Year: 2022

A memorial service and reception for Christopher M. S. Johns, the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of Fine Arts and professor of history of art and architecture, will be on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall on the Peabody College campus. Johns died May 8 following an extended illness. Read More

Nursing educators from across the United States traveled to Nashville this summer to attend the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s three-day, intensive Vanderbilt Informatics Summer Teaching Academy. The workshop was created to help nursing schools incorporate informatics knowledge in curriculum. Read More

Join Robin Fountain, a public affairs specialist with the Social Security Administration, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 1–2 p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt Campus Dining is now offering campus departments the ability to order Pepsi products in bulk without having to leave campus. Using a simple online form, departments and staff can purchase cases of Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Bubly flavored seltzer products for office use, with pickup at the Kissam Center Munchie Mart. Read More

Join HR Employee Learning and Engagement for Conversation Circles, a series for managers and leaders, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. to discuss navigating potential inequities in remote, hybrid and on-site work policies.     Read More

An information session for undergraduate students interested in pursuing a minor in data science is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 12:15 p.m. in the Commons Multipurpose Room. The benefits of studying data science, requirements for the minor, and opportunities for involvement in the data science program will be discussed. Read More

Repairs to the roof of the university’s Powerhouse will continue on Friday, Sept. 2. While a crane is in use the service road east of the roundabout at the end of Vanderbilt Place, between the Powerhouse and Rand/Sarratt halls, will be impacted from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Read More

New Vanderbilt research could inform therapeutic strategies for enhancing thymic function when desired — such as during aging, recovery from radiation therapy or chemotherapy, or other conditions that reduce T cell output. Read More

Alvin Jeffery awarded $1.5M from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop artificial intelligence to predict substance use disorder through genetic information. Jeffery is the only nursing research faculty member with a dual VA appointment. Read More

The fall 2022 Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 8, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Student Life Center ballroom. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Engine for Art, Democracy and Justice will focus on art as a means of resistance and achieving societal change when it resumes its two-year program, Artistic Activism and the Power of Collective Resistance, on Sept. 7. Read More

Vanderbilt has named Hannah Proctor, MSN’16, to the new role of reproductive health and parenting resource coordinator for the university community. Proctor, a certified nurse-midwife, will be the first point of contact for pregnant individuals and parents who may need assistance and support. Read More

The Vanderbilt Board of Trust is soliciting nominations from each Vanderbilt school and college for the Young Alumni Trustee program. The Governance and Board Affairs Committee is seeking nominations from undergraduate, graduate and professional school alumni who are within 10 years of graduation. Read More

Emily Hodges and Terunaga Nakagawa were named as the 2022 Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund recipients. Read More

Vanderbilt students and commuters have plenty of options for getting around campus as well as Nashville, including to Centennial Park, Taste of Nashville restaurants, Hillsboro Village and more. MoveVU, the university’s strategic transportation and mobility plan, can assist you with your daily travel decisions and help reduce your carbon footprint in the process. Read More

We Shall Overcome: Civil Rights and the Nashville Press, 1957-1968, a photography exhibition on loan to Vanderbilt Divinity School from the Frist Art Museum, illuminates key moments in Nashville’s struggle for racial equality, including the leadership of the Rev. James Lawson. Read More

Vanderbilt will celebrate College Colors Day on Friday, Sept. 2. College Colors Day is an annual celebration dedicated to promoting the traditions and spirit that embody the college experience. Read More

Carol M. Browner, who served as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1993 to 2001, will deliver the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program’s inaugural Distinguished Lecture on Climate Change Governance on Monday, Sept. 19, at 12:30 p.m. in Vanderbilt Law School’s Flynn Auditorium.  Read More

Flulapalooza is back. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the annual mass influenza vaccination event hosted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Read More

The Gender and Sexuality Studies Seminar examines new trends and classic ideas in feminist and queer scholarship. This fall, the seminar will focus on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the scholarship that discusses the issues in this case.  Read More