Listen: Center for Latin American Studies provides educational resources for Dichos exhibit
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) provided educational support for an exhibit at Cheekwood that highlights a disappearing folk art traditionally found on Latin American drivers' trucks and buses. "Dichos: Words to Live, Love and Laugh by in Latin America" is on display to the public through Jan. 17.
11/16/2009 9:29 am
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) provided educational support for an ongoing exhibit at Cheekwood that highlights a disappearing folk art traditionally found on Latin American drivers' trucks and buses. "Dichos: Words to Live, Love and Laugh by in Latin America" is on display to the public through Jan. 17. Dichos are sayings or amusing expressions that individuals drivers inscribe on their vehicles in a variety of graphic styles and colors. With the emergence of corporate trucking companies and the government push for standarized public transportation, the number of vehicles decorated with dichos is becoming more scarce. CLAS offered two teacher workshops to help K-12 instructors maximize the content as a teaching tool with their students.
Listen: Professor's year in Baghdad leads to unique course about the war in Iraq
Last fall Vanderbilt students had the rare opportunity in an interdisciplinary class called "The War in Iraq" to take an in-depth look at the facts on the ground in Iraq between 2003 and the present. Humanities 161 was co-taught by political scientist Katherine Carroll and Mike Newton, professor of the practice of law.
1/27/2010 3:21 pm
Last fall Vanderbilt students had the rare opportunity in an interdisciplinary class called "The War in Iraq" to take an in-depth look at the facts on the ground in Iraq between 2003 and the present. Humanities 161 was co-taught by political scientist Katherine Carroll and Mike Newton, professor of the practice of law. The focus was on the U.S. military and its response to a variety of challenges it has faced in Iraq. The course grew out of Carroll's year in Baghdad as an embedded professor with the U.S. Army.
January 20 marks the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States. Political scientists John Geer and David Lewis agree that it's too soon to judge how Obama will fare in comparison to previous presidents but they can discuss how his transition, political appointments and other aspects of his administration are progressing so far.
1/15/2010 4:54 pm
January 20 marks the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States. Political scientists John Geer and David Lewis agree that it's too soon to judge how Obama will fare in comparison to previous presidents but they can discuss how his transition, political appointments and other aspects of his administration are progressing so far.
Akers offers insider's guide for writing better screenplays
Your Screenplay Sucks doesn't mince words
Anyone who's ever dreamed of walking the red carpet at the Oscars for an award-winning screenplay might want to check out a book by William M. Akers before proceeding too far along. The Vanderbilt senior lecturer in theater is the author of "Your Screenplay Sucks: 100 Ways to Make It Great."
4/3/2009 2:57 pm
Anyone who's ever dreamed of walking the red carpet at the Oscars with an award-winning screenplay might want to check out a book by William M. Akers before proceeding too far along. The Vanderbilt senior lecturer in theater is the author of "Your Screenplay Sucks: 100 Ways to Make It Great." Akers has plenty of real-world experience with writing and "pitching" screenplays to Hollywood gatekeepers, and he's happy to share what he's learned with Vanderbilt students and other interested persons.
President's cabinet heads control the pork, VU research finds
While many people associate the word "pork" with lawmakers wasteful spending for pet projects, new Vanderbilt political science research demonstrates the importance of cabinet secretaries and their political beliefs in the distribution of lucrative federal grants.
2/16/2009 9:54 am
While many people associate the word "pork" with lawmakers wasteful spending for pet projects, new Vanderbilt political science research demonstrates the importance of cabinet secretaries and their political beliefs in the distribution of lucrative federal grants. Vanderbilt Assistant Professor of Political Science Christian Grose and Anthony Bertelli, a professor at the University of Georgia, studied the allocation of discretionary government contracts in the Labor and Defense departments from 1991 to 2002. They also examined the political leanings of the various heads of these two departments during the same time period. "Our research found that a more conservative cabinet secretary will choose states represented by conservative senators and the opposite happens when a more liberal secretary is in office," Grose said.
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Listen: Professor's year in Baghdad leads to unique course about the war in Iraq
Last fall Vanderbilt students had the rare opportunity in an interdisciplinary class called "The War in Iraq" to take an in-depth look at the facts on the ground in Iraq between 2003 and the present. Humanities 161 was co-taught by political scientist Katherine Carroll and Mike Newton, professor of the practice of law.
Listen: Grading the Obama presidency
January 20 marks the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States. Political scientists John Geer and David Lewis agree that it's too soon to judge how Obama will fare in comparison to previous presidents but they can discuss how his transition, political appointments and other aspects of his administration are progressing so far.
Akers offers insider's guide for writing better screenplays
Anyone who's ever dreamed of walking the red carpet at the Oscars for an award-winning screenplay might want to check out a book by William M. Akers before proceeding too far along. The Vanderbilt senior lecturer in theater is the author of "Your Screenplay Sucks: 100 Ways to Make It Great."
President's cabinet heads control the pork, VU research finds
While many people associate the word "pork" with lawmakers wasteful spending for pet projects, new Vanderbilt political science research demonstrates the importance of cabinet secretaries and their political beliefs in the distribution of lucrative federal grants.
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