Year: 2020
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‘Pandemic Parenting Check-in’ topic of Parenting Group meeting on Oct. 22
The next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group will be a check-in session for participants. There will be no guest speaker or facilitator—just an open discussion for parents to talk about how they are doing. Read MoreOct 13, 2020
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Work-Life Workshop: ‘Do I Need a Mentor?’ Oct. 21
The next Work-Life Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21, at noon CT on Zoom. The topic is “Do I Need a Mentor?” Read MoreOct 13, 2020
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Young Commodores fans invited to join Mr. C’s Kids Club
Mr. C’s Kids Club is the official youth organization of Vanderbilt Athletics. Members will enjoy benefits, invitations and opportunities exclusive to club members. Read MoreOct 13, 2020
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New faculty Maizie Zhou: Unlocking genetic disorders through Big Data
Maizie Zhou, a new assistant professor of biomedical engineering, blends bioinformatics, computational genomics, neuroscience and machine-learning techniques to understand how the brain enables us to behave intelligently and how specific genomic mutations can alter that process. Read MoreOct 13, 2020
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COVID-19 long-acting antibodies discovered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center move to phase 3 clinical trials
AstraZeneca is advancing into phase 3 clinical trials with an investigational COVID-19 therapy of two long-acting antibodies discovered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and optimized by AstraZeneca. Read MoreOct 13, 2020
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Engineering’s Rowe receives K.C. Potter service award
Chris Rowe, associate dean for external relations at the School of Engineering, has received the 2019-20 K.C. Potter Outstanding Service to Students Award, which is given to a faculty member who provides outstanding service consistently to individual students or student groups through personal advising, development of programs, or improvements to university systems and policies that affect students. Read MoreOct 13, 2020
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Peabody alumna Schles guides visual disabilities program
Rachel Schles, MEd’12, is Peabody College’s new coordinator for its master’s program in visual disabilities in the Department of Special Education. By Jane Sevier Professor Rachel Schles knows she has big shoes to fill, and she’s eager to take up the challenge. In assuming the… Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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Return to Campus Update for Oct. 12
As announced last Wednesday, Vanderbilt will continue to offer in-person, on-campus classes—governed by current safety protocols—during the 2021 spring semester. This week's Return to Campus Update provides additional clarity to questions regarding winter break housing as well as the academic schedule for spring. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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Vanderbilt-Missouri game postponed
Due to a lack of available scholarship student-athletes, the Oct. 17 football game at Missouri will be postponed to a later date. The shortage of available scholarship student-athletes is due to the quarantining of individuals with positive COVID-19 tests and those designated as close contacts, along with injuries and opt-outs. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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Brooks, Vanderbilt Career Center leader, to step down in spring 2021
Katharine S. Brooks will step down from her leadership of the Vanderbilt University Career Center at the conclusion of the spring 2021 semester to further pursue her writing and consulting career. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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Hunter Parden awarded Bass Military Scholars Program’s John S. Beasley II Scholarship
Hunter Parden, an MBA student at the Owen Graduate School of Management, has been awarded the John S. Beasley II Scholarship as part of Vanderbilt University’s Bass Military Scholars Program. Parden is one of nine U.S. military veterans included in the newest cohort of Bass Military Scholars this academic year. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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VINSE Spotlight Podcast: Nicole Moehring–Crystal structure, how we characterize it, and its impact on the physical properties of a material
The VINSE Spotlight Podcast interviews researchers associated with the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering to highlight the depth and breadth of discoveries and innovations related to the institute. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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‘The Promotion and Marketing of Oxycontin’ topic of Flexner Deans’ Lecture Oct. 19
Art Van Zee, a primary care general internist with the St. Charles Clinic in St. Charles, Virginia, will discuss "The Promotion and Marketing of Oxycontin: 20 Years Later, an Opioid Crisis, Lessons Learned and Opportunities not to Miss" on Monday, Oct. 19, beginning at noon. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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Students encouraged to check in through drop-in consultations, workshops this fall
All students are encouraged to connect with the many resources available through the Student Care Network when in need. Some of those resources include the University Counseling Center’s drop-in consultations and workshops and the Center for Student Wellbeing's workshops. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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Employees requested to update demographic information, veteran status in Oracle
Vanderbilt University is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive campus community. In order to measure the university’s progress on diversity and inclusion goals, all employees are encouraged to ensure their demographic information in Oracle accurately reflects their race/ethnicity and veteran status. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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Microsoft changes to some Polycom phones coming Oct. 15
On Thursday, Oct. 15, Microsoft will make industry-wide security changes that will impact some versions of Polycom phones. Specifically, it will cause functionality changes for the Polycom CX600 and CX3000 phones used by some employees at Vanderbilt. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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First-year student’s new sci-fi novel, written pre-COVID-19, imagines life in an epidemic
First-year student Morgan Butts used the idea of an "it" factor—in this case, "independent thought"—as a launching point for her newly published science fiction novel, "Raeth Thower and the Four Princes." Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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‘Are We Underinvesting in Education?’ topic of Steine Lecture in Economics Oct. 28
David Card, the Class of 1950 Professor of Economics at the University of California–Berkeley and director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, will give the Vanderbilt Department of Economics' Steine Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 28, beginning at 4 p.m. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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Bowden named 2021 fellow of The Optical Society
Audrey Bowden, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor's Faculty Fellow and associate professor of biomedical engineering, has been elected as a 2021 fellow member of The Optical Society for outstanding achievements in the development of optical devices, image processing algorithms and systems for biomedicine. Read MoreOct 12, 2020
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New faculty Julie Barroso: Removing the stigma of HIV
Julie Barroso, a new professor at the School of Nursing, has made the care of people living with HIV the focus of her research career. Read MoreOct 12, 2020