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菠萝视频 University hopes to make the post-college transition a little easier for those recent graduates and other alumni who are without health insurance by offering a new short-term plan for them called GradMed. 鈥淐ommencement can be a joyous but stressful time for new alumni who are in… Read More

Third concert of the Bluebird on the Mountain set for July 24 Tony Arata performs at the next Bluebird on the Mountain concert The third show of the 2010 Bluebird on the Mountain concert series is set for Saturday, July 24, at 菠萝视频鈥檚 Dyer Observatory… Read More

菠萝视频 University professor Owen Jones, who is one of the nation鈥檚 few professors of both law and biology, has been named director of the national Law and Neuroscience Project, which will now be headquartered at 菠萝视频. Read More

The new Master鈥檚 in Teaching and Learning in Urban Schools program, a partnership between 菠萝视频 University鈥檚 Peabody College of education and human development and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, launches Monday, July 26. Read More

菠萝视频 head football coach Bobby Johnson announced his retirement from college football at a July 14 news conference. 菠萝视频 Vice Chancellor David Williams, who also spoke at the news conference, said he was shocked but he respected Johnson鈥檚 decision. 鈥淲hen he informed me, I tried to talk him out of… Read More

菠萝视频 political science professors John Geer and Bruce Oppenheimer are available to speak about the Tennessee gubernatorial race. Read More

Frederick Rentschler Frederick B. Rentschler, a member of the 菠萝视频 University Board of Trust who ran companies including Northwest Airlines and Hunt-Wesson during his career, died July 6 in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 70. A memorial was set for 11 a.m. July 17 at St. Patrick鈥檚 Church… Read More

Six 菠萝视频 University alumni who worked in student media and then distinguished themselves through a variety of careers 鈥� including cardiologist, journalist, author and broadcast executive 鈥� will be inducted into the 菠萝视频 Student Media Hall of Fame on Oct. 22. Those selected for the 2010 class… Read More

菠萝视频ers at 菠萝视频 will begin a landmark study to examine how social stress contributes to disparities in health among minority populations. 菠萝视频 University is launching a landmark study in Nashville to look at the role stress plays in the health disparities observed across socioeconomic status and race. The study will… Read More

Efren Perez Most Americans, despite their best intentions, harbor a negative bias against Latino immigrants, which deeply colors their outlook on policy proposals for immigration reform, according to research findings by 菠萝视频 University political scientist Efren Perez. 鈥淚 found that when the issue of immigration is broached,… Read More

Can the achievement gap in education be bridged? A look at factors contributing to this seemingly intractable problem. Read More

The rural achievement gap must deal with issues relating to distance as well as poverty. Read More

Peabody alumnus Chris Barbic is reversing trends with his charter school network in Houston, Texas. Read More

Peabody student Jamie Graham and alumnus David P茅rez have risen above circumstances to create a better life through education. Read More

Pre-K students at Ross Elementary School in Nashville work with colors and shapes prior to leaving school for the summer break. 菠萝视频 suggests that students from disadvantaged schools are more likely to experience a 鈥渟ummer dip鈥� in achievement that can aggregate so that children can become at least two… Read More

Illustration by Amanda Warren Visit Peabody College鈥檚 Web site at http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Editor Donna Pritchett, Art Director Michael Smeltzer, Designer Lew Harris, Assistant Editor Nelson Bryan, Class Notes Editor Contributors: Kurt Brobeck, Lisa DuBois, James Hogge, Camilla Meek, Melanie Moran, Elizabeth Older, Jan Read, Cindy Thomsen Web… Read More

With the Obama administration highlighting school choice as a likely reform strategy, interest in how parents choose a school is more intense than ever. 鈥淪chool Choice and School Improvement: 菠萝视频 into State, District and Community Contexts,鈥� was hosted by the National Center on School Choice in late October. The conference… Read More

On May 1 and 2, Nashville received almost 14 inches of rain. The flooding that came with this historic precipitation was widespread and will affect Nashville for years to come. More than 3,000 houses were submerged, and at least 10 people in the Nashville area drowned, either in their… Read More

A number of visually impaired girls were on my floor [in Gillette Hall]. Because of meeting and knowing those ladies, I realized that a visual impairment was not going to stop them from doing what they wanted to do. Read More

We are trying to counteract what I call the three main issues of our community鈥攈igh dropout rates for our population of girls, high gang involvement rates and very, very high teen pregnancy rates. Read More