Released: 7-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
New method of assessing past, future earthquakes found
Vanderbilt University

A Vanderbilt University researcher has unearthed a new way of dating earthquakes, providing a more precise timeline for past quakes and allowing for a more accurate way of assessing the probability of future quakes. His research is featured in the Nov. 6 issue of the journal Science.

Released: 14-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Adult brains make new connections after injury
Vanderbilt University

The adult brain appears to have a surprisingly strong built-in capacity for change, a study suggests, creating the possibility for innovative treatments for brain disorders.

   
Released: 23-Apr-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Family of Ingram Industries Founder gives $56 million to Vanderbilt University Cancer Center
Vanderbilt University

The family of the late businessman and philanthropist Bronson Ingram, founder of Ingram Industries Inc., has pledged $56 million to the Vanderbilt University Cancer Center to fight the disease that killed Ingram in 1995.

Released: 1-May-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Security concerns provide backdrop to U.S.-Japan summit
Vanderbilt University

James Auer, an expert on U.S.-japanese defense relations, is available to discuss ramifications of the May 3 meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Clinton.

Released: 14-May-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Researcher Finds That The Brain Has Great Timing
Vanderbilt University

Scientists have known for years that to perceive figures against a busy background, human vision ues color, brightness and direction of motion. But startling new findings by a Vanderbilt researcher indicate that the human brain can also use the precise timing of subtle visual changes to group elemnents into objects -- like when some band members on a football field suddently turn and march in a different direction than the rest, spelling out a school's letters.

Released: 13-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
Vanderbilt University engineers developing robotic insects
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tenn. - Two Vanderbilt University mechanical engineering professors are developing a tiny insect-like robot, about a third the size of a credit card, which will have applications for military and intelligence-gathering missions.

Released: 24-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
"Creating Country Music" Explores Authenticity in Popular Culture
Vanderbilt University

"Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity" is the culmination of extensive research into country music and the sociology of culture by Richard Peterson, Vanderbilt University sociologist.

Released: 9-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Martin Luther King Jr.'s international impact often overlooked
Vanderbilt University

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - As Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaches, it's time to stop praising the slain civil rights leader only for his accomplishments in the United States and to start viewing him as an international leader, says Vanderbilt University professor Lewis V. Baldwin.

Released: 22-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Vanderbilt University psychologist recongized for resesarch on how the brain "sees"
Vanderbilt University

Just as a photographer moves a camera to focus on a specific image, the human brain directs the eyes to focus on an image. Although the images we see are often quite complex - an array of colors, textures and shapes - seeing them begins with a process that originates in single brain cells. Vanderbilt psycholgoist Jeffrey D. Schall has spent the past 10 years studying how the brain guids the eyes. For his research, he has been recognized by the National Academy of Sciences.

Released: 22-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Jan. 30 marks anniversary of battle that turned the tide against LBJ
Vanderbilt University

This month's 30-year-anniversary of the Tet offensive commemorates a milestone in the demise of the Lyndon Johnson presidency, according to Vanderbilt University historian Thomas Schwartz, who is researching a book on Johnson's foreign policy.

Released: 22-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Alliance Project to promote diversity in special education moves to Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is the new home of the Alliance Project, an endeavor aimed at increasing the dwindling supply of special education personnel from historically underrepresented ethnic groups. Alliance staff work with historically black colleges and universities and other higher education institutions with 25 percent or higher enrollment of students from historically underrepresented ethnic groups.

Released: 22-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Vanderbilt engineering professor creates, teaches asynchronous online course
Vanderbilt University

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Vanderbilt University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering John Bourne teaches one of the first known asynchronous online courses in the world that instructs others on how to develop and teach online courses.

Released: 23-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Incremental reform expected to continue "new Democrat" strategy in State of Union address
Vanderbilt University

In his Jan. 27 State of the Union address, President Clinton is likely to stick with the moderate stance that won him re-election in 1996, says Vanderbilt presidential scholar Erwin Hargrove.

Released: 30-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Gulf between scientists, reporters shortchanges public, study says
Vanderbilt University

Few scientists are confident of the media's ability to cover science accurately, while most reporters are critical of scientists' ability to describe their work in plain English, according to a yearlong study by a noted journalist and senior space scientist.

Released: 31-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Vanderbilt educator says smaller classes bring major expense, modest gains
Vanderbilt University

A Vanderbilt University education professor who has studied the impact of class size on students' learning says a comprehensive plan to improve skills would be a better investment of the nation's resources.

Released: 31-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Vanderbilt University Sociologist Studies "Flower Power"
Vanderbilt University

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Where have all the "flower children" gone and how have they fared?

Released: 31-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Vanderbilt study finds female prisoners protrayed as "moral keepers"
Vanderbilt University

The mass media's depiction of female prisoners as family-centered and easily reformed is driving the national concern over the Karla Faye Tucker case, according to John Sloop, an expert in television critism and mass media theory at Vanderbilt University.

