In the Press

Center for the Americas hosts Conexion's Celebration of Achievements
Ann Marie Owens - Dec 17, 2007
Successful efforts to help area Hispanic families become part of the Middle Tennessee community were highlighted at a celebration hosted by the Center for the Americas. ...
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Center for the Americas helps recognize accomplishments of local Hispanic community
Ann Marie Owens - Dec 12, 2007
The CFA partners with Conexion Americas to recognize programs that promote the integration of Hispanic families into the Middle Tennessee community. ...
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U.S. assistance for democracy building still working, Vanderbilt-Pittsburgh study controls for "Iraq Effect"
Ann Marie Owens - Dec 7, 2007
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Valoraci贸n de la democracia est谩 unida a la seguridad
Bruno Ebner, El Mercurio - Oct 20, 2007
Aumento de la delincuencia deslegitima al sistema ...
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Ray Guevara aboga por pacto pol铆tico para fortalecer institucionalidad
Hector R. Fernandez/ elcaribecdn.com - Oct 1, 2007
Cit贸 que seg煤n el Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas, encuesta internacional hecha recientemente entre 21 pa铆ses, entre ellos el nuestro, 45.3% de la poblaci贸n justifica un golpe militar cuando hay corrupci贸n administrativa, por lo que la democracia debe ser m谩s eficiente. ...
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Sugieren a M茅xico apoyar democracia
Silvia Gardu帽o - Sep 30, 2007
Reporta Bar贸metro que falta promover la tolerancia y confianza en conciudadanos ...
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Toleran en AL medidas populistas
Silvia Gardu帽o - Sep 30, 2007
Seis de cada 10 latinoamericanos est谩n dispuestos a aceptar al menos una medida populista, revel贸 el Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas. ...
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La cultura pol铆tica mexicana, factor de estabilidad en 2006
El Financiero en l铆nea - Sep 30, 2007
- Los mexicanos se encuentran entre los m谩s avanzados en Latinoam茅rica sobre conceptos normativos de la democracia - Aspectos como la libertad de expresi贸n y la cultura pol铆tica permitieron canalizar las posturas sociales en las elecciones ...
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La corrupci贸n nunca nos abandona
Francisco Vald茅s Ugalde - Sep 30, 2007
Como lo ha hecho anualmente, Transparencia Internacional ha dado a conocer su 脥ndice de Percepci贸n de la Corrupci贸n en 179 pa铆ses a los que aplica sus encuestas. Casi simult谩neamente el Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas present贸 un 脥ndice de Victimizaci贸n de la Corrupci贸n que mide la cantidad de personas por pa铆s que dicen haber sido v铆ctimas de corrupci贸n. ...
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Flaquea apoyo a democracia
M脡XICO/ EFE - Sep 28, 2007
Panam谩, Per煤 y Nicaragua con menos apoyo ...
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Uruguay entre los pa铆ses m谩s tolerantes
EFE - Sep 28, 2007
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M茅xico, entre los m谩s corruptos de AL: Bar贸metro
Jorge Ramos - El Universal - Sep 28, 2007
En 鈥榲ictimizaci贸n鈥 por ese problema ocupa el segundo lugar, dice estudio ...
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Violencia en AL impulsa a justificar golpe militar
Jos茅 Antonio Rom谩n - Sep 28, 2007
La mitad de la poblaci贸n de Am茅rica Latina justificar铆a un golpe militar debido a las condiciones de violencia criminal, se帽ala el Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas, documento que ubica a M茅xico como uno de los pa铆ses m谩s corruptos de la regi贸n, con creciente criminalidad y desconfianza ciudadana en las instituciones judiciales y los 贸rganos de justicia. ...
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Detectan retos de democracia mexicana
Silvia Gardu帽o - Reforma - Sep 28, 2007
M茅xico ocupa el lugar 11 entre 21 pa铆ses en cuanto a tolerancia pol铆tica, de acuerdo con el proyecto Latinoamericano de Opini贸n P煤blica ...
