Communications And Marketing

An updated user interface for biweekly time cards is now available in Oracle Cloud, effective for the Jan. 12-25 time period. This update will provide a consistent experience for users across both desktop and mobile platforms.  Read More

The Go for the Gold program can help you achieve a healthier and more productive life by identifying health risks and encouraging you to take action to reduce those risks. Read More

David Williams II, former vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletics director, has been named the recipient of the 2020 NCAA President’s Pat Summitt Award. Gail Williams will accept the award on her late husband’s behalf Jan. 23 at the NCAA Convention in Anaheim, California. Read More

This is an in-depth introductory training to REDCap, including designing a project, adding data/disseminating a survey, and viewing data. The training is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Light Hall, Room 214. Read More

Applications for the 2020 Executive Board are now open. All students who are passionate about financial inclusivity are encouraged to apply. Read More

On Jan. 16, VUPD received a report from a Campus Security Authority that a female student was sexually assaulted by a male student in a residential housing facility on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Read More

Shigeki Watanabe, assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss “Spatial and Temporal Control of Synaptic Transmission” on Monday, Jan. 20, beginning at 12:15 p.m. in MRBIII, Room 1220. Read More

The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Student Advisory Council is hosting the 2020 Global Health Case Competition. Interdisciplinary teams will work together to develop innovative solutions for a current global health problem. The case topic will be revealed on Feb. 13, and the competition is scheduled for Feb. 22. Read More

Faculty are invited to a series of professional development workshops to be held throughout the spring 2020 semester. Each session will present advice and tools for how to navigate a specific aspect of professional academic life and are presented by faculty and other senior leaders representing various disciplines. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to The Henry Luce Foundation’s 2020 American Art Exhibition Competition, which supports scholarly loan exhibitions that significantly advance the study and understanding of art of the United States, including all facets of Native American art. Read More

Tarek Mounib’s documentary film Free Trip to Egypt will be screened on Sunday, Jan. 26, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Kissam Center, Room C210. The screening is free to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff with a Vanderbilt ID. Read More

On Monday, Jan. 20, from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Vanderbilt University Information Technology will relocate the sources for Music on Hold. All VU and VUMC users of NEC phones put on hold during the one-hour relocation timeframe will hear silence while holding. Read More

Vanderbilt Student Government has announced the Adriel Bineza Graduate School Equity Fund, a new program that will assist students with the cost of applying to graduate or professional school. Read More

The Mayor’s Office of Transportation is hosting a series of public listening sessions in January and February to determine Nashville’s transportation priorities for the city’s next transportation plan. Creating an effective transportation plan begins with collecting valuable input from everyone who touches the transportation system—including Vanderbilt students, staff and faculty. Read More

The Southeastern Higher Education Recruitment Consortium invites Vanderbilt faculty and staff to attend its inaugural Inclusion and Diversity Summit. The event is scheduled for March 4-5 at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

Blair School of Music will offer an adult class in Tai Chi on Tuesday evenings beginning Jan. 21. Read More

Navitus, Vanderbilt University’s prescription benefit vendor, has a new convenient mobile app to help you get the most out of your pharmacy benefits. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center presents Work-Life Workshops, a lecture-based lunchtime program for faculty, staff, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows covering a blend of self-care and professional development topics. Read More

In her latest "Open Mind" column, Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente reflects on the words carved into the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.: “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” Read More

Vanderbilt graduate and professional students are asked to participate in a survey that will help shape the future of graduate and professional student housing at the university. The confidential survey should take approximately 20 minutes to complete, and those who participate will be entered in a drawing to win an Amazon gift card. Read More