Kara Furlong

Join Stacey Kendrick, a health educator, freelance health and fitness writer and healthy cooking instructor, as she shares her passion for making healthy eating delicious at the next installment of Vandy Cooks. Read More

Kiersten Kinder, Ph.D., will discuss tips for making children’s transitions between different activities smoother and easier at the next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group. Read More

As construction begins on Vanderbilt's basketball operations center, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director Candice Lee and leadership-level donors gathered to celebrate and reflect on Vandy United’s progress toward transforming the athletics footprint on campus and redefining what is possible for Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may nominate two early career faculty members for the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering Program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may select one nominee per major school/division for the William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program. Read More

ChatGPT marks a groundbreaking step forward in artificial intelligence. Beyond the impressive technology, the program is generating controversy and conversation about its impact on academia. Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute will host a lunchtime information session, “Understanding ChatGPT,” from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 20, in Alumni Hall, Room 202. Read More

A Vanderbilt School of Nursing team has been approved for a $250,000 funding award through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The funds will support identifying and disseminating strategies for overcoming barriers to ICU patient- and family-centered comparative effectiveness research. Read More

Comedian, actor and advocate Margaret Cho was the keynote speaker at Vanderbilt University’s second annual Empowerment Summit, hosted by the Student Center for Social Justice and Identity on Jan. 28. The theme of this year's event highlighted experiences within the Asian and Asian American diaspora. Read More

Applications to serve as a faculty VUceptor are now open. Faculty VUceptors are dedicated to assisting and learning from first-year students and work to model dynamic and meaningful professor-student interaction. Read More

The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center will present “Caregiving During Work Hours: Tips to Manage Time to Avoid Burnout” on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at noon. Read More

Vanderbilt Campus Dining will celebrate Black History Month by taking students on a journey through African food culture throughout the month of February. Read More

Tim Gollins, an international information specialist, has been named director of Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives, effective March 6. Gollins joins Vanderbilt from the National Records of Scotland, where he was head of preservation and information management. Read More

Several Vanderbilt STEM departments have launched an innovative new peer educator program. Learning Assistants facilitate fellow students’ learning, increase their sense of belonging and provide them with inspirational role models in the STEM fields. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s next Work-Life Workshop will be on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from noon to 1 p.m. CT via Zoom. Read More

Kelly Slay, assistant professor of higher education and public policy, will participate in a virtual panel, “Understanding Race-conscious Admission in Our Past, Our Present and Our Future,” on Thursday, Feb. 2, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the Castilleja School. Read More

The Center for Digital Humanities is now part of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Established in 2016 with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the center provides a hub for exploration at the intersection of innovative technology and humanities research. Read More

Vanderbilt University engineering science students Arielle Kopp and Alexandra Filipova and civil engineering students Maggie Chudik and Jacqueline Quirke won the U.S. Department of Energy's JUMP into STEM competition with their machine that makes steel and timber composite beams. Read More

As a fifth-year senior, Quentin Millora-Brown balances his passion for basketball with his pursuit of a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center is seeking nominations for its annual awards that recognize and honor Vanderbilt community members for their contributions to the advancement of university women. The deadline to submit nominations is Tuesday, Feb. 28. Read More

Judith Weisenfeld, professor of religion at Princeton University, will give a talk titled “Spiritual Madness: Race, Psychiatry and African American Religions” on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 4:30 p.m. in Buttrick Hall, Room 102. The event is hosted by Vanderbilt’s Department of Religious Studies. Read More