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Apoyar铆an golpe para enfrenar crimen
AP - Sep 28, 2007
La mitad de la gente en 21 pa铆ses del continente americano justificar铆an un golpe de estado militar por las condiciones de violencia criminal, se帽al贸 un estudio sobre la democracia en la regi贸n divulgado en M茅xico. ...
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M茅xico tiene menos compromiso democr谩tico que pa铆ses del Caribe
Notimex - Sep 27, 2007
Entre los mexicanos existe menos tolerancia pol铆tica y compromiso con la democracia que entre los habitantes de pa铆ses como Guyana, Hait铆, Jamaica o Rep煤blica Dominicana, revelan los resultados del Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas. ...
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AM脡RICA LATINA: La democracia renga
Emilio Godoy (IPS) - Sep 27, 2007
Aunque valoran el sistema democr谩tico, miles de latinoamericanos consultados cuestionan su legitimidad y desconf铆an de los partidos pol铆ticos, los parlamentos, de la justicia y de los cuerpos policiales. ...
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Justificar铆an en Am茅rica golpe militar por violencia
La Voz - M茅xico - Sep 27, 2007
MEXICO - La mitad de la gente en 21 pa铆ses del continente americano justificar铆an un golpe de estado militar por las condiciones de violencia criminal, se帽al贸 un estudio sobre la democracia en la regi贸n divulgado en M茅xico. ...
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Uruguay est谩 tercero en apoyo a la democracia
Observa - Sep 27, 2007
Un 36,3% de los americanos rechaza cualquier tipo de populismo, entendido como la concentraci贸n del poder en manos del presidente y el debilitamiento de otras instituciones, revel贸 hoy el Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas, elaborado por una universidad estadounidense. ...
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Estancan lucha anticorrupci贸n - Exhibe Bar贸metro los puntos d茅biles
Silvia Gardu帽o - Sep 27, 2007
La corrupci贸n y la escasa confianza que existe entre los ciudadanos son puntos d茅biles de la democracia mexicana. ...
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M茅xico tiene democracia estable pero debe mejorar tolerancia, afirma estudio
EFE - Sep 27, 2007
M茅xico tiene una democracia con signos de "estabilidad y fortaleza", pero a la vez enfrenta "retos y carencias" como el bajo nivel de tolerancia de los ciudadanos en materia pol铆tica, revel贸 hoy el Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas, un estudio internacional presentado en la capital mexicana. ...
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MITAD DE LATINOAMERICANOS Apoyar铆a golpe de Estado militar ante delincuencia y corrupci贸n
AP/Servicios de Clave Digital - Sep 27, 2007
La mitad de la gente en 21 pa铆ses del continente americano justificar铆an un golpe de estado militar por las condiciones de violencia criminal, se帽al贸 un estudio sobre la democracia en la regi贸n divulgado en M茅xico. ...
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Justificar铆an en Am茅rica golpe militar
AP - Sep 27, 2007
3:22 p.m. - M脡XICO (AP). -La mitad de la gente en 21 pa铆ses del continente americano justificar铆an un golpe de estado militar por las condiciones de violencia criminal, se帽al贸 un estudio sobre la democracia en la regi贸n divulgado en M茅xico. ...
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El 36,3 por ciento de los americanos rechaza el populismo, seg煤n un sondeo
EFE/Periodista Digital - Sep 27, 2007
Un 36,3 por ciento de los americanos rechaza cualquier tipo de populismo, entendido como la concentraci贸n del poder en manos del presidente y el debilitamiento de otras instituciones, revel贸 hoy el Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas, elaborado por una universidad estadounidense. ...
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El Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas, prevalece percepci贸n de estrechez
Nancy D铆az - Exc茅lsior - Sep 27, 2007
El estudio de universidad estadunidense establece como principales preocupaciones de los mexicanos el desempleo y las actividades informales ...
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Los desaf铆os de la democracia en Honduras
Jos茅 Miguel Cruz - Sep 26, 2007
Un estudio sobre la cultura pol铆tica democr谩tica de los hondure帽os, realizado por el Proyecto de Opini贸n P煤blica de Am茅rica Latina (LAPOP), de la Universidad de Vanderbilt, en conjunto con el Instituto Universitario de Opini贸n Publica de la UCA y FOPRIDEH, y financiado por la Agencia para el Desarrollo Internacional de los Estados Unidos, trae buenas noticias sobre el desarrollo de la democracia en Honduras, pero tambi茅n pone en evidencia los desaf铆os pendientes. ...
