Month: October 2019

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, VUPD received a report from a Campus Security Authority that a female student was sexually assaulted by a male student in a residential housing facility during the weekend of Oct. 13, 2019. Read More

Vanderbilt’s 2019 recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, which took place Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, celebrated and honored the diverse array of Hispanic and Latinx histories, cultures, narratives and contributions to the university and society. Read More

The Faculty Senate will host a community conversation for faculty and staff from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, to discuss themes from the Chancellor’s Lecture Series event with presidential historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham taking place the prior evening. Read More

The Nov. 7 Health Plus presentation will focus on preventing and managing blood pressure. Dr. Rosette Chakkalakal, MD, MHS, Medical Director, Health Plus will lead the presentation in 214 Light Hall. Read More

As a next step in the evolution of its commitment to diversity and inclusion, VUIT recently created an Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Board (iDAB). The group, composed of nine VUIT employees, aims to foster an inclusive and diverse culture in VUIT where every individual may flourish uniquely and collaborate equally. Read More

Vanderbilt University and 18 other top universities have filed a joint amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Read More

In December 2019, Vanderbilt’s vummiv WiFi network will be retired. In preparation for the retirement, vummiv will be unavailable from 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31. Read More

A memorial service for Luke Gregory, CEO of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, who died Friday, Oct. 18, will be held on Friday, Oct. 25, at West End United Methodist Church, 2200 West End Ave. Read More

Vanderbilt Diabetes Day is slated for Friday, Nov. 15, from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Student Life Center. The event will include talks, poster presentations, awards and more. Read More

Maj. Gen. William "Bill" Busby Hickman, BS'83, MBA'92, was recognized for his 36 years of service in the U.S. Army at a ceremony held Oct. 17 in Alumni Hall and attended by former CIA Director and Ret. Gen. David Petraeus. Read More

A team led by Vanderbilt research scientist Peter Volgyesi will compete in the live championship round of the DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge at the Mobile World Congress in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The first, second and third place winners will walk away with $2 million, $1 million, and $750,000 in prizes, respectively. Read More

Esther Duflo, recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics and the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT, will discuss "Good Economics for Hard Times" on Thursday, Nov. 14, as part of the Department of Economics' Steine Lecture Series. Read More

Dan Morgan, faculty head of Memorial House and principal senior lecturer of earth and environmental sciences, leads with optimism. Read More

Vanderbilt announces changes to short-term disability (STD) coverage for 2020. Read More

Early detection of lymphedema, which occurs in 20% of patients following breast cancer treatment, may improve therapeutic options for patients. Read More

Beginning Oct. 21, Vanderbilt Place will be closed east of 24th Avenue. Pedestrian traffic should use the north sidewalk on Vanderbilt Place between 24th Avenue and West Side Row until further notice. Read More

Scholar Juan Pablo Alperin will discuss the impact of the Open Access movement on the research landscape of Latin American scholarship during a luncheon lecture and discussion Oct. 29. Read More

Members of the Vanderbilt community celebrated the grand opening of the new National Pan-Hellenic Council House on Oct. 18 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception. The new house is part of the evolution of the West End Neighborhood. Read More

Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and researchers at Vanderbilt's School of Engineering are building a partnership to identify and solve tactical problems with soldier-inspired solutions. Read More

An Oct. 18 ceremony to unveil the new name—David Williams II—on the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center paid tribute to the university's first African American vice chancellor and athletics director. Read More