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  • Vive Vanderbilt en France

    11/30/2008

    by Mardy Fones

  • Vanderbilt professor draws on her Jamaican roots in groundbreaking research

    11/20/2008

    A Vanderbilt Associate Professor of English credits her Jamaican grandparents with nurturing her keen interest in uncovering the neglected histories of past generations, especially those of African and Caribbean descent, and preserving their stories for today’s learners.

    Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo is the principal investigator and founding director of Voices from Our America, a project to advance cross-cultural and cross-generational understanding among the peoples of the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America.

  • Dean Benbow Visits Chinese Education Universities

    11/13/2008

    From November 14-23, 2008, Assistant Provost Joel Harrington, Dean Benbow, Ellen Goldring, David Lubinski, and Xiu Cravens visited Beijing Normal University, Fudan University, and Hong Kong Institute of Education. The delegation gave lectures on Peabody research projects, met with university faculty members and administrators, and discussed future collaborations.

  • Taste of Asia exposes students to foreign cultures

    11/09/2008

    In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Asian American Student Association is hosting several events in order to share Asian culture with the Vanderbilt community.

    On Saturday, Nov. 8, AASA gave students a "Taste of Asia," a buffet featuring Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and Korean dishes from local restaurants. The annual event, which took place in the Student Life Center, featured Asian music and door prizes in addition to the international cuisine.

  • Chinese principals travel on educational exchange

    11/06/2008

    Twenty Chinese principals visited Vanderbilt University over the last few weeks to learn American classroom techniques as part of an international education exchange.

    The Education Leadership Learning Exchange has partnered Vanderbilt's Peabody College and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools with South China Normal University for the past three years.

  • Sons of Lwala Documentary highlights medical students’ efforts

    11/06/2008

    Students for Kenya held a screening of “Sons of Lwala,” a documentary exposing conditions in Lwala and shedding light on the efforts of two Vanderbilt medical students.

    The documentary was written, produced, narrated and directed by Barry Simmons. The film centers around the journey of two Vanderbilt Medical School students, Milton and Fred Ochieng, who started a medical clinic in their hometown of Lwala, Kenya. The event also featured performances from Variations and Spoken Word.

  • Study Abroad Under an Embargo

    11/04/2008

    In 2004, the U.S. government tightened regulations on academic travel to Cuba, precipitating dramatic declines in the number of U.S. college students studying abroad there. The Center for Cross-Cultural Study (CC-CS), an Amherst, Mass.-based study abroad provider, was one of many entities that subsequently suspended its Cuba-based programs.  

  • Podcast: 'Kampala Flow: Spittin' and Spirituality in Ugandan Rap?"

    11/04/2008

    Gerald Liu, a Ph.D. student in Homiletics and Liturgics in the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt, spoke about "Kampala Flow: Spittin' and Spirituality in Ugandan Rap" Nov. 4 as part of the "Like a Prayer" series.

    Last summer, Gerald travelled to Uganda with Blair school ethnomusicologist Professor Greg Barz and spent time listening to and studying the rap music made and performed there. Gerald played some of the music and interviews and discussed his research.

  • Asia Rising

    11/02/2008

     

    J I M B R A D F O R D

    November 8

    This is my 46th flight to Tokyo, but I approach it with a new sense of energy and wonder.

    The purpose of this Asia tour is to meet with our alumni, companies, other universities

    and friends to strengthen the bond uniting our university and graduate school to a

  • Greek ambassador offers historical perspective for historic election

    10/28/2008

    As Greek ambassador to the United States, Alexandros Mallias works closely with the one of the most influential democracies in the world. However, only he can correctly say that his country invented democracy.

    Mallias did just that in a dialogue with Professor Emertia of Classics Susan Wiltshire last Monday in which he examined the Greek origins of the American political system, as well as how the American system diverges and converges with its Greek origins of democracy.