Year: 2022

Çağlar Oskay, professor of civil and environmental engineering with a secondary appointment as professor of mechanical engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Read More

Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Stevenson Professor of Astrophysics, has received the 2022 Mentor Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The award is for individuals who have mentored significant numbers of underrepresented students who are working toward doctorates in STEM. Read More

A poem by Mark Jarman, Centennial Professor of English, emeritus, whose most recent books are the poetry collection The Heronry and the essay collection Dailiness: Essays on Poetry. “The Arrow Paradox” appeared in the June 2021 issue of The Atlantic. Read More

Human Resources’ Employee Learning and Engagement and Vanderbilt Work/Life Connections will present “A Microlearning Series on Positive Psychology: Mindfulness” on Monday, Feb. 14, from 11:30 a.m. to noon CT. Read More

The HR Employee Learning and Engagement team invites you to engage in a live virtual learning experience designed exclusively for the Vanderbilt community and led by the ELE team. Read More

Tom Starling from Mental Health America will discuss burnout, compassion fatigue and coping skills that you can share with colleagues and family members in an online talk on Thursday, Feb. 17, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. CT. Read More

Join Dana Hentschel, outreach coordinator with Takacs McGinnis Elder Care Law, PLLC, as she describes the difference between normal aging and not normal aging, how a person’s brain changes with Alzheimer’s disease, and tools to better communicate with someone experiencing brain change. Read More

Researchers are seeking families with a child age 3-6 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to study the use of an assistive listening device in the home. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will hold its IDDRC Data Sciences Core spring training, “Applying Foundational AI Models to Research: A Hands-On Workshop,” on Thursday, Feb. 10, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. CT. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will host its next Research Ethics Grand Rounds panel discussion, “Ethical Applied Behavior Analysis in Practice,” on Thursday, Feb. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center will host its annual Educate to Advocate disability public policy workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 9, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT. Read More

Fourteen undergraduates and two graduate students represented Vanderbilt University in Glasgow, Scotland, as official delegates to the United Nations international climate change negotiations—dubbed COP26. Read More

To help employees avoid taxes and penalties, Vanderbilt University Human Resources collects information each spring regarding contributions made to outside retirement plans to help ensure employees don’t exceed IRS limits. Read More

Vanderbilt’s University Staff Advisory Council is partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee for a virtual food drive in the month of February. Read More

Students and faculty begin the spring semester across campus. Students and faculty begin the spring semester across campus. Students and faculty begin the spring semester across campus. Steven Townsend works alongside his graduate students in his lab at Stevenson Science Center, part… Read More

The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center will host a virtual Summer Camp Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 15, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. CT. Read More

Sponsored Programs Administration, within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, continues to support the Vanderbilt research community’s transition to VERA through the VERA training page and FAQs page, the dissemination of training materials, and regularly scheduled training sessions. Read More

The intersection of science and society is the foundation of a multi-institutional collaboration of students and faculty in a virtual and physical art exhibit titled "Nested Knowledge: Disentangling History, Truth and Race in STEM Experiences." The exhibit can be experienced online and at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, through February 2022 in honor of Black History Month. Read More

Graham Reside, executive director of the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions and assistant professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School, discusses how the evolving pandemic has challenged views on illness as a moral issue. Read More

On January 31, André Churchwell (BE’75), Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer for Vanderbilt University, led the Owen Forward: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Corporate Leaders Panel. Participants included Michele Ivey Frazier (MBA’93), Director of Operations and Leader of DEI of Music City Baseball, Chandra Vasser (MBA’97) Vice President and Chief EDI Officer at Nissan North America, and María del Carmen Triana, Cal Turner Chair in Moral Leadership and Professor of Management at Vanderbilt Business. Read More