Releases
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‘Can You Hear Me Now?’ offers quirky perspectives on noise in libraries
While students through the years have sought out libraries as places for quiet learning, an increasing number of today’s young people use libraries for collaborative study sessions and instruction classes. Read MoreApr 12, 2010
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Return to special education’s roots needed for children with severe learning needs
There are two major schools of thought when it comes to educating children and youth with severe learning needs and both are off target, researchers from ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ and Clemson universities report. The researchers argue a return to the original principles of special education that is informed by modern data and techniques is needed to reform both general and special education. Read MoreApr 12, 2010
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UPDATE: Google lecture at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ canceled
A lecture about Google’s effect on culture, commerce and community set for April 15 at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University has been canceled. Read MoreApr 8, 2010
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Leading historian to address ‘Barack Obama and the Remaking of Black America’
Ira Berlin, an American historian and author of The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations (Viking 2010), will speak at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University on April 16. Read MoreApr 8, 2010
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ law professor set to join White House commission on bioethical issues
The White House announced that it plans to appoint ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ associate professor of law and philosophy Nita Farahany to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Read MoreApr 8, 2010
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ physicist plays pivotal role in discovery of new super-heavy element
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ physicist Joe Hamilton played a key role in the discovery of element 117, a new super-heavy element that has been created and identified by an international scientific team. Discovery of the new element provides new information about the basic organization of matter and strengthens the likelihood that still more massive elements may form an "island of stability": a cluster of stable super-heavy elements that could form novel materials with exotic and as yet unimagined scientific and practical applications. Read MoreApr 7, 2010
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Film by James Benning gets free ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ screening April 10
RR, an avant-garde film by James Benning about the influence of railroads on the United States, will be screened for free April 10 at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University. Read MoreApr 7, 2010
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel speaks April 12 at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University
Elie Wiesel, author and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, will speak at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University Monday, April 12, at 7 p.m. at Langford Auditorium. Read MoreApr 6, 2010
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Hubble Telescope scientist, nebulae expert and VU professor to examine biggest Fourth of July explosion in history
C. Robert O'Dell, Distinguished ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ, will deliver the lecture "What Blew Up on the Fourth of July in 1054? The Crab Nebula of Course" on Tuesday, April 13, at 7 p.m. at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Dyer Observatory. Read MoreApr 5, 2010
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ students launch literary journal
A national literary journal, Nashville Review, has been launched by graduate creative writing students at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University. The journal will operate under a broad definition of literature, including fiction, poetry, comics, songs and films. There will also be interviews of distinguished artists. Read MoreApr 2, 2010
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MEDIA ADVISORY: ‘Sweetie Face’ WWII fighter plane to fly over VU campus
Students in ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University's World War II history class will watch a P-51 Mustang, arguably the most potent and effective fight plane of that war, fly over the northern part of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ campus at noon on Friday, April 2. Read MoreApr 1, 2010
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Veteran of ‘Police Academy’ films and VU alum named Fred Coe Artist-in-Residence for ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University Theatre
Professional actor, writer and producer Lance Kinsey has been named this spring's Fred Coe Artist-in-Residence by the ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University Theatre. Read MoreApr 1, 2010
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Media Advisory: Official opening of virtual control room allows ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ physicists to participate in world’s largest particle accelerator without leaving campus
On Tuesday, March 30, ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ's high-energy physicists are opening a virtual control room that will allow them to participate fully in the experiments that will be conducted on the world's largest particle accelerator, the $9 billion Large Hadron Collider located in Switzerland. The LHC is beginning its research program on Tuesday and the European Organization for Nuclear ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ (CERN), which operates the machine, has invited the world's science press to cover the event. Read MoreMar 29, 2010
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Media Resources
Media Relations Contacts: ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Athletics ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University Medical Center ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University Media Policy Experts at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University Media Relations Contacts: Damon Maida, Associate Director of Media Relations Julia Jordan, Senior Media Relations Specialist John O’Brien, Senior Media Relations Specialist… Read MoreMar 28, 2010
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Names and Places
Keeping track of the latest titles of ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University faculty, staff, schools, teams and programs can be a challenge. This guide is designed to help reporters, editors and others who write and report about ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ accurately refer to its people and places. The Basics Formal name and appropriate first reference:… Read MoreMar 28, 2010
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Photography
High-Resolution Photos Journalists needing high resolution images of ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ buildings and landmarks, administration, deans, athletics or campus events can contact Communications and Marketing at photo@vanderbilt.edu. If ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ photos are to be used in a publication, website, video or other medium, credit must be given to ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University. Non-News… Read MoreMar 28, 2010
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Audio Resources
ISDN Interview Resources ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ experts can be interviewed by national and international media over the university’s high-quality ISDN connection, a medium for high-bandwidth audio transmission, in the campus broadcast studio. For more information, contact Ann Marie Deer Owens at (615) 322-2706 or annmarie.owens@vanderbilt.edu That’s ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ/InterVU podcasts ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ experts… Read MoreMar 28, 2010
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Television – VUStar Broadcast Studio
VUStar: Live from ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ experts are available for live interviews or recorded interviews directly from campus with network television, cable networks or international outlets. VUStar is a campus broadcast facility that links ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ experts to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  The studio also has an… Read MoreMar 28, 2010