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Kathleen Gould, Louise B. McGavock Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, has been named senior associate dean for biomedical research, education and career development. Read More

The Center for Teaching's programs, resources and professional development opportunities under the banner “Teaching, Difference and Power" seek to make Vanderbilt a more diverse, inclusive and equitable institution. Read More

Margaret Martonosi, assistant director of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation, will speak at a virtual campus visit on Friday, Sept. 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. CT. Read More

Now that many Vanderbilt students have returned to Nashville, they are adapting to the new reality of campus life—and learning to thrive and support classmates while doing so. Read More

This semester may look different from years past, but that hasn’t stopped students, faculty and staff from interacting with their fellow Commodores in new and meaningful ways amid the COVID-19 pandemic and its necessary safety protocols. Read More

"The Scholarship of Everyday Life: Coffee" is a multidisciplinary series of talks and interactive experiences in which undergraduates discover the connections among their classwork, scholarly research and everyday objects and how their use can affect people in communities on the local and global scale. Applications for the program, sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Social Innovation Practice Area @ the Wond'ry, are due Sept. 4. Read More

Dr. André L. Churchwell, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer for Vanderbilt University, encourages the Vanderbilt community to look through a “character filter” to examine their behaviors and character traits in this video message. Read More

Vanderbilt Employee Appreciation invites you to attend a series of Zoom webinars to learn recipes geared toward employees working remotely and preparing food at home. Vandy’s Cookin’ will take place on four consecutive Wednesdays, Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30, from 3:30 to 4 p.m. each day. Read More

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core invites proposals for activities that promote ongoing, mutually beneficial, health-oriented research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers. Read More

Thinking about a career in public health? Explore multiple public health schools and programs during a unique virtual event on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Read More

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Richard S. Reynolds Foundation announce a new funding opportunity for breast cancer studies proposing translational innovations. Read More

Due to the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduate students in the Class of 2022 will now have a flexible option for the Immersion Vanderbilt requirement. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Division of Government and Community Relations has published the fifth issue of its biannual "ON THE HILL" report, which summarizes Vanderbilt’s year-to-date activities at the federal, state and local levels of government. Read More

Vanderbilt has updated its public dashboard to report the prior day's number of positive COVID-19 test results and will begin testing all undergraduates weekly as well as expand its periodic testing across all campus groups. These additional tests, and the data drawn from them, are vital tools in helping the university slow the spread of COVID-19. Read More

Students, faculty and staff are heeding the call to keep one another safe and healthy so Vanderbilt can continue with its vital scholarly mission, write Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente and Vice Chancellor for Administration Eric Kopstain in an Aug. 28 message to the university community.  Read More

For the second year, the Wond’ry at Vanderbilt University is hosting an NFL Fantasy Football Draft Party using IBM’s Watson. Join online for this fun and competitive event on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. CT. Read More

Want to get the undivided attention of founders, CEOs and other experts to listen to your idea for a new product, service or technology and provide feedback? University-affiliated innovators can apply to present their idea at our next Innovation Open Mic Night. Read More

Jessika Boles, lead of the Child Life Team at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, will offer advice on talking to kids about COVID-19 at the next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group. Read More

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente has relaunched her Open Dore on Location series, which is being held in a new digital form due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Upcoming sessions will offer faculty a small, open-forum format to discuss their challenges and successes throughout the fall semester. Read More

The VINSE Spotlight Podcast interviews researchers associated with the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering to highlight the depth and breadth of discoveries and innovations related to the institute. Read More