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Ken Catania Ģ����Ƶ was named one of the best places for life scientists to work in academia by The Scientist magazine. It was the seventh time in the eight years of the survey that Ģ����Ƶ was ranked and a substantial improvement from its 2009 ranking. Ģ����Ƶ was ranked… Read More

Charles J. Melichar, a senior communications officer at Colgate University, has been selected as associate vice chancellor for communications in the Division of Development and Alumni Relations at Ģ����Ƶ. Read More

Thomas Smith Identifying and developing a process for transferring key elements that make some high schools in large urban districts more effective at improving outcomes for low-income and minority students, as well as English language learners, is the focus of a new national center at Ģ����Ƶ’s Peabody College. Read More

The Ģ����Ƶ Fine Arts Gallery is digitizing its permanent collection to make it permanently accessible to researchers and the general public. Read More

Ģ����Ƶ’s Peabody College of education and human development is ranked as the best graduate school of education in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for the second consecutive year. In rankings published in the May edition of U.S. News & World Report, Peabody programs in Administration/Supervision and Special… Read More

Peabody College has launched a new central research office to create a more integrated and robust infrastructure for faculty, students and staff involved in research. “The Peabody Research Office, or PRO, will serve as the front door for research at Peabody. It was created in response to faculty recommendations,” said… Read More

Eighteen gifted and talented high school students are spending the week on the Ģ����Ƶ campus learning how nanoscience – the science of the very small – is impacting everything from the formulation of concrete to drug delivery systems. The nanoscience camp is one of a number of different camps being… Read More

The late Sen. Robert Byrd was among a group of highly effective Democratic Senate leaders who shared the trait of representing small-population states, says Ģ����Ƶ political scientist Bruce Oppenheimer, who has researched this phenomenon. “Others who come to mind are Mike Mansfield, George Mitchell, and more recently, Tom Daschle and… Read More

Substantial investments in Peabody’s strategic plan, continuing success in the recruitment of nationally prominent faculty who garner ever-increasing external funding, and growing numbers of stellar students have propelled Peabody to the level described in our vision of 10 years ago. Read More

Ellen Goldring New research based on preliminary data in a pilot study has found no significant difference in achievement gains on standardized math tests between students in charter schools and those in traditional public schools. The findings have spurred the collection of additional data for continued analysis. Read More

Improving math instruction for elementary and middle school children experiencing problems with fractions is the focus of a $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, a research branch of the U.S. Department of Education.  Among the collaborators in the new Center on Improving Mathematics Instruction for Students… Read More

John Braxton, professor of higher education John M. Braxton, professor of education at Ģ����Ƶ’s Peabody College for education and human development, is the 10th most cited individual in higher education research, according to a recent study published in Research in Higher Education. Only a small number… Read More

Graduate student Dawn Makley holds a model of a peptide molecule created using a new synthesis method developed in the laboratory of Prof. Jeff Johnston. Photo credit: Steve Green A team of Ģ����Ƶ chemists has developed a novel method for chemically synthesizing peptides that promises to lower… Read More

David James, Class of '48, School of Medicine Class of '51 Website offers audio interviews and transcripts World War II memories that include historic battles, hide-outs from the Nazis and campus war relief projects have been preserved through the Vandy Goes to War oral history project,… Read More

In reaction to a request from the Obama administration, BP has set aside $20 billion in an independently run escrow account to be paid out to people and businesses harmed by the oil disaster on the Gulf Coast. Read More

Michael Burcham, director of the Accelerator program and president of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center Ģ����Ƶ Accelerator Summer Business Institute teams up with the Nashville Entrepreneur Center to create a business boot camp for music entrepreneurs Much like the independent singer/songwriters who make Nashville the unique music mecca… Read More

Second-year Divinity School student Anthony Sandusky Anthony Sandusky, a rising 2nd year Master’s of Divinity candidate, will receive a $10,000 fellowship to help in developing his gifts for ministry Ģ����Ƶ Divinity School student Anthony Sandusky will receive a $10,000 stipend, half to be used for educational… Read More

Paul Hardacre (photo courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives) Paul Hoswell Hardacre, a retired Ģ����Ƶ professor noted for his expertise on the Stuart period of English history, died on April 10 in Pasadena, Calif., at the age of 94. The professor of history, emeritus, taught at Ģ����Ƶ… Read More

Kent Blazy Hit songwriters Kent Blazy, Cory Batten and Marv Green will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 19, in the second concert of the 2010 Bluebird on the Mountain Series. Held on the scenic grounds of Ģ����Ƶ’s Dyer Observatory, Bluebird on the Mountain showcases artists from one of Nashville’s… Read More

Ģ����Ƶ Accelerator Summer Business Institute finds a creative way to promote Bridgestone’s sports partnerships [Media Note: Ģ����Ƶ has a 24/7 TV and radio studio with a dedicated fiber optic line and ISDN line. Use of the TV studio with Ģ����Ƶ experts is free, except for reserving fiber time.] [rquote]Tire giant… Read More