Year: 2021

Zoe Antell and Jessica Kaplan, who launched the clothing company ready dress go as students, offer several tips for dressing for business success. Read More

Associate Professor of Sociology Lijun Song explored whether social network connections harmed or hurt one’s well-being in published research that won the American Sociological Association’s 2021 Best Publication Award in the Sociology of Mental Health Section.   Read More

First-year students arrive at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons for Move-In Day on Aug. 21. First year students participate in Founders Walk to Alumni Lawn for a welcome by Chancellor Diermeier and Provost Raver. First-year students cheer on Commodore football as the team played… Read More

The 2020–21 academic year in many ways was defined by urgency and imminent priorities—from the rapid implementation of COVID-19 safety protocols and weekly testing to the procurement of technology required for hybrid teaching and the herculean planning behind the two in-person Commencement ceremonies we hosted this spring, to name just a few. I remain inspired by the way our community responded to these challenges with such profound resilience and innovative problem-solving. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Cybele Raver, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, helped lead the procession of first-year, transfer and Next Steps students during Founders Walk on Aug. 22. Read More

Dashboard The university will launch a public COVID-19 dashboard on Wednesday, Sept. 8 and will provide weekly updates on case counts every Wednesday this fall moving forward in the COVID-19 Updates section of MyVU. The dashboard will be available on the Health and Safety Protocols website. The university had… Read More

The Fall Staff Assembly and staff awards are part of the semiannual effort to celebrate staff excellence and recognize the many contributions of university staff to Vanderbilt’s mission. This year’s Fall Staff Assembly is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 2. Award nominations, which are submitted online, are open through Thursday, Sept. 30.   Read More

Employee Learning and Engagement invites all employees interested in professional development and success to participate in learning experiences as part of its fall series. Read More

Local students in grades 5-12 who enjoy being challenged by math are invited to join the Nashville Math Club, an initiative led by Vanderbilt University instructors Larry Rolen and Alice Mark. Read More

Vanderbilt University Libraries’ Digital Scholarship and Communications Office (DiSC) and the Spatial Analysis Research Lab (SARL) will host five workshops for students, faculty and staff interested in learning more about geospatial science. Read More

A memorial service to honor the life of H. Carl Haywood, professor of psychology, emeritus, and an early director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 19, at Christ Church Cathedral, 900 Broadway, in Nashville. Read More

Elandriel Lewis, senior manager of early learning and training for United Way of Greater Nashville, will give a talk titled “Let’s Go Outside” at the next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group. Read More

There are numerous things to do around Nashville, so we have narrowed down our top 10 recommendations for you to check out. Given its rich history and hospitality, and its diverse culture and rapid growth, it’s no surprise that so many people choose to call Music City their home. Read More

The Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Program aims to fuel the development of female STEM²D leaders and feed the STEM²D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their research careers in each of the STEM²D disciplines: science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design. Read More

This is the second in a series of communications to advise departmental research administrators about upcoming deadlines for the soft launch of the new Vanderbilt Electronic Research Administration system. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost C. Cybele Raver hosted a virtual town hall for faculty focused on Vanderbilt’s health and safety protocols and an update from VUMC medical experts on the current COVID-19 landscape. Read More

Patients with schizophrenia have functional changes in the white matter of the brain, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered, which may contribute to impaired working memory and processing speed. Read More

The billing codes in electronic health records are useful for counting skin cancers over time — an important metric for cancer risk assessment and prevention. Read More

Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who received the rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib, in combination with the standard of care including corticosteroids, died less often than those receiving only the standard of care, according to a study released this week. Read More

The tumor suppressor protein p53 is mutated in more than half of all human cancers. Several drugs that potentially can restore mutant p53 to its normal cancer-killing function are in clinical investigation. Read More