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Reporters can find experts on election issues ranging from the South's role in the 2004 presidential race to the role of government in stem cell research using the new ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ 2004 election Web site: www.vanderbilt.edu/news/election. Read More

Frank Dobson Jr. slyly smiles when asked if activities at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University might kick up some controversy under his tenure. Read More

Eloise Dunn Stuhr, an honors graduate of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University who has been a senior development official at three higher education institutions, is returning to her alma mater to oversee key development staffs. Read More

When ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Dance Marathon committee began planning its February 2004 event last fall, the end goal was simple: to raise more money than it had the previous year, an amount of about $6,000. Dance Marathon 2004 far exceeded its goal by raising almost $50,000, a feat that earned it the Children's Miracle Network's "Most Improved Dance Marathon" award at its annual Dance Marathon Leadership Conference held July 23-25 in Atlanta. Read More

The African American Studies program at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University is poised for fast expansion under new director T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, one of the brightest young scholars and administrators in the field. Read More

Daniel Usner, who has taught and written extensively about colonial America, American Indians and the significance of the frontier, has been named chair of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Department of History. Usner, the Holland M. McTyeire Professor of History, has a strong research-based interest in the American South during the colonial period and the early years of the Republic and also in Indian-U.S. relations during the 19th century. Read More

At a time when parents, schools and physicians still struggle with the perceived overuse of the medication Ritalin to treat children with attention difficulties, a new study suggests the potential for another controversy. Read More

A GROWING NUMBER OF ADOLESCENT CHILDREN EITHER INSURED OR COVERED BY A MANAGED CARE PROGRAM IN TENNESSEE WERE BEING PRESCRIBED NEW ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS FOR BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS A-D-H-D. REPORTER HEATHER HALL EXPLAINS. Read More

Three Commodores - junior wide receiver Erik Davis, junior defensive end Jovan Haye and senior offensive tackle Justin Geisinger - were named to the 2004 Media Days All-SEC Team, the league announced July 29. Read More

One of the nation's leading authorities on human resources, industrial relations and compensation, Thomas A. Mahoney, died on July 26 after a lengthy illness. Mahoney, 76, was the Frances Currey Hampton Professor of Organization Studies, Emeritus, at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University's Owen Graduate School of Management, where he had taught since 1982. Read More

Although John Kerry's advisers have promised that the Democrats will maintain a positive, upbeat tone during their national convention, a ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ political scientist expects the Bush bashing to continue in other forums, especially once the convention ends. Read More

The syllabus requires students to listen to "Be Bop Alula" and "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)." The instructor once opened for James Brown as a member of the Jayhawks. Read More

Calling it "one of the best [helicopter programs] in the world," Metro Councilman Buck Dozier introduced legislation honoring ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ LifeFlight for their 20 years of service to Middle Tennessee. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ School of Nursing has signed an agreement to collaborate with a new nursing school in Kathmandu, Nepal. Read More

Luigi Monga, professor of French and Italian, who combined his training as a classicist and his scholarship of Renaissance literature to become an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of early-modern travel writing, died July 10 at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Hospital. He had been hospitalized since suffering a stroke July 7. Read More

A new genetic model for a motor disorder that confines an estimated 10,000 people in the United States to walkers and wheelchairs indicates that instability in the microscopic scaffolding within a key set of nerve cells is the cause of this devastating disability. Read More

A former dean of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Divinity School who played a role in one of the most controversial episodes in the University's history died July 6 in Houston. The Rev. J. Robert Nelson, 83, was at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ from 1957 to 1960. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University education professor Ellen Goldring will testify in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 15, at 10 a.m. EDT at the U.S. Senate hearing "Pell Grants for Kids." Read More

A team of biologists has discovered the structure and genetic sequence of the hormone that makes insects develop their hard outer shells and allows them to spread their wings. The findings answer more than 40 years of questions about insect development. Read More

The evidence is growing: chronic, high-dose consumption of the arthritis pain reliever Vioxx can raise blood pressure and the risk of serious heart problems. Read More