Released: 10-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
From pot roast to parenting - Vanderbilt University English professor
Vanderbilt University

Before the Internet and television, women's magazines were a one-stop shop for advice on fixing marriages, making a casserole, planting flowers and teaching children manners. Vanderbilt University Professor of English Nancy Walker usually researches women's literature, but her most recent book focuses on women's magazines from 1940 to 1960. "I think there is scarcely a better way to look at the lived history of a nation than to look at a popular periodical," Walker said. "You don't get that from a history book."

Released: 13-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Vanderbilt Divinity School Professor says Couples Must "Share it All"
Vanderbilt University

Women have gone from the "have it all" culture of the 1970s to the "do it all" of today, but what they really need to embrace is the concept of "share it all," says a Vanderbilt Divinity School professor.

Released: 3-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Internal clocks keep everything from humans to algae ticking
Vanderbilt University

Those who forget to set their clocks forward April 5 for Daylight Savings Time can be confident that their internal clock is running on schedule - regulating things such as sleep, body temperature and hormone production. Even simple organisms such as single-celled algae have internal clocks, says Vanderbilt University biologist Carl Johnson.

Released: 3-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Vanderbilt study examines jury nullification
Vanderbilt University

Judges can go to surprising lengths to ensure that jurors follow their instructions, according to Vanderbilt Law Professor Nancy King, who has written a new article called "Silencing Nullification Advocacy Inside the Juryroom and Outside the Courtroom."

Released: 11-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Day care debate needs historical perspective
Vanderbilt University

President Clinton's proposal to spend $21.7 billion over five years to make child care affordable is a step in the right direction, but a Vanderbilt University historian says the public and policymakers need to do more to build a good system of child care. "Child care in America shouldn't just be expanded, it should also be improved," said Elizabeth Rose, assistant professor of history and author of a forthcoming book from Oxford University Press on the history of child care in America.

Released: 11-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
How Religious Beliefs Affect Voting Needs More Scrutiny
Vanderbilt University

Religious beliefs are a major source of political cleavage, according to Vanderbilt political scientist Geoff Layman, who is calling for improved measurement of the effect of religous beliefs on voting.

Released: 21-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Smell of amniotic fluid can comfort newborn infants, Vanderbilt researcher finds
Vanderbilt University

When newborns are exposed to the odor of their own amniotic fluid during the separation period following birth, infant distress can be lessened, according to Vanderbilt University researcher Richard Porter, whose previous studies found that babies locate their mother's nipple by its scent.

   
Released: 27-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Study shows hypertension in African Americans can be prevented
Vanderbilt University

African Americans are not necessarily genetically predisposed to hypertension, according to a study by a team of researchers from Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University that has discovered that hypertension, obesity and high cholesterol in African Americans can be prevented with a radical change in lifestyle.

Released: 31-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Using science fiction to teach science - Researchers explore the human brain through Star Trek
Vanderbilt University

Drawing examples from popular culture to explain clinical disorders, two Vanderbilt researchers are using anecdotes from Star Trek movies and episodes to explain the neurological and psychological bases of emotions, perception, aggression, memory and sex.

Released: 28-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
"Good Vibrations" coming out of Robotics Lab
Vanderbilt University

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- There are some good, good vibrations coming out of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at the Vanderbilt Engineering School.

Released: 17-Apr-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Racial Divide on Internet Greatest Among Students, Vanderbilt Researchers Find
Vanderbilt University

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A whopping 73 percent of white college and high school students own a home computer, while only 32 percent of African American students have access to a computer at home, according to a survey by two professors at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management.

Released: 22-May-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Self-taught artist establishes national resource center
Vanderbilt University

A national resource center on self-taught art has been established at Vanderbilt University's library by a self-taught artist and collector.

Released: 23-May-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Enhanced mental health care systems have not brought the expected improvements in young patients' lives, two studies show
Vanderbilt University

Investing major resources in reforming mental health systems of care for children and adolescents appears to be ill advised, according to a professor who led two recently completed mental health studies.

Released: 10-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
All work and no play is bad for corporate America
Vanderbilt University

It's human nature to party, says a Vanderbilt University specialist in organizational behavior. As companies across the country - from Fortune 500 corporations to family-run businesses - plan summer picnics, barbecues and other informal outings, it's important for employers to recognize that corporate celebration is essential during the bad times, too.

Released: 17-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Women More Likely than Men to Put Emotions in Motion
Vanderbilt University

Men and women experience the same level of sadness while watching a tearjerker at the movies, but women are more likely to reach for a box of tissues, according to a Vanderbilt University psychologist. Research by Associate Professor of Psychology Ann Kring found that women aren't more emotional than men, they are just more expressive of their emotions.

