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The White House Press Office is approving and providing all press credentials for President George Bush's visit to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center this Thursday afternoon. Read More

In the morning hours of June 8, visitors to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Dyer Observatory will witness an astronomical event that no living person has ever seen. Venus-the Earth's sister planet-will move directly between the Earth and the sun. The public is invited to view this rare event during a live broadcast at the observatory. Read More

William Christie, who has served as the dean of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Owen Graduate School of Management since 2000, will step down from his position on June 1, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Nicholas Zeppos announced. Following a planned research leave, Christie will return to the faculty as the Frances Hampton Currey Chair in Finance. Read More

Ever think you could get a nasty sunburn ó severe enough to peel ó by attending an indoor event? Seems improbable, but it can happen. And it has ó three times recently in Middle Tennessee. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University's Peabody College of education and human development presented its Distinguished Alumnus Award to University of Texas at Austin professor O.L. Davis Jr. during commencement, Friday, May 14. Read More

SEC Commissioner Paul S. Atkins will speak at the Securities Law Update 2004 conference at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Law School on Thursday, May 20. Read More

Imagine College staff are pledging scholarships to members of Pearl-Cohn Comprehensive Business Magnet High School's class of 2007-the last class to receive college financial aid through the program. Read More

A series of appointments to be effective June 1 will complete the restructuring of intercollegiate athletics that began last year at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ, University officials announced today. The new appointments are the result of a thorough review that commenced in September 2003, when ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ announced a plan to ensure the integration of athletics into student and University life. Read More

The top students in each of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's nine undergraduate and professional schools were recognized with Founder's Medals during commencement exercises May 14. Read More

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice spoke to graduating seniors, rock band the B-52's performed, parents attended lectures and Chancellor Gordon Gee will deliver the commencement address on Friday as part of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University's expanded celebration of graduation activities May 12-14. Read More

Gov. Phil Bredesen has appointed Pat Levitt, director of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ on Human Development and professor of pharmacology, to the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities. Read More

A cap designed to cool the brains of babies born with oxygen deprivation during birth may prevent brain damage. ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Children's Hospital researchers participated in the study of the device, "CoolCap," to cool the brains of full-term babies who were oxygen-deprived and had signs of brain damage within hours of birth. Read More

The recent discoveries of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ archeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli and his colleagues who are unlocking the long-held secrets of the origins of the Maya will receive a national television audience this week with the broadcast of a National Geographic special. Read More

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will speak at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University's inaugural Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 13, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Senior Class Day is an addition to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's graduation celebrations and is held the day before the University's Commencement exercises. Rice's speech will be webcast live. A link to the webcast will be on the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University home page at www.vanderbilt.edu. In case of severe weather, the event will be held in Memorial Gym on 25th Avenue South. Read More

A dozen faculty members who are retiring from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University this year will be honored during the May 14 Commencement ceremony when the University honors their years of service and bestows on them the title of emeritus faculty. Read More

Discoveries by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ archaeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli will be the focus of a new National Geographic special, Dawn of the Maya, scheduled to air Wednesday, May 12, at 8 p.m. ET on PBS. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵers, using a new combination of techniques, have discovered that dopamine levels in our brains vary the most in situations where we are unsure if we are going to be rewarded, such as when we are gambling or playing the lottery. Read More

A new vaccine to protect against anthrax infections will undergo clinical trial testing at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center and up to 11 other national sites in an effort to determine correct dosing formulas. Read More

Political science books fill one wall of Bruce Oppenheimer's office in Calhoun Hall at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Across the room, a comparatively tiny bookcase is stuffed with works like Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer and three videotape installments of HBO's When It was a Game. Read More

In the spirit of cooperation between Tennessee public and private universities, Tennessee Tech University and ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University are helping students prepare to face today's world of corporate buyouts, layoffs, greed and unethical practices with entrepreneurial skills and attitude. Read More