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Two Cheers for Democracy
Ra煤l Guti茅rrez--IPS - Sep 5, 2007
Rafael Nieto, a barman in the Salvadoran capital, says that the institutions in his country do not work, lawyer Nelson Recinos maintains that "the normal thing here is to break the law," and shopkeeper Ana Menj铆var says the political parties "don鈥檛 represent the wishes of the people." ...
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Cr铆ticos de la democracia
Ra煤l Guti茅rrez - Sep 4, 2007
Rafael Nieto, barman de la capital salvadore帽a, cree que las instituciones de su pa铆s no funcionan, el abogado Nelson Recinos asegura que aqu铆 "lo normal es violar la ley" y la comerciante Ana Menj铆var opina que los partidos "no representan el sentir de la poblaci贸n". ...
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Analistas exhortan a partidos pol铆ticos mejorar propuestas
Gloria Silvia Orellana - Diario Co Latino - Aug 18, 2007
El informe de Cultura Pol铆tica de la Democracia en El Salvador : 2006, bajo el proyecto Bar贸metro de las Am茅ricas, que midi贸 los valores y comportamientos democr谩ticos en el continente, tiene entre hallazgos relevantes el desencanto de la ciudadan铆a, ante el incumplimiento de las promesas de los partidos pol铆ticos. ...
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Partidos reconocen falta de credibilidad
Am铆lcar Mej铆a/Amadeo Cabrera - Aug 17, 2007
Partidos reconocen falta de credibilidad. Pero algunos pol铆ticos ven el problema en los partidos rivales y no asumen una cuota de responsabilidad en el deterioro. ...
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Criminalidad erosiona la confianza en democracia
Luis La铆nez - Diario El Mundo - Aug 16, 2007
Estudio: Investigaci贸n del IUDOP y de Fundaungo, financiada por la Agencia para el Desarrollo de los Estados Unidos (AID) ...
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Aumenta la desconfianza en partidos pol铆ticos
Am铆lcar Mej铆a - Aug 16, 2007
Un estudio patrocinado por la USAID revela que entre 2004 y 2006 baj贸 la confianza en los partidos de parte de la poblaci贸n que, de paso, los considera poco democr谩ticos. ...
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La cultura pol铆tica de la democracia
Jos茅 Miguel Cruz - Aug 16, 2007
En t茅rminos generales, las actitudes pol铆ticas de los ciudadanos tienden a favorecer m谩s la democracia que otras alternativas de gobierno. ...
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驴Mayor铆a ind铆gena?, 驴mestiza? Los n煤meros cantan
Xavier Alb贸 - Jul 10, 2007
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La mayor铆a de la gente oscila entre lo ind铆gena y lo mestizo
La Raz贸n - Jul 10, 2007
En una misma encuesta, con dos preguntas una seguida de otra, los bolivianos dijeron: por un lado, en un 72% pertenecer a un pueblo ind铆gena; y en un 65% ser de raza mestiza o chola. ...
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Study says many Guatemalan women don抰 vote
Ann Marie Owens - May 31, 2007
Latin American Public Opinion Project released May 31 ...
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Vanderbilt survey to gauge how Nashvillians interface with, impact community
Princine Lewis - May 31, 2007
Center for the America's LAPOP new survey. ...
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Lower Crime and Insecurity Needed to Promote Democracy in El Salvador
Newswise - May 18, 2007
Improving Salvadorians attitudes toward civic participation, their fellow citizens and democratic institutions is crucial to developing democratic stability in El Salvador, a country in which crime and a sense of insecurity prevail. The Latin American Public Opinion Project released a comparative study in San Salvador, titled La Cultura Pol韙ica de la Democracia en El Salvador: 2006. ...
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Open government, curbing corruption key to democracy in Honduras
Ann Marie Owens - May 17, 2007
Latin American Public Opinion Project released May 15 in Honduras ...
