Month: September 2022

The Wond’ry is hosting TN Maker Fest on Saturday, Oct. 1. This free, family-friendly event will feature an incredible gathering of “makers” who will show off their hobbies, projects, experiments and creations. Read More

The next session of “Dancing Around the Elephants in the Room: A Microlearning Series on Naming and Acknowledging our Realities” will be on Monday, Oct. 3. “How to Not Know: Uncertainty and Thriving Through Ambiguity” is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Read More

Recent policies and legislation across the U.S. have made the reading and teaching of banned books even more difficult in K–12 classrooms and libraries. To help the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities navigate these changes, several offices across Vanderbilt have collaborated on a Banned Books Initiative featuring a series of events offered throughout the academic year. Read More

Tennessee has been issuing new license plates throughout 2022. If you are enrolled in the daily parking program or have an annual parking permit, you must update your vehicle’s registration information whenever you receive a new license plate number. Read More

National Postdoc Appreciation Week launches Monday, Sept. 19, and continues through Friday, Sept. 23. In collaboration with many campus partners, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has curated a roster of events in celebration of the Vanderbilt postdoc community. Read More

The Office of Experiential Learning and Immersion Vanderbilt hosted the ninth annual Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair on Sept. 8 at the Student Life Center. This fall’s fair was the best attended to date, with more than 700 guests and 160 students showcasing their work. Read More

Vanderbilt may nominate up to two candidates for the Moore Inventor Fellows competition. The Moore Foundation aims to support scientist-inventors who create new tools and technologies with a high potential to accelerate progress in the foundation’s areas of interest. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Division of Government and Community Relations has published the ninth issue of its ON THE HILL government relations report. The biannual report summarizes Vanderbilt’s activities over the past six months at the federal, state and local levels of government. Read More

When natural and man-made disasters occur, we're reminded how important it is to have a disaster plan. Vanderbilt Work/Life Connections-EAP shares 10 ways to be better prepared in the event of an unexpected crisis. Read More

The Wond'ry will celebrate innovation and creativity in October with the TN Maker Fest. The family-friendly event will be Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, and feature a variety of exhibits and vendors. Read More

Join us for a live session with Dylan Platz from VUIT. We’ll cover the what, why and how of effectively using Microsoft Teams, a powerful collaboration and video tool, and we’ll invite you to ask questions.  Read More

Vanderbilt’s annual Student Service Fair will be Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Alumni Lawn. The event will bring more than 35 community partners, organizations and agencies with a variety of missions to Vanderbilt to interact with students who want to get involved in the Nashville community. Read More

Geo-Jobe, on behalf of the Vanderbilt University Facilities department, will fly a fixed-wing drone over campus on Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Facilities department schedules a drone flyover twice a year to capture aerial footage and images of the tree canopy around campus. Read More

Proponents of full inclusion—placing students with disabilities in general classrooms for most of the school day—maintain that the more time those students spend in such classes, the better they do academically. A new paper by Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development researchers challenges that assumption.  Read More

A grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow John T. Wilson to explore ways to use recently developed nanoparticles to stimulate immunity pathways in children, with the aim of making immunotherapy treatments for neuroblastoma more effective. Read More

The Wallace Foundation recently awarded a four-year, $1.42 million grant to Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development and Mathematica for a new study to expand knowledge about assistant principals and provide new insights on how the role can help diversify the principal profession and advance educational equity.  Read More

Assistant Provost for Residential Education and Associate Dean for Residential Colleges Jill Stratton hosted a leadership development series during the spring 2022 semester for the University College Leadership Council, a group of student leaders from the upper-division residential colleges. Read More

Vanderbilt was one of 41 institutions selected to participate in the American Association of Colleges and Universities 2022 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success. The virtual learning experience was designed to facilitate building institutional capacity to achieve quality, equity and student engagement goals through the design, implementation and assessment of active teaching and learning practices. Read More

National Voter Registration Day is Tuesday, Sept. 20. Vanderbilt students, staff and faculty are encouraged to register to vote using the online TurboVote platform or in person at events on campus.  Read More

The Arts, Discovery and Innovation Fund is now open to all full-time faculty across all disciplines and all provost-reporting staff who would like to work with the National Museum of African American Music on educational and research projects. The deadline for fall submissions is Oct. 14. Read More