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| Welcome from Chancellor Daniel Diermeier |
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Chancellor Diermeier welcomes the Vanderbilt community back to campus for the new semester, reflecting on last year’s work and looking ahead at this year’s opportunities.
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| Ask an Expert: What do we know about the third dose option of the COVID-19 vaccine? |
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Thomas Talbot, professor of medicine and chief hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, shares information about the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, applicable to people with moderate to severe immunocompromise.
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| Chancellor to host virtual event on the crisis in Afghanistan tomorrow |
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Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy will host a virtual panel Aug. 26 on the crisis in Afghanistan—a timely and exclusive discussion featuring Vanderbilt faculty historians and foreign policy experts and retired Lt. Gen. Scott A. Howell, former commander of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command.
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| Fall Faculty Assembly set for tomorrow |
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Chancellor Daniel Diermeier will share his priorities and aspirations for the new academic year and present some of the university’s highest honors at the Fall Faculty Assembly on Thursday, Aug. 26.
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| Athletics provides updates on scope and scale of Vandy United |
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As part of the ongoing Vandy United campaign, the university is sharing new details about Vanderbilt athletics facility upgrades and enhancements, as well as an update outlining the scope and scale of the project.
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| Faculty and staff appreciation football game will be Sept. 18 vs. Stanford |
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Vanderbilt University faculty and staff and their families are invited to cheer on the Commodore football team as they take on the Stanford Cardinal at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18. Vanderbilt employees can purchase tickets at a discounted rate of just $15 per ticket (regularly priced $35) and a game-day parking pass.
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| African Americans and stroke focus of tomorrow's VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture |
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Dawn Aycock, associate professor and director of the nursing Ph.D. program at Georgia State University’s Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, will discuss “Addressing Primary Stroke Prevention in African Americans” on Thursday, Aug. 26, at noon in the Nursing Annex, Room 155. The in-person lecture is free and open to the Vanderbilt community.
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| The buzz on Vanderbilt’s bees |
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Hundreds of acres of trees, green spaces and gardens across Vanderbilt’s campus support thousands of bees that live on the roof of the Jean and Alexander Heard Central Library.
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| Vanderbilt’s silent CubeSat awakens six months after launch |
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Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation volunteers have established communications with RadFxSat-2, a small CubeSat that had been silent since it deployed in a Virgin Orbit in January 2021.
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| Wond’ry students collaborate with Del Fuego Project to design innovations in coffee drying process |
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Through a partnership between the Coffee Equity Lab at the Wond’ry and the Del Fuego Project—a Yepocapa, Guatemala-based nonprofit that’s building capacity in small-holder farming communities—Vanderbilt students engaged in collaborative design to generate innovations in coffee processing.
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| VU expands Army partnership, wins first Pathfinder Project award from Army Futures Command for assistive bionic exosuit |
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Army Futures Command recently awarded Vanderbilt a one-year, $1.2 million investment to support collaborations between researchers and soldiers to innovate research-based technologies with a path to commercialization and prompt acquisition of products by the Army.
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| Owen faculty encourages new cognitive processes and bolder solutions to address grand challenges |
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Vanderbilt-led research encourages entrepreneurs to embrace new ways of thinking to address grand challenges facing society, like climate change and inequality.
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| Sign up now for brain-stimulating Vanderbilt Osher fall classes |
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Calling all lifelong learners 50 and older to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt, which has announced its fall term of courses. They include: ’60s music, the U.S. women’s movement, Latin American-U.S. relations, elements of film and more.
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| Campus Dining announces Flex Meal deal for faculty, staff, graduate and professional students |
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A convenient option for those who wish to dine on campus, Flex Meals allow for quick and easy meal payment across Campus Dining’s award-winning network of 20 dining locations.
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| Vanderbilt launches multiyear agreements with select vendors for promotional products, awards |
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Vanderbilt University recently launched new multiyear agreements with a select group of vendors to supply all promotional products and awards to departments and student organizations at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, effective July 1.
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| Purchase annual parking permits now; permits begin Sept. 1 |
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The Parking Services office will continue to offer annual parking permits for the 2021–22 academic year. Current parking permits expire on Aug. 31, and vehicle registration for the new year is open now.
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| Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair set for Sept. 30; student proposals now being accepted |
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The annual fall Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 30. A virtual fair will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. on Zoom, followed by an in-person event in the Student Life Center Commodore Ballroom from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Students who have completed research while an undergraduate at Vanderbilt are encouraged to apply.
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| Registration open for inaugural Undergraduate Civic and Professional Showcase |
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Students who wish to present about the civic and professional experiences they have completed while undergraduates at Vanderbilt are encouraged to register for the inaugural Undergraduate Civic and Professional Showcase. The event is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 7, at the Student Life Center.
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