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Credibilidad
Tiempo Digital - May 17, 2007
LAPOP presenta "Cultura pol韙ica de la democracia en Honduras: 2006" ...
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Si el mundo tuviera solo 10 pa韘es, Honduras ser韆
PROCESO.HN - May 15, 2007
LAPOP presenta "Cultura pol韙ica para la democracia en Honduras:2006" ...
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El 62.3% de peruanos prefiere la democracia a r間imen autoritario
Ana Nez - May 5, 2007
Proyecto de Opini髇 P鷅lica de Am閞ica Latina de la Universidad de Vanderbilt presenta estudio sobre Per. ...
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Sondeo revela que los peruanos apoyan la democracia
Andina - May 2, 2007
LAPOP presenta estudio en Peru ...
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Larry Helfer receives $10,000 International Research Incubator grant
Grace Renshaw - May 1, 2007
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Survey: Peruvians support democracy but skeptical of political system
Ann Marie Deer Owens - Apr 24, 2007
Latin American Public Opinion Project releases report in Lima. ...
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Presentaci髇 del informe 'Cultura pol韙ica de la democracia en el Per: 2006'
Instituto de Estudios Peruanos - Apr 24, 2007
Estudio Demuestra que una s髄ida mayor韆 de peruanos apoyan la democracia, pero siguen siendo entre los que menos la apoyan en Latinoam閞ica. ...
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Seligson lectures at Latin American Public Opinion Project Symposium
Ann Marie Owens - Apr 17, 2007
Vanderbilt University professor Mitchell Seligson discussed the recent findings of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) - a Center for the Americas Project. ...
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Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin Issues a Plea for Tolerance in the 21st Century
Grace Renshaw - Apr 10, 2007
Chief Justice McLachlin delivered the law school抯 annual Jonathan I. Charney Distinguished Lecture in International Law, 揑ntolerance in the 20th Century: Will the 21st Century Be Better?, co-sponsored by the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt. ...
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Seligson: Rise of the Left and Populist Leaders Could Pose Threat to Democracy in Latin America
PRNewswire-USNewswire - Apr 6, 2007
April 10 symposium examines results of AmericasBarometer 2006 ...
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Founders Day commemorated with ceremony, lecture
Joan Brasher - Mar 16, 2007
One day prior, Anja Becker, a visiting post-doctoral fellow at the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt, delivered the Founders Day Lecture in the Bennett-Miller Room at Vanderbilt Law School. Becker抯 lecture, titled 揂s a Man Thinketh in His Heart So He Is: The Educational Values of Vanderbilt Chancellor James H. Kirkland as Expressed in His Letters and Speeches, delved into the character and private life of Kirkland, who served as Vanderbilt抯 chancellor from 1893 to 1937. ...
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German expert on transdisciplinary studies to lecture
Ann Marie Owens - Mar 15, 2007
A distinguished German scholar who has played an important role in contemporary debates about interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies will speak at Vanderbilt on March 27. ...
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First Americans Arrived Recently, Settled Pacific Coast, DNA Study Says
Stefan Lovgren - Feb 2, 2007
A study of the oldest known sample of human DNA in the Americas suggests that humans arrived in the New World relatively recently, around 15,000 years ago. ...
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Achievements within Hispanic community recognized
Ann Marie Owens - Dec 18, 2006
Brief notice about the CFA-sponsored annual Connexion Americas Achievment Awards ...
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Visita de Profesores de la Universidad de Vanderbilt
UPCH - Dec 1, 2006
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Vanderbilt to give gift of sight to poor in Third World nations
Claudia Pinto - Sep 13, 2006
Larry Merin will soon begin screening the poor in Peru and Bolivia for a potentially blinding eye disease caused by diabetes, but he will have to travel only as far as his Nashville office. The long-distance exams are made possible when medical workers in the South American countries take pictures of diabetic patients' eyes with a special camera and e-mail the images to specialists at the Vanderbilt Ophthalmic Imaging Center for evaluation. Vanderbilt is providing the equipment and services at no charge. ...
