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. [...]
My hometown paper is positively gushing about a unique event that took place on the Vanderbilt campus last week - the first meeting of the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers. Read The Inquirer’s coverage here, and listen to the keynote speaker Anita Allen (from U. Penn, hence the City of Brotherly Love’s interest) delivering her [...]
For the second year in a row, a former Vanderbilt student has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee announced this morning that Al Gore, former vice president, Oscar-winner and of course former Vanderbilt student will share this year’s prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for his tremendous leadership over the last [...]
Stefanie Lindquist, professor of law and political science at Vanderbilt, says that the president and Congress are playing a game of chicken over the controversial subpoenas of top White House aides. Though neither one is willing to back down, both parties stand a chance of losing political ground if it comes down to a [...]
That’s what the New York Times Magazine said in their cover story this weekend on the emerging field of neurolaw, which looks to bring what we know about how the brain works into the courtroom. The article featured Vanderbilt biologist and lawyer Owen Jones and psychologist René Marois. Watch video about this sci-fi-like research at [...]
