Year: 2018
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Chancellor’s Charter explores sustainability across Nashville
Faculty, staff and students joined Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos last week on a Chancellor’s Charter tour to explore sustainability, a fundamental FutureVU guiding principle and initiative. Read MoreSep 20, 2018
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Seigenthaler Series looks at impact of building ‘The Wall’
Three "USA Today" journalists who won a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the impact of building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico will speak Oct. 3 at the John Seigenthaler Center. Read MoreSep 20, 2018
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L-POD program takes faculty research to new heights
The Leveraged Proposal Organization and Development program, launched in 2017, has a new home in the Office of Research Development and Support and is gearing up for further expansion and progress. Read MoreSep 19, 2018
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Nashville Chalk Fest to benefit Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
Nashville Chalk Fest is a free, two-day street painting festival with entertainment, food and family fun featuring sidewalk chalk art by professional artists, hobbyists and art enthusiasts from across the country. Read MoreSep 19, 2018
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Executive Education: The best leaders never stop learning
Continue to develop yourself and your leadership abilities with our three- day Executive Leadership program, taught by leadership expert Dick Daft. Read MoreSep 19, 2018
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What’s On My Mind: Athletics, The Vanderbilt Way
Athletics at Vanderbilt is played at the highest levels but different in one vitally important way: Excellence in the classroom is every bit as important as performance on the field, says Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in this week's column. Read MoreSep 19, 2018
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Vanderbilt Divinity to offer master of theology degree
Students pursuing advanced theological study will soon have a new degree program option at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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University’s bike-share pilot wins TN Sustainable Transportation Award
Vanderbilt University’s pilot of the bike-sharing service ofo has won a Tennessee Sustainable Transportation Award from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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New endowed chair holders in A&S, Law, Medicine and Owen honored
Eight Vanderbilt professors who are the university’s newest endowed chair holders were celebrated during a ceremony on Monday at the Student Life Center attended by their colleagues, family members and donors. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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VUIT launches new website
On Wednesday, Sept. 19, VUIT will launch a new website that will make it easier to connect with IT customer support and streamline the search process for VUIT products, services and software. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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Oracle Cloud maintenance scheduled for this weekend
Regularly scheduled maintenance will be completed in Vanderbilt’s Oracle Cloud this Friday and Saturday. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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Chancellor launches book club; first discussion set for Sept. 27
Gen. Michael V. Hayden's latest book will be the first discussed by the new Chancellor's Book Club on Sept. 27. Free copies of the book are available for the first 25 students, faculty and staff who request a copy. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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Teens with and without autism needed for VUMC study
The SENSE Lab invites children 10-13 years of age with ASD and children with typical development to take part in a NIMH-funded study that examines stress and social functioning across pubertal development. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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Eighth cohort of Vanderbilt Leadership Academy commences
The nine-month experience brings together a diverse group of university leaders from academia and the administration to build knowledge, passion and expertise to further the mission of the university. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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25th Avenue parking and traffic closures begin Sept. 24
To accommodate necessary storm sewer pipe replacement, parking and traffic will be altered or closed along 25th Ave. starting Sept. 24. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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Crime, not money, drives migration from El Salvador and Honduras
A new analysis shows that immigration policies designed to deter economic migrants do not dissuade migrants fleeing crime from seeking asylum. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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OACS Service Organization Fair set for Sept. 26
Some 50 student-led service organizations and 40 Nashville-area nonprofits will share their stories of impact with the Vanderbilt community at the Office of Active Citizenship and Service's Service Organization Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Read MoreSep 18, 2018
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Farm to Table: Knapp Farm was an early experiment in sustainability
In 1914 Peabody established a farm to educate farmers and train the teachers who would educate the children of farmers. Read MoreSep 17, 2018
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Around the Mall – Summer 2018
There are lots of exciting happenings on Peabody’s mall. These are just a few. Children’s author Kwame Alexander addressed Nashville middle school students at the Wyatt Center Rotunda as part of the Reading Academy at Vanderbilt, a partnership of novelist James Patterson and Programs for Talented Youth. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt)… Read MoreSep 17, 2018
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Wilkerson appointed assistant dean for young professional programs at Owen School
Eric Johnson, Ralph Owen Dean and Bruce D. Henderson Professor of Strategy, announced the appointment of Cherrie Wilkerson as assistant dean for young professional programs at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Read MoreSep 17, 2018