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April 15, 2024
BELONGING
Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center presents annual awards to five Vanderbilt community members
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The Women's Center presents awards in three categories each year: the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center Leadership Award, the Mentoring Award and the Mary Jane Werthan Award. This spring, the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center named five people from the Vanderbilt community as recipients of its annual awards. Read More
DISCOVERY VANDERBILT
Discovery Vanderbilt sends research soaring
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On October 17, 2022, Vanderbilt University launched “Discovery Vanderbilt” to embolden faculty, students and staff to pursue innovative ideas through disciplined, rigorous inquiry. Led by Provost Cybele Raver, the university committed $80 million in the effort—and invested $50 million in the first year alone. Read More
RESEARCH
A winning model: Bogotá’s charter schools boost students’ academic and social-emotional skills
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Results from a study on the quality of public-private partnership schools in Bogotá, Colombia—led by Felipe Barrera-Osorio, associate professor of public policy, education and economics at Vanderbilt's Peabody College—demonstrate that students enrolled in these schools scored higher in cognitive and social-emotional skills than students of similar socio-economic and demographic backgrounds who did not enroll in these schools. Read More
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In honor of Earth Month, watch Auxiliary Services sustainability coordinator Dan Russel "dare to grow" in his work for Vanderbilt and beyond.
This Week at VU
 
April 