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The unexpected discovery of a new type of genetic variation suggests that natural selection – the force that drives evolution – is both more powerful and more complex than scientists have thought. Read More

Ken Feinberg, special master for executive pay for the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, will deliver the keynote speech for a daylong executive pay conference Feb. 26 at the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Law School. Read More

Finding out where to eat, what's happening and how to get around are common questions on every college campus. Now at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, the answers to these questions can be quickly and easily found using new applications developed by ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ engineering students for iPhone and Android mobile devices. Read More

A memorial service for Rendigs Thomas Fels, professor of economics, emeritus, is set for 2 p.m. Feb. 26 at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Read More

A mural depicting an epic battle between junk and healthy food will transform a large wall of Rand Dining Hall at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ as part of a week-long mural workshop. Read More

Scientists at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ and Yale universities have successfully transplanted most of the "nose" of the mosquito that spreads malaria into frog eggs and fruit flies and are employing these surrogates to combat the spread of the deadly and debilitating disease that afflicts 500 million people. Read More

Hundreds of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ students will dance the night away Friday, Feb. 19, at the Student Recreation Center during the university's annual all-night ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Dance Marathon. Read More

New York Times best-selling author L.A. Banks will be at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ on Thursday, Feb. 18. Banks will address the Black Student Alliance on a panel about black sexuality during the group's weekly lunchtime gathering. Read More

Paintings by 11 artists "exploring the use of color, the development of space" make up The Painters Eye exhibit, which opens with a reception Feb. 18 at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´. Read More

While most are trying to keep warm during one of the coldest winters the Southeast has seen in years, The Music Group at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ is gearing up for its Rites of Spring Music Festival Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24. This year's line up includes Drake, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Phoenix and Passion Pit. Read More

The ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ and Nashville communities are invited to the "Hope for Haiti: Holistic Perspectives on the Crisis" forum at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ on Feb. 16 at Langford Auditorium. The 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. free event offers diverse, informed perspectives on the recent earthquake disaster in Haiti. Live video of this event will be streamed on VUCast, www.vanderbilt.edu/news. Read More

Three ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave, pending the outcome of an internal investigation of how an incident at the National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternity house last weekend was handled. Read More

On a cold, rainy Saturday at the Clairmont Apartments in East Nashville, a group of Spanish-speaking children from the area gathered inside one particularly colorful and lively unit, paying close attention to their teachers, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ undergraduates Jillian Currie and Thomas Davis. In the day's lesson, the children were learning English words and phrases related to sound and instruments. However, Currie and Davis' goals aim much higher than teaching English to these children. Read More

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, journalist John Stossel and political activist Ralph Nader will deliver public lectures and sign copies of their books at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ March 30-31 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read More

NOTE: Due to blizzard conditions in the D.C. area, Al-Suwaij is unable to travel to Nashville. The event has been canceled. Read More

Protest art in many mediums including painting, drawing, electronic and installations will be displayed at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Divinity School Feb. 23 to March 26 in the Art Room on the ground floor of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Divinity School. Read More

The 50th anniversary of the Nashville sit-ins, which were an early civil rights movement success and a critical time in the life of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, will be observed with a symposium featuring some of its participants. Read More

Those wishing to teach in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools will have the opportunity to earn a ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ master's degree designed expressly for them beginning this summer, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ and MNPS announced today. Read More

Richard A. "Pete" Peterson, one of the first professors to research country music from a sociological perspective, died Feb. 4. He was 77. Peterson, a professor of sociology, emeritus, at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, was founding chairman of the American Sociological Association's culture section. Read More

Camilla Benbow, dean of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Peabody College of education and human development, and Jesse Register, director of Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, will announce a new partnership and master's program to recruit, train and retain the nation's most promising teachers to teach in MNPS schools on Monday, Feb. 8. Read More