Released: 15-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
College Cafeterias of Old Bowing to Themed Specialty Food Areas
Vanderbilt University

The best college food services are a far cry from the cafeteria-style dining halls of old. The best ones are tuned into themed specialty food areas, presentation with pizzazz and plenty of variety.

Released: 15-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Preparation, Monitoring Essential When Leaving Children Home Alone
Vanderbilt University

Parents of young adolescents may be tempted to bypass after-care programs and allow their children to fend for themselves for the couple of hours between the end of school and the time parents return home from work. But a pair of psychologists at Vanderbilt University agree that it's not a good idea to leave youngsters unsupervised.

Released: 15-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Approach Musical Training Like Language Education, Vanderbilt Teacher Says
Vanderbilt University

Parents willing to make a strong commitment to their child's musical education should consider lessons before the age of six, according to the director of the Suzuki Program at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music.

Released: 17-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Even Freshmen Should Be Thinking about Life after College
Vanderbilt University

Preparing for a career should begin as early as one's freshman year of college, says the director of Vanderbilt University's Career Center. Internships, campus activities, networking/mentoring, learning and researching and self-assessment tests are key factors in building a resume, says Linda Bird, who has been directing the university's career center for 10 years.

Released: 21-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Values Are Key to Presidential Leadership
Vanderbilt University

Our most effective presidents have mastered the transactional skills of bargaining and maneuvering while also practicing moral or transforming leadership, according to the author of a new book on presidential leadership, a Vanderbilt University professor.

Released: 27-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Issues Affecting Working Women Impact Labor's Political Agenda
Vanderbilt University

The AFL-CIO, over time, has become more interested in issues of concern to women in its policy agenda, which has major implications for the revitalization of the labor movement.

   
Released: 24-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Radiation Effects Research
Vanderbilt University

A group of Vanderbilt engineers-the largest of its kind in the United States--is playing a major role in developing technology that protects the integrated electric circuits in communication satellites from powerful energetic particles that exist in space.

Released: 26-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Campaign attack ads have their uses, research shows
Vanderbilt University

Negative ads are getting a bum rap in the debate about campaign reform, according to a political scientist who has conducted research on political advertising.

Released: 29-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Is the Glenn Mission Real Science or Public Relations?
Vanderbilt University

Questions about John Glenn's fitness for space flight were raised in the late '80s, when there was renewed possibility of flying Members of Congress. The U.S. flew Sen. Jake Garn and Rep. Bill Nelson. None of these individuals flew to advance science, but rather to advance programmatic and public policy goals. Glenn's flight exists for these latter reasons, not for science.

28-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Tiny Bug Holds Clues to Massive Extinction
Vanderbilt University

The mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs was small compared to the one that happened 250 million years ago, and a Vanderbilt researcher has discovered clues to what may have caused the earlier extinction. She says that a small burrowing insect that lived in Antarctica survived that worldwide extinction and can provide clues to its cause.

Released: 30-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Experts Analyze '98 Election
Vanderbilt University

The upcoming election is an opportunity for Vice President Gore to build momentum for a run for the presidency in 2000. Vanderbilt experts can analyze the impact of the mid-term election on Gore and other key political issues.

Released: 18-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Diamond Technology Hard to Beat
Vanderbilt University

A few of the uses of diamond technology envisioned by the team of Vanderbilt University engineering professors.

Released: 26-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Christmas Stories Tip Sheet
Vanderbilt University

1) Christmast shopping online, 2) hot toy supply problem, 3) companies giving to non-profits

Released: 16-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Campus is Home to Unique Art Works
Vanderbilt University

In a relationship rare between higher education and the arts, Vanderbilt University has set aside several areas of its campus to be the home to one-of-a-kind sculptures by student-artists. The first of the artworks, four bronze sculptures, were dedicated Dec. 1.

Released: 8-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Customers Wary of Banks and Y2K
Vanderbilt University

Customers' confidence in their banks to manage potential problems associated with the year 2000 computer issue is "razor thin," according to two Vanderbilt University professors who urge banks to act aggressively to counter their customers' mistrust.

Released: 30-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Information Age Ending
Vanderbilt University

The Information Age is over and is being replaced by the Bio-Materials Age, says a professor at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management and a former telecommunications executive

Released: 5-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Falling in Love Is a Primitive Instinct
Vanderbilt University

With Valentine's Day approaching, love is in the air. It's also in the brain, more deeply ingrained than language itself. Romantic love - i.e., the act of falling love, not to be confused with that other basic instinct, lust - is a primal emotion as basic as fear, according to a Vanderbilt University researcher.

Released: 17-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
New Program Helps 'Late-Talking' Children
Vanderbilt University

A new program housed in the Vanderbilt-Bill Wilkerson Center and the Kennedy Center for Research in Human Development at Vanderbilt University helps children who lag behind their peers in talking.


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