Year: 2023

Today President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton announced more participants and programming for the Clinton Global Initiative University 2023 annual meeting, scheduled for March 3–5 at Vanderbilt University. CGI U’s 15th annual meeting’s theme is “Homecoming: Strengthening Community, Leadership and Action.” Read More

Join the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center for Women’s History Month Work Life Workshop Saying No So You Can Say Yes: How Boundaries Protect You and Your Energy. The virtual workshop will take place on March 2nd at 12:00 p.m., and will be facilitated by Sarah Jordan Welch-Moore from the University Counseling Center. Read More

The annual spring Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair will be Tuesday, April 11, in the Student Life Center Commodore Ballroom from 3 to 6 p.m. Undergraduate students who have completed research at Vanderbilt are encouraged to apply. Read More

When Somto Dimobi Okoye, BE’19, was growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, her mother would open their home to people who needed help—instilling a philosophy of building strength and community through a tightly woven support system. Okoye continues that philosophy by creating ways to help colleagues and Vanderbilt students realize and exercise their full potential. Read More

Dr. John Tarpley, professor emeritus of surgery and anesthesiology, and Margaret Tarpley, adjunct instructor in surgery, will present “Experiences and Reflections on Medical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa” on Monday, March 6, at noon in Langford Auditorium. The talk is Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s 2023 Elizabeth Williams Simpson Visiting Lecture. Read More

The University Counseling Center offers groups and workshops for undergraduate, graduate and professional students that offer support and feedback from other participants, as well as by the facilitators, providing a powerful supportive and affirming space for students to discuss challenges and build connections. Read More

#IamRemarkable is a worldwide initiative that strives to empower everyone, particularly women and underrepresented groups, to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond. HR Employee Learning and Engagement will conduct two upcoming workshops on March 6 and March 22. Read More

Vanderbilt professors Abhishek Dubey, Jonathan Brunger, and Carlos Silvera Batista have won National Science Foundation CAREER Awards. The prestigious five-year award honors early career faculty who have the potential to serve as role models in research and education and lead advances in their fields. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier has announced a March 1 online meeting for all staff that will focus on the university’s spring events. The 30-minute meeting will begin at 3 p.m. Read More

Tennessee Severe Weather Awareness Week is Feb. 19–25, and the National Weather Service in Nashville uses each day of the week to bring attention to severe weather safety topics. Read More

A new digital suggestion box is open for ideas from creative university staff members seeking to solve issues they have experienced with systems or processes in their work. The Wond’ry is leading “50 Ideas, 50 Solutions in 50 Days: Innovating for the Next 150 Years of Vanderbilt University.” Read More

Forty-four faculty members have received the first Provost’s Faculty Grant for Culminating Projects in Immersion to support mentorship of students as they complete their immersion projects. Read More

Dr. Karen Parker, director of the National Institutes of Health’s Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office, will present “Advancing Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research at NIH and Beyond” on Thursday, March 9, at noon in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Division of Government and Community Relations has published the 10th 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

Philippe Fauchet, the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering, will step down as dean on June 30 and rejoin the school’s faculty in 2024 after a sabbatical. Here, Fauchet answers seven questions reflecting on his tenure, during which the School of Engineering has grown in a number of areas. Read More

The staff at Transition Tennessee have created a survey to understand the needs of career and technical education teachers, and they are looking for participants. Read More

When one of his Ph.D. students first suggested that Jules White, associate professor of computer science, check out ChatGPT—the artificial intelligence platform that can do everything from write original poetry to generate sophisticated computer code in seconds—White was dismissive at first. But once he investigated further, White knew that this technology would shape the future,... Read More

If you contribute to a non-Vanderbilt University retirement plan through an outside business in which you are at least a 50 percent owner, you need to report your 2022 contributions to Human Resources by April 1.  Read More

Incoming traffic from 21st Avenue onto Medical Center Drive will be limited to emergency vehicles only on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. by the installation of a crane for work at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Medical Center Drive will be closed in both directions.  Read More

The Vanderbilt University Facilities Department will host several sessions of Facilities University, a series of classes to educate faculty and staff about the inner workings of the department. Read More