Year: 2019
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I Am Vanderbilt: Natalee Erb
Natalee Erb knows that Vanderbilt students undergo a great deal of personal growth outside of the classroom, and that their undergraduate experience begins to take shape soon after they arrive on campus. Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Images of boxing and black masculinity focus of Goldberg Lecture Oct. 17
Jordana Moore Saggese, associate professor of American art at the University of Maryland, will analyze 20th-century representations of black male boxers across visual culture when she delivers the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 17. Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Vanderbilt Opera Theatre to perform ‘The Ghosts of Gatsby,’ ‘Mansfield Park’ Oct. 17-20
Social status, unrequited love, marriage and madness are central themes of two upcoming chamber operas presented by Vanderbilt Opera Theatre and Vanderbilt University Orchestra. Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Master of public health information sessions Oct. 22, Nov. 6
Vanderbilt’s master of public health program prepares leaders to take on today’s most pressing and complex health challenges. Learn more about the program from MPH faculty members, current students and program staff at one of two upcoming campus information sessions. Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Introduction to Corporate and Foundation Relations training session Oct. 28
The Corporate and Foundation Relations team helped faculty and staff secure $8.2 million in gifts and grants last fiscal year. You are invited to learn more about CFR’s services and the resources available to you on Monday, Oct. 28, from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Central Library, Room 800BB. Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Chancellor’s Lecture to feature presidential historians Goodwin and Meacham
“Lessons of Presidential Leadership” will be the focus of a conversation between presidential historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham during a Chancellor’s Lecture Series event Oct. 31. Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Support for democracy in a slump across Americas, according to new survey
Democracy is struggling for support in the Americas, according to the 2018/19 AmericasBarometer report, with just over half of all citizens expressing faith in the system for the second survey period in a row. “When citizen support for democracy is weak, it becomes difficult for nations to sustain free… Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Limited Submission Opportunity: Tennessee Arts Project Support and Rural Arts Project Support
Vanderbilt may submit one application to the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Project Support (APS) or the Rural Arts Project Support (RAPS) program. Proposed arts projects must involve one or more commission-recognized art forms, including: visual arts, craft, media, design, music, theater, dance, folk and ethnic, or literary arts. Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Limited Submission Opportunity: Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Access Annual Grant
Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Access (AA) Annual Grant program for the 2021 fiscal year. Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Open Enrollment for 2020 benefits is Oct. 17–31
Open Enrollment is your annual opportunity to update or choose the benefits that best meet your needs. All benefits-eligible employees must complete Open Enrollment, even if you don’t plan to make changes or waive coverage. Read MoreOct 14, 2019
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Vintage-inspired merchandise collection available during Vanderbilt Reunion Oct. 18–19
Vanderbilt will highlight the university’s College Vault merchandise collection during Reunion weekend with giveaways and opportunities to win prizes from Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt Oct. 18–19. Read MoreOct 13, 2019
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Peabody Neighborhood Project celebrates major milestone with ‘topping out’ ceremony
Vanderbilt University’s Peabody Neighborhood project achieved a major milestone on Oct. 10 with the placement of the final steel structural beam in the new connector between the Home Economics and Mayborn buildings. The event included remarks from Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente and Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development Camilla P. Benbow. Read MoreOct 11, 2019
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Meet Vanderbilt authors at the Southern Festival of Books
Vanderbilt faculty, staff and alumni will be part of this weekend’s free Southern Festival of Books downtown at War Memorial Plaza and the Nashville Public Library. Read MoreOct 11, 2019
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Our favorite #vandygram
Let's be honest, we don't really need to explain why we picked this photo from @jtuccphotos as our favorite #vandygram. 😍 Read MoreOct 11, 2019
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Women’s Center to host conversation with Gloria Steinem Nov. 1
The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, in partnership with the Chancellor’s Lecture Series, will host Gloria Steinem, an award-winning writer, feminist activist and co-founder of "Ms." magazine, for a conversation on Nov. 1. Tickets for the event are available at the Sarratt Box Office to those with a Vanderbilt ID. Read MoreOct 11, 2019
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Basketball pep band seeking student musicians
Be an integral part of the action this season as a member of the basketball pep band. Get paid for game performances and travel to tournaments. Membership is open to all Vanderbilt students. Read MoreOct 10, 2019
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$2.3 million NIH grant allows collaborators focus on advancing liver cancer surgical care
A multi-year collective effort between engineers, surgeons and scientists has resulted in a $2.3 million, four-year grant awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health to improve laparoscopic liver surgery and liver cancer ablation therapy. Read MoreOct 10, 2019
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Department of Medicine mini-research retreat set for Nov. 1
The Department of Medicine will host a mini-retreat exploring “The Janus Face of Immunotherapy: The Good, the Bad, the Weird” on Friday, Nov. 1, led by Dr. Javid Moslehi and Dr. Doug Johnson. The event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Light Hall, Room 208. Read MoreOct 10, 2019
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Microsoft Office 365 changes to notification messages regarding quarantined emails in VUmailguard
Beginning Oct. 15, Microsoft Office 365 is updating the quarantined email notifications and alerts messages that users will receive. Read MoreOct 10, 2019
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Campus organizations to host Halloween events in October
Campus organizations are gearing up for a host of fall- and Halloween-themed events. Everyone in the Vanderbilt community is invited unless otherwise noted, and most events welcome faculty and staff to bring their families. Read MoreOct 10, 2019