sized colleges and universities contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors to Teach For America鈥檚 2010 teaching corps. According to Teach For America鈥檚 recently released annual rankings, 菠萝视频 tied for 10th, up from 17th last year, with 36 graduates preparing to teach… Read More