Faculty News
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ICC indispensable to a Syria solution, argues op/ed co-authored by Michael Newton
Members of the ABA's ICC Project Board of Advisors, including Newton, assert that the ICC should be part of any effort to combat impunity in Syria in a signed opinion piece in International Criminal Justice Today. Read MoreMay. 5, 2016
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Article co-authored by Randall Thomas and Paul Edelman among “Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2015”
“Shareholder Voting in an Age of Intermediary Capitalism,” a California Law Review article co-authored by Edelman and Thomas with Robert B. Thompson, was one of 12 articles selected in annual poll. Read MoreMay. 3, 2016
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Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos looks back on 8 years at Vanderbilt’s chancellor
Zeppos took the reins of Vanderbilt University in 2008, in the midst of the global financial crisis. Read MoreMay. 2, 2016
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Cheng, George, Ruhl, Vandenbergh and Wuerth honored with Hall-Hartman Awards
Professors Tracey George, Michael Vandenbergh and Ingrid Wuerth were honored for their first-year Contracts, Property and Civil Procedure classes, respectively. Professor Ed Cheng was recognized for his upper-level Evidence class and Professor J.B. Ruhl for his Food System Seminar. Read MoreApr. 26, 2016
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Daniel Gervais among new faculty heads joining The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons
"“We chose faculty heads who excel at meeting students where they are, intellectually and interpersonally,” said Ingram Commons Dean Vanessa Beasley. Read MoreApr. 13, 2016
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Ingrid Wuerth named to the Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law
Wuerth is the inaugural holder of the Curry Chair, which was endowed in 2015 by an estate gift from pioneering Georgia lawyer Jean Curry Allen. Read MoreApr. 1, 2016
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Article co-authored by J.B. Ruhl wins Ecological Society of America’s Sustainability Science Award
The article, published in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, has been honored for its “contribution to the emerging science of ecosystem and regional sustainability.” Read MoreMar. 28, 2016
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Terry Maroney to join 2016-17 class of fellows at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Maroney will spend an academic year in residence with 37 other fellows representing a broad range of disciplines. Read MoreMar. 23, 2016
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Jason Sowards is president-elect of Southeastern Chapter of American Association of Law Libraries
Sowards will serve as SEAALL's vice president during 2016-17 and as president during 2017-18. Read MoreMar. 21, 2016
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Adjunct Professor Michele Johnson one of three Vanderbilt professors nominated for Nashville’s Athena Award
Johnson co-teaches Poverty Law at VLS. The annual award recognizes women from Middle Tennessee who exemplify leadership, superior performance, commitment to community and unselfish assistance to women and women’s issues. Read MoreMar. 17, 2016