Year: 2024
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Reminder to submit your 2023 FSA expenses
If you have funds remaining in your 2023 health care and/or dependent care flexible spending account (FSA), you have until March 15, 2024, to use them. Eligible expenses for use of those funds must have been incurred Jan. 1, 2023, through March 15, 2024, and deadline to file claims for reimbursement for those expenses is April 15, 2024. Read MoreFeb 15, 2024
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Nominations open for annual postdoctoral awards
The deadline to submit nominations for each award is Friday, March 1, at midnight. Read MoreFeb 15, 2024
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Latest Vanderbilt Unity Index shows the U.S. continuing its trend toward increased political polarization
The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy’s latest Vanderbilt Unity Index shows the country continuing its trend toward more polarization, ending 2023 down nearly three points from the start of the year. Read MoreFeb 14, 2024
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Peabody College hosts Turkish scholar Serkan Özel through Vanderbilt’s Global Scholars in Residence program
By Jenna Somers Bethany Rittle-Johnson (Vanderbilt University) Bethany Rittle-Johnson, professor of psychology at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, recently hosted visiting scholar Serkan Özel through Vanderbilt’s Global Scholars in Residence program. Özel is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics… Read MoreFeb 14, 2024
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‘All That Glitters’ exhibit continues at Special Collections and University Archives
This free exhibit is part of ongoing Sesquicentennial celebrations and features rare items from Heard Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives. Read MoreFeb 13, 2024
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Limited Submission Opportunity: 2024 CLIR Recordings at Risk
Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the Recordings at Risk program. Read MoreFeb 13, 2024
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‘Collaborating for Change: Hubert Humphrey, Fisk University and the Fight for Civil Rights’ discussion is Feb. 20
The event, hosted by The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy and the Rogers Center for the American Presidency, is scheduled to take place Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 5 p.m., and is free and open to the public; registration is required to attend. Read MoreFeb 13, 2024
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New center launches, leading the conversation on the American presidency
The Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the American Presidency has launched, with the goal of exploring the presidency through an innovative, comprehensive lens. Housed within the College of Arts and Science, the center will serve as a nationally recognized hub for innovative scholarship about the workings of the presidency. Read MoreFeb 13, 2024
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute announces courses for spring 2024
Navigating information in the digital age, reading Shakespeare with film, memoir writing and meditative birding are just some of the classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt this spring. Registration for spring 2024 classes is open Feb. 12–March 8, and classes for the term begin on March 18. Read MoreFeb 12, 2024
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“Defending Our Democracy,” Liz Cheney discussed the future of her party and the fate of our country
On Tuesday, Feb. 6, former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney joined Pulitzer Prize–winning author and professor Jon Meacham, co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy, to speak about the future of U.S. democracy at the inaugural event for the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the American Presidency. Read MoreFeb 12, 2024
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Nominations are open for the 2024 Spring Staff Awards
The awards recognize the many contributions of university staff to Vanderbilt’s core goals and mission. The winners of each award will be announced at the third annual Spring Staff Assembly on May 20. Read MoreFeb 12, 2024
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Innovation Catalyst Fund announces eight inaugural awardees; next round submission deadline is April 15
The Vanderbilt Innovation Catalyst Fund honors eight projects in its inaugural pre-seed funding round, showcasing the university’s commitment to transforming research into real-world solutions. Read MoreFeb 12, 2024
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Durkin on multi-institutional team leveraging virtual reality to teach quantum computing
By Jenna Somers “If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics.” This quote, most often attributed to Nobel laureate in physics Richard Feynman, reflects the immense difficulty, even among physicists, of grasping quantum science concepts. But researchers at the University of Central Florida, University of Texas… Read MoreFeb 12, 2024
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Guthrie reappointed as dean of Vanderbilt Law School
Chris Guthrie has been reappointed dean of the Vanderbilt Law School by Provost C. Cybele Raver. The reappointment is for a five-year term starting July 1, at which point Guthrie will have completed 15 years in the role. Read MoreFeb 12, 2024
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Welsh’s study reveals the importance of parental trust in schools for reducing exclusionary discipline
By Jenna Somers When a teacher refers a student to the principal’s office or a principal suspends a student, parents might first receive a phone call and then have a conference with administrators and teachers. But what role do prior interactions and the relationships between families and school personnel… Read MoreFeb 12, 2024
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Vanderbilt University professor awarded grant to boost student motivation with innovative metacognitive approach
Could unlocking metacognitive skills be the key to math motivation in middle school? Teachers across the globe face the same challenge – how to make math not just bearable, but exciting. Research shows that in middle school, motivation for math in students starts to decline. But at the same time,… Read MoreFeb 12, 2024
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CLASS OF 2024: Trey Ferguson aims to “lift as he climbs” with law and business degrees
WATCH: Learn about the mentor who most inspired Trey Ferguson to use his J.D./MBA degrees to help future graduate students. Read MoreFeb 9, 2024
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Limited Submission Opportunity: Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering
Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate 2 early-career faculty members for the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering Program. Read MoreFeb 8, 2024
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Limited Submission Opportunity: 2025 Pew Biomedical Scholars Program
Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2025 Pew Biomedical Scholars Award. Read MoreFeb 8, 2024
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Limited Submission Opportunity: 2025 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2025 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program. Read MoreFeb 8, 2024