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Schizophrenia patients have an impaired ability to imitate, and this may be one of the main reasons for their difficulties with social interaction, according to a brain-mapping study conducted by neuroscientists at Vanderbilt University.

Blair Academy of Music started classes in September 1964 in an old house on 18th Avenue South.

Two Friendship Christian School students proved their academic prowess after they were informed last month they are National Merit Scholar finalists.

If anyone doubted the denomination's might, its next move made it clear: In 1927, strapped for space, the Unitarians finished building a new home next to the capitol on the other side, even persuading the legislature to change the street's numbering so they could take their address with them.

Ted Welch knew how to make a sales pitch, whether his product was a Bible or a presidential candidate -- or himself.

Augmented reality has been in science fiction for decades. Thanks to smartphones, the technology is finally here to make it happen, but it's been nearly two years since we wrote about the untapped potential of augmented reality and it's still waiting for a killer application.

Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity chapters at the University of Alabama, the University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, were all vying to be named the best chapter in the southern region.

The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, which now includes 5,000 people, would eventually become the world's longest-running longitudinal survey of what happens to intellectually talented children as they grow up.

An ultra-fast and ultra-small optical switch has been invented that could advance the day when photons replace electrons in the innards of consumer products ranging from cell phones to automobiles.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - According to George Bernard Shaw, "Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning."

A third ride-sharing company, Sidecar, plans to expand to Nashville by the end of the year, company officials said.

Jules White, Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University served as a guest editor of the February Special Issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE on the topic of augmented reality .

On June 6, 1965, a new Nashville-based precollege music school called the Blair Academy presented one of its very first concerts.

A judge ruled late Wednesday that some records in the rape case against four former Vanderbilt football players should be released to a media group that argued the public has a right to them.

McKiernan, a native of Providence, R.I., and a Vanderbilt University graduate, last served as the deputy commanding general of support for the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg.

A judge has ruled that some records in the rape case against four former Vanderbilt football players should be released to a media group that argued the public has a right to them.

A defense attorney in the Vanderbilt University football rape case was charged with extortion Wednesday in Clarksville.

On Tuesday, the 24-year-old pop starlet shared a funny Instagram snap moments after she 'confetti-bombed' the unamused Vanderbilt University student.

The family of a Hawkins County girl who died in 2012 after police say she was forced to drink grape soda are now accepting donations from the public to purchase a headstone.

For the first time, researchers have discovered cannabinoid receptors in the central nucleus of the amygdala in a mouse model, according to an international study led by Vanderbilt University.