More Emmys, please

The Vanderbilt News Service video team has garnered seven regional Emmy nominations this year, and the Learning Sciences Institute’s Lyle Jackson pulled in four, for a grand total of 11 nominations for the black and gold. Kudos to Emily Pearce, Pat Slattery, Amy Wolf, Princine Lewis and Lyle for this fantastic (and highly unusual in [...]

E-commerce site to sell VU-developed technologies

Vanderbilt is pushing the boundaries of academic technology transfer with a new online marketplace. The online store, http://vuinnovations.com, is selling innovative software, courseware and other digital products developed at the university and medical center.
From the press release:
Setting up such online stores is the latest trend in university technology transfer efforts. At least two other universities, [...]

Let’s go bowling!

With the Commodores most exciting 31-24 win over Kentucky Saturday night, we officially became… BOWL ELIGIBLE! For the first time since I was rocking purple eyeshadow and really big hair – 1982, baby.
All Commodores fans, now’s the time to get on the wagon! The Bowl Bandwagon that is! Go here now for more information. While [...]

Being part of the solution

Efforts to end illegal music downloading continue to point towards college campuses. This semester, Vanderbilt students are taking matters into their own hands in a class designed to come up with solutions to battle the practice and support musicians. What better place than Music City to have this discussion?
First-year students in the “Stealing in Music [...]

Remembering and honoring our nation’s veterans

Veteran’s Day Iraq War Memorial of 4,192 American flags arranged on Alumni Lawn in honor of those U.S. Armed Forces who have lost their lives in the conflict. (Vanderbilt University / Steve Green)
Vanderbilt University students hosted a Veterans Day event today honoring those who have served the nation’s military and supporting those who continue to [...]

VU on the election

A round up of VU commentary on last night’s historic election:
EFE (Spain): Obama sella la victoria tras una campaña de masiva movilización de votantes
This Spanish news wire analysis of Sen. Obama’s successful presidential bid credits the campaign’s ability to get out the vote. Erwin Hargrove, emeritus professor of political science, is quoted. Professor Hargrove is [...]

And the votes are in!

Not those votes of course. Not for hours yet. But in the meantime, allow me to divert your by-now-bleary-eyed-foggy-headed attention to something other than the election.
News out today that Vanderbilt has been ranked as one of the top 10 places to work in academia by The Scientist magazine. Sure, I already knew this was the [...]

VU campus joins nation in gearing up for election day

From the News Service’s Princine Lewis:
Vanderbilt University students gear up for “Election GameDay” Nov. 4
Just a few weeks after hosting ESPN’s GameDay on campus, Vanderbilt University students are preparing for a different match-up on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and have dubbed their Election Day activities “Election GameDay.” On Election Day, student groups are sponsoring shuttles that [...]