Vanderbilt University News

Well, this is good news. The Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, recently conducted a poll that shows the highly Conservative RED state of Tennessee, is having a positive change of heart towards legalized marriage for same-sex couples.

Sisters Ashley, left, and Allyson McManus, 18, of Middletown, share a smile during an interview Thursday.

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She's a Girl Scout troop leader, PTO board member and volunteer, Sunday school teacher, serves on numerous boards from Cumberland University to Friends of Music and the Arts, and for all these reasons and more, Jenni Moscardelli is also the 15th Leadership Wilson Commitment to Leadership Award recipient.

The Cherokee County School District and school board members on Tuesday honored the valedictorians and salutatorians of the class of 2013 during its 13th annual Scholar Recognition Banquet.

"We are very happy to welcome Gary to Civil Site," said Rob Porter, CSDG managing principal.

Denise Logsdon on the front porch of her Springfield home. Her family is in the Navy, her husband's Army so they fly the flag enthusiastically.

The victim was with another 14-year-old friend looking at a gun on the front porch of the home when it discharged, police said.

A poll conducted this month for Vanderbilt University found that 49 percent of Tennesseans support gay marriage or civil unions while 46 percent are opposed to both, suggesting the state is now evenly divided on whether to extend legal recognition to same-sex couples.

Research into genetic features of pulmonary fibrosis by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine may lead to improved treatment of this deadly lung disease, according to a paper published online by JAMA.

Friendship Christian School valedictorian Ethan Kearney graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, but going to school was never about his grades.

For a talented, creative few, there's David Letterman. For most, there's a labyrinth of paperwork, hard decisions and painful sacrifices that could have dramatic repercussions on their financial health decades from now.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has tapped Dr. Melinda Buntin , deputy assistant director for health at the Congressional Budget Office, to chair its new Department of Health Policy, starting this August.

A majority of Tennesseans oppose the state enforcing online sales taxes, though respondents were split on whether the current system is fair to local businesses, according to a Vanderbilt University poll released Tuesday.

Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study.

Three major Ohio universities and four hospitals have joined with the March of Dimes Foundation to establish a new collaborative research program aimed exclusively at finding the unknown causes of premature birth.

Albert Dukes III had a hard time choosing between chemistry and physics. In the end, he went with chemistry, because it was "more hands-on, and more applicable in terms of benefiting you in life." The nanocrystal research that he is doing at Lander, where he has taught since earning a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 2011, is a perfect example ... (more)

Once upon a time, animal sacrifice was an important part of Hindu life, Catholic priests weren't celibate and visual depictions of the Prophet Muhammad were part of Islamic art.

The incoming dean of MTSU's College of Mass Communication, Ken Paulson, played a key role in the development of the new Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame that was unveiled Sunday.

How did a New York nuclear physicist find the right chemistry with a savvy Southern belle? They met in the middle, of course! Kevin Mattern and Nashville native Corinne Hartong met at a "policy event" in the heart of Washington, D.C. The two had both moved to D.C. in the summer of 2009.