From our D.C. office:
Next week, the House of Representatives is planning to consider a massive rewrite of the Higher Education Act (H.R. 4137, the so-called College Opportunity and Affordability Act). Over the last four years, Vanderbilt has joined with its peer institutions and national higher education associations to help shape this legislation. In addition to [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
Zeppos details concerns about reauthorization of Higher Ed Act
January 31, 2008
Live video today of judges who tried ‘Chemical Ali’
Tune in to VUCast at 5:30 p.m. CST today to watch live streaming video of a panel discussion at Vanderbilt by the Iraqi judges who presided over the Anfal genocide proceedings.
The Iraqi dignitaries will provide analysis of the case, which led to the conviction of the infamous Chemical Ali, today at the Vanderbilt Law School. [...]
January 30, 2008
InsideVandy ‘mothership’ garners praise
Vanderbilt Student Communications earned some very nice and well-deserved kudos from Duke’s Next Newsroom project. The article features an in-depth, interesting Q&A with VSC director Chris Carroll, and offers insights into how the very slick and wildly successful InsideVandy got its start, spiced up with some excellent metaphors.
“We were talking of creating this mothership [...]
January 28, 2008
Vanderbilt takes home five Emmys
That’s right – the Vanderbilt News Service’s own Pat Slattery and Emily Pearce won five Emmys Jan. 26 at the MidSouth Regional Emmy Awards. The awards were in the advanced media categories and won in recognition of Pat and Emily’s stellar online video productions. Read all about it here and watch the winners here. Topping [...]
January 23, 2008
Vandy on your iPhone
Wanting to add Vanderbilt to your iPhone homescreen? It’s easy:
Go to www.vanderbilt.edu on your iPhone
Touch the + sign
Touch Add to Home
Edit the title as you see fit (Vanderbilt University won’t all fit)
Touch Add
Voila! Thanks to Anna Belle Leiserson in the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center for the idea.
January 11, 2008
YouTube to be hot topic at NCAA conference
Three thousand NCAA delegates are descending on Nashville as we speak for the association’s 102nd annual convention this weekend at Opryland. A highlight is sure to be a discussion of universities using YouTube, featuring our own Vice Chancellor Mike Schoenfeld, Obadiah Greenberg from YouTube, and peeps from Duke and Berkeley. If you haven’t been to [...]
January 10, 2008
Earl’s off to the draft
From Vanderbilt Athletics:
Record-breaking Vanderbilt wide receiver Earl Bennett announced today that he intends to make himself available for the 2008 NFL Draft.
Bennett, the Southeastern Conference’s career leader in receptions, made the announcement during a press conference held Thursday on campus attended by Head Coach Bobby Johnson, several Vanderbilt coaches and staffers, and numerous Commodore teammates.
Bennett [...]
