Releases
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Study finds Tennessee service industry workers and the young get less health care coverage at work
They’re on the frontline of the workday world – filling our coffee cups, trimming our hair, holding Sunday open houses – but workers in some service jobs in Tennessee are at a higher risk of not having access to health care coverage through their employers, according to a study conducted… Read MoreDec 16, 2009
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Head of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Washington office promoted
Christina West, director of federal relations for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, has been named assistant vice chancellor for federal relations. West will continue to run the university's Washington office and will direct all federal government relations activities for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. Read MoreDec 16, 2009
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Beginning of a Decade TIPSHEET – Education
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and Peabody faculty are available to offer perspective on education issues and other current topics for the year 2010. Read MoreDec 15, 2009
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Beginning of a Decade TIPSHEET – Business
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty are available to offer perspective on business issues and other current topics for the year 2010. Read MoreDec 14, 2009
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Beginning of a Decade TIPSHEET – Politics and Government
As you consider year-in-review stories and look ahead to the trends of 2010, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty are available to offer perspective on these and other topics. mailto:bruce.barry@vanderbilt.edu Read MoreDec 14, 2009
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ names associate director for Office of LGBTQI Life
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has named Michael Brown associate director of the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Life. Read MoreDec 11, 2009
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ launches new Commencement Web site
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ is already gearing up for spring with the launch of its new Web site on all things Commencement at www.vanderbilt.edu/commencement. Read MoreDec 11, 2009
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Author Randall Kenan to give reading at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ
Randall Kenan, an acclaimed author of novels, short stories, memoir and commentary, will read from his work at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ on Jan. 28. Read MoreDec 11, 2009
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Economic behavior study suggests recycling laws work
A large national study of economic behavior led by a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researcher has found that effective recycling laws encourage reluctant recyclers to become committed recyclers. Read MoreDec 9, 2009
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Private incentives for carbon emissions reductions needed to fill gaps until public measures created
As the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit continues, two Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers suggest that regardless of whether or not the meeting is successful in bringing public governance measures to bear, significant carbon reductions can be achieved by creating private incentives to reduce carbon emissions. Read MoreDec 9, 2009
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ MBA students finish second in prestigious real estate competition
A team of MBA students from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Owen Graduate School of Management took second place in a prestigious MBA case competition, the University of Texas at Austin National Real Estate Challenge. Read MoreDec 9, 2009
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Police Department awarded law enforcement accreditation
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Police Department has earned accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., whose programs are open to law enforcement agencies around the world. Read MoreDec 8, 2009
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Tipsheet: Former FTC appointee and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ business school professor available for media interviews to discuss NBC/Comcast deal ramifications
Luke Froeb, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ business professor and former Chief Economist at the FTC said he sees very little horizontal overlap in the NBC/Comcast merger. But that wouldn't necessarily stop the Federal Communications Commission from asking for relief to assuage competitive and diversity concerns, said Froeb. Read MoreDec 4, 2009
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ linguist Walburga von Raffler-Engel dies
Walburga von Raffler-Engel, a widely published linguistics expert who taught at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ for two decades, died on Nov. 28 in San Antonio. She was 89. Read MoreDec 3, 2009
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Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ names associate director, Project Safe coordinator
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center has filled key positions with the naming of Anna Guest-Jelley as associate director and Kayti Protos as program coordinator. Read MoreDec 3, 2009
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TIPSHEET: International law expert available to discuss Afghan troop build-up
A leading international law expert cautions that the troop surge in Afghanistan must be accompanied by a concurrent improvement in the nation's system of justice, now plagued by lawlessness and graft. Read MoreDec 3, 2009
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ business school dean reappointed to new five-year term
Jim Bradford has been re-appointed dean of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Owen Graduate School of Management for a five-year term, effective July 1. The announcement was made by Richard McCarty, vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost. Read MoreDec 2, 2009
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Jenious named director of Opportunity Development Center at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ
Anita Jenious has been named the director of the Opportunity Development Center at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ after serving as the interim director for two years. Read MoreDec 2, 2009
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students host “Miracle on 24th Ave.” fashion show benefiting Children’s Hospital
Two Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student organizations have teamed up to host "Miracle on 24th Ave.," a holiday-themed fashion show benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Read MoreNov 25, 2009
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Tipsheet: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Law professor available to speak on 9/11 trial
A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor who specializes in death penalty cases is available as a source for the coming trial of professed 9/11 “mastermind” Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others implicated in the nation's deadliest terrorist attack. Read MoreNov 25, 2009