Year: 2024
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Everything you need to know about getting around campus and Nashville
The Office of Transportation and Mobility offers assistance for your daily travel decisions and can help reduce your carbon footprint while getting around campus and Nashville. Check out these resources to help you get where you need to go. Read MoreAug 15, 2024
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Save the dates: Faculty Senate meetings for this academic year
All faculty affiliated with Vanderbilt, including those who work at VUMC, are invited to the Faculty Senate meetings throughout the school year. Meetings take place on Thursdays from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. in the Faculty Commons. Read MoreAug 14, 2024
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Blair Academy celebrates 60 years of world class music education
Since its founding in 1964, Blair Academy at Vanderbilt has grown from a small music school in a house on 18th Avenue to a community institution serving more than 700 precollege and adult students every year. This year, the Academy is celebrating a proud tradition of 60 years of wide-ranging music education for all ages. Read MoreAug 14, 2024
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Research Snapshot: Protons can tune synaptic signaling by changing the shape of a protein receptor
Research from Teru Nakagawa, professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, describes intricacies of normal brain function with implications for our understanding of brain injury and recovery: A decrease in pH can modify a neurotransmitter receptor’s structure, thereby modulating its location and kinetics. Read MoreAug 14, 2024
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In classrooms, communities, and the carceral system, the Initiative for Race Research and Justice looks to disrupt educational inequities
Rich Milner, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education, founded the Initiative for Race Research and Justice in 2018. Through research, RRJ seeks to improve these ecosystems, policies, and practices and to disseminate resources and tools, in collaboration with community partners, to advance racial justice and disrupt systemic inequities across education landscapes. Read MoreAug 14, 2024
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Eye-gaze tracking system could dramatically improve kidney stone surgery training
Gaining and assessing surgical experience in endoscopic kidney stone surgery is particularly challenging given the limited field of view in the devices. Jie Ying Wu, assistant professor of computer science, is creating an eye-gaze sharing system to complement the current standard of care in which trainees get only verbal feedback. The system allows trainees to see the expert’s gaze. The expert can use their gaze in real time to point to objects on the screen or where the trainee should go next. Read MoreAug 13, 2024
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Vanderbilt updates freedom of expression policies and expands civil discourse programming
As part of its annual review of policies and guidelines, Vanderbilt University has updated the Student Handbook. The update includes revisions to the freedom of expression and use of university space policies, which are a vital part of the university’s commitment to discovery and learning. Read MoreAug 12, 2024
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‘Stuff You Should Know’ kicks off for FY25 on Aug. 22; new leadership opportunity available
Stuff You Should Know is a recurring meeting series available to all staff who want to learn about various aspects of Vanderbilt’s administrative enterprise. The series aims to provide a collaborative understanding across campus about processes and practices that relate to finance and other administrative tasks to help maximize efficient operations by creating a shared network of knowledge. Read MoreAug 12, 2024
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Next Steps at Vanderbilt University program secures $2.32M Department of Labor grant
The Department of Labor awarded Next Steps at Vanderbilt University $2.32M to expand its registered apprenticeship offerings for neurodiverse students. This grant will enhance existing apprenticeships and develop new ones in high-demand industries, furthering the program’s mission to provide inclusive postsecondary education and meaningful employment opportunities. Read MoreAug 12, 2024
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Muhammad Yunus, Vanderbilt alumnus and Nobel laureate, returns to Bangladesh as interim leader
Nobel laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus, PhD’71, was recently chosen by President Mohammed Shahabuddin to lead an interim government in Bangladesh. Yunus returned to his native country on Thursday, Aug. 8, after weeks of student-led protests. Read MoreAug 9, 2024
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Huili Hong
Learn why becoming one of Vanderbilt's new residential faculty is so special and personal to Huili Hong. Read MoreAug 8, 2024
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Vanderbilt’s Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center to support state early childhood policy decisions with new grants
The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development recently received generous support from the Bezos Family Foundation and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to expand the center’s capacity to provide guidance to states on effective early childhood policy, to understand… Read MoreAug 7, 2024
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Robin Michael Jones
Robin Michael Jones, associate professor of hearing and speech sciences, director of the Developmental Stuttering Laboratory and department vice chair for diversity, equity and inclusion, is the faculty head of Warren College. Read MoreAug 7, 2024
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Emily Pendergrass
Learn what Prof. Emily Pendergrass is looking forward to as she moves from the Ingram Commons to one of Vanderbilt's newest residential colleges. Read MoreAug 7, 2024
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Peabody Global Initiatives launches; faculty spearhead global research seed grants
This fall, Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development seeks to strengthen and advance its global reach. The Peabody Research Office will expand its mission and strategy to include Peabody Global Initiatives. Peabody Global Initiatives will support faculty to pursue international research and disseminate knowledge as well… Read MoreAug 6, 2024
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From particle physics to beekeeping: Nashville students showcase STEM prowess through Vanderbilt programs
By Jenna Somers Metro Nashville Public School students enrolled in programs offered by the Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development experienced a summer of learning that sowed the seeds of budding scientists. The CSEO enhances STEM literacy through establishing… Read MoreAug 6, 2024
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Student Immersion in National Security
See how students in a special Immersion Vanderbilt project are partnering with a new national security institute to prevent cybersecurity attacks. Read MoreAug 6, 2024
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Nashville Innovation Alliance charts the city’s course as a hub of innovation with inspiration, lessons from global centers
“The cities that thrive in this century are those that offer a home and opportunities to researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs. Our next step must be to cultivate our home-grown innovation technology.” With those words, Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier set the vision for the Nashville Innovation Alliance Ecosystem Forum, the… Read MoreAug 6, 2024
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Andrew Finch
Hear why Andy Finch and his wife are excited to be the newest residential faculty in the Ingram Commons. Read MoreAug 6, 2024
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Brittany Chase
Brittany Chase started as an undergraduate at Vanderbilt, now she's one of the new residential faculty. Read what she's most looking forward to as she moves onto the Ingram Commons. Read MoreAug 6, 2024