Year: 2022

The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham discussed the complex intersection of religion and politics in American democracy on Jan. 13 as part of a virtual event hosted by the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy and Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

A new comprehensive data set featuring neural images from children ages 5, 7 and 9 has been made available for cross-disciplinary research purposes.  Read More

Human Resources’ Employee Learning and Engagement and Vanderbilt Work/Life Connections will present  “A Microlearning Series on Positive Psychology: Awe” on Monday, Jan. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to noon CT.   Read More

The Shade Tree Clinic, which provides health care to Nashville’s uninsured community and is run by Vanderbilt medical and nursing students, is hosting its annual benefit and silent auction on Feb. 16. All are invited to virtually join the Shade Tree Benefit 10th Anniversary Celebration. Read More

Join Brock Goodwin with Fidelity Investments for ideas on how to get financial clarity, allowing you to confidently invest so that your money can work harder for you.  Read More

Bennett Landman, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. He is one of 58 new fellows for 2022. Read More

Project WISE is developing a tool that can measure teachers’ implementation of evidence-based behavior management practices in general and special education classrooms. Typically, researchers and school administrators will use systematic direct observation (SDO) to collect data on teacher practices; however, this can be resource-intensive and requires rigorous observer training. 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

Students may now apply to participate in Map the System, the Wond'ry's global systems thinking competition that prepares students to understand and help resolve complex social and environmental problems confronting our communities. Read More

The Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure and Mayor John Cooper have released for public review the first draft of the Nashville Vision Zero Action Plan, a research-based strategy to end all traffic-related deaths and severe injuries. Read More

Vanderbilt University researchers from the departments of physics and astronomy, math, electrical engineering, and history have received a $3 million National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Award to establish a graduate certificate program in the emerging field of multimessenger astronomy. Read More

Join taste experts, scientists and a Nashville chef to learn about the science behind flavor in a virtual event on Monday, Jan. 31, at noon CT. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt undergraduate engineering students took the second spot in a national Jump Into STEM challenge to develop holistic solutions that improve the resilience of the built environment. Read More

About 80% of hospital admission electronic records were missing a drug prescribed to an older adult, Vanderbilt researchers found, highlighting the need for a multipronged approach to address medication discrepancies and support safe prescribing practices. Read More

Facilities and other campus partners have removed snow and ice from yesterday’s winter weather mix from around campus in preparation for the start of classes tomorrow. Campus pathways are clear and accessible, as are most roads and sidewalks in the area. Read More

A two-day Vanderbilt Software Carpentries boot camp will be held in person in March. Read More

Karl A. Racine, attorney general for the District of Columbia, will deliver Vanderbilt Law School's 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Monday, Jan. 31, beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT via Zoom. The lecture is free, but advanced registration is required to attend. Read More

The Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology presents Dr. Jim Shayman of the University of Michigan on Wednesday, Jan. 19. Shayman will discuss “The Design and Development of Substrate Reduction Inhibitors for Lysosomal Storage Disorders” beginning at 12:15 p.m. CT. Read More

As a reminder, applications for the Scaling Success Grant and the Seeding Success Grant are due Wednesday, Feb. 2. The first round of funding for the Scaling Success Grant will be disbursed in March, and funding for the Seeding Success Grant will be available on May 2. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s 2022 Sawyer Seminars. The Mellon Foundation’s Sawyer Seminars program was established in 1994 to provide support for collaborative research on historical and contemporary topics of major scholarly significance. Read More