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$1.5M grant awarded to boost Latin American studies
Ann Marie Deer Owens - Sep 11, 2006
Vanderbilt抯 Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies has received a $1.5 million federal grant from the Department of Education to assist faculty and students working in Latin America as well as to expand an outreach program for local public schools and the Nashville community. The Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies works closely with Vanderbilt抯 Center for the Americas, which brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to study the cultural, economic and political interactions among the various countries of the Western Hemisphere, as well as between the region and other parts of the world. ...
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New type of data network designed to move mountains of data efficiently and rapidly
 - Aug 15, 2006
In hopes of reducing distribution times of large amounts of satellite data from hours to seconds, Blackwell, assistant director for operations for the Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center at the Stephen F. Austin State University, is participating in a new project. The Research and Education Data-Depot Network, or REDDnet (pronounced 搑eady-net), is a collaboration among a diverse group of universities and other groups that handle and distribute large data sets. The project, administered by Vanderbilt University, has received $594,000 from the National Science Foundation to set up this new kind of network in the United States. Vanderbilt抯 Center for the Americas has contributed funding to extend it to Brazil. ...
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Center for the Americas funds summer field research and related travel
 - Jun 19, 2006
Thirteen graduate and professional students from a wide range of disciplines are traveling and conducting fieldwork pertinent to their research this summer, thanks to two types of competitive awards funded by the Center for the Americas. ...
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VU Expands Democracy Research in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ann Marie Deer Owens - Jun 5, 2006
Citizens in 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries will be interviewed for social scientific research aimed at helping build democratic governments, thanks to a $1.92 million grant awarded to a Vanderbilt political scientist. ...
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Democracy focus of political science conference
Ann Marie Deer Owens - Apr 19, 2006
Prominent political scientists from across the nation and abroad will gather at Vanderbilt May 5-6 to explore how best to measure public attitudes toward democracy. ...
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Two VU Centers Partner with Metro's Spanish Immersion School
Ann Marie Deer Owens - Feb 13, 2006
Brilliantly colored flags representing every nation in the Western Hemisphere now provide 揻ood for thought for students in the Glendale Elementary School cafeteria, thanks to the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt. The flags, which predominantly represent Spanish and English-speaking nations, have been hung from the cafeteria ceiling of Nashville抯 first and only Spanish immersion school, located on Thompson Avenue. ...
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Center for the Americas hosts Conexi髇抯 Celebration of Achievements
Ann Marie Deer Owens - Dec 6, 2005
Programs promoting home ownership, bilingual skills and business leadership training within the Middle Tennessee Hispanic community will be recognized Dec. 6 during Conexi髇 Am閞icas Celebration of Achievements at Vanderbilt University. The event, which is co-sponsored by the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant, will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in 203 Alumni Hall. ...
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Center for the Americas and Forest Stewardship Council collaborate on social impact study
Jim Patterson - Aug 22, 2005
Vanderbilt has launched a major study in collaboration with the Forest Stewardship Council to determine what constitutes the social impact of responsible forest management in the Americas and how that impact can best be measured. ...
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New Center for the Americas assistant director named
Jim Patterson - Jul 24, 2005
Attorney Bethany Jackson has been hired as assistant director of the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt, an interdisciplinary research center devoted to improving life in the Americas. ...
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Ph.D. Education Beyond Disciplines
Scott Jaschik - Apr 14, 2005
A common criticism of Ph.D. education is that it抯 too narrow, encouraging doctoral students to focus on highly specialized knowledge within their disciplines even though much of the most exciting scholarly work these days is interdisciplinary. ...
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Thirteen fellows chosen by Center for the Americas for innovative program
Jim Patterson - Apr 13, 2005
Bi-weekly conversations this fall among 13 students at Vanderbilt University will be the modest beginnings of a movement designed to eventually transform the experience of every graduate student on campus. ...
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Salvadore帽os conf铆an en la democracia pero critican desaciertos
Enrique Miranda - Dec 31, 1969
La mayor铆a de instituciones p煤blicas goza del respaldo de los entrevistados en el sondeo. ...
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