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Vanderbilt University Podcasts

Vanderbilt University Podcasts

News from Vanderbilt University with expert commentary on current events, stories about breaking scientific and medical research, and podcasts of lectures and symposiums on campus.

Video: THE APPALACHIAN CELEBRATION - A Place for the Humanities

Watch video of the April 12 performance of The Pa's Fiddle Project Concert, part of a series of special events in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Vanderbilt University's Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. The Pa's Fiddle Project ...
06/09/08

Video: Sankofa -- Vanderbilt University African Drumming and Dance Ensemble

Watch video of Sankofa, the Blair School of Music's African Performing Ensemble, performing April 13 in Ingram Hall.
06/09/08

Video: Winners of the Student Concerto Competition

Watch video of the Vanderbilt University Orchestra, with Robin Fountain, conductor, and featuring the 2007-08 winners of the Student Concerto Competition.
06/06/08

Video: Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery

Watch video of Deep Brain Stimulation surgery, featuring a customized miniature sterotactic platform and computer-aided placement of DBS electrodes.
05/29/08

Video: "Singing Back Through Time: American Song from 2008-1900"

Watch video of Amy Jarman, soprano; Jonathan Retzlaff, lyric baritone; Gayle Shay, mezzo-soprano; and Melissa Rose, pianist, perform "Singing Back Through Time: American Song from 2008-1900," which opened the Spring 2008 Faculty Concert Series at the ...
05/27/08

Prepare for rush of attack ads as likely presidential nominees begin battle, say Vanderbilt ...

John McCain and Barack Obama, the likely presidential nominees for the GOP and Democrats, will need to run negative ads as they seek to define each other in the general election campaign, says Vanderbilt political scientist John Geer. He and colleague ...
05/20/08

Treasured Robert Penn Warren interviews now accessible via Internet

For the first time, anyone with access to the Internet can hear tapes of Robert Penn Warren's 1964 interwith prominent Civil Rights activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X and the Rev. James Lawson. The interwere conducted for Warren's book ...
05/16/08

Video: "Fixing Medicare: The Phony Crisis and the Real Crisis"

Larry R. Churchill, the Ann Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, discusses the reasons why Medicare is prone to crises and which reason we need to pay attention to, at the May 7 "Thinking Out of the Lunchbox."
05/13/08

Live video: Bob Geldof delivers 2008 Senior Class Day address

Watch live streaming video of humanitarian and music star Bob Geldof delivering the 2008 Senior Class Day address at Memorial Gym on the Vanderbilt campus.
05/08/08

Video: "Environmental and Gender Justice -- Linked Paths to Social Justice"

Feminist activist and researcher Srilatha Batliwala spoke at Vanderbilt University as part of a workshop on social, environmental and gender justice.
04/24/08

Video: Marino Autism Research Institute Scientific Symposium: "Environment and Autism ...

Watch videos from the April 22 Marino Autism Research Institute Scientific Symposium at Vanderbilt University. The purpose of the symposium was to provide researchers with a platform to discuss the role of environment in increasing autism risk and impact ...
04/23/08

"Primary show" for Democrats will go on past Pennsylvania, says VU political scientist

Vanderbilt political scientist Marc Hetherington believes that if Barack Obama gets a surprise win in the Pennsylvania primary, Hillary Clinton's campaign is effectively done. However, that does not mean that she will withdraw from the race. "She is ...
04/22/08

Video: "Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet"

Steve Squyres, lead scientist of the Mars Exploration Mission, talks about his passion for the red planet and the amazing journey to build and launch the Rovers.
04/22/08

Podcast: Law professor speaks about the Supreme Court case Taylor v. Sturgell

Vanderbilt Professor of Law Richard Nagareda speaks to the Federalist Society about the argument before the Supreme Court this week in Taylor v. Sturgell. The case concerns the outer limits of claim preclusion in civil litigation under the Freedom of ...
04/18/08

Video: Spring Faculty Assembly

Watch video of the Spring Faculty Assembly, with remarks by Chancellor Nick Zeppos; Claire Smrekar, associate professor of public policy and education; Bruce Barry, chair of the Faculty Senate and professor of management and sociology; and the ...
04/18/08

Video: Spring Faculty Assembly

Watch video of the Spring Faculty Assembly, with remarks by Chancellor Nick Zeppos; Claire Smrekar, associate professor of public policy and education; Bruce Barry, chair of the Faculty Senate and professor of management and sociology; and the ...
04/18/08

Video: "Grand Scientific Challenges in Energy"

Michelle V. Buchanan, associate laboratory director for physical sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, spoke at the Hall Engineering Lecture Series.
04/11/08

Video: Templeton Research Lecture: "Rituals and Institutions"

Watch video of a talk by Dan Sperber, "Rituals and Institutions," part of the 2008 Templeton Research Lectures exploring "The Causes of Religion."
04/11/08

Video: "Genomics, Religion, and Communication: Traversing Perspectives, Vocabularies, and ...

Watch video of discussion from the Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Center for the Study of Religion and Culture conference, "Religion and Genomics: Navigating Pathways and Perspectives of Patient Care."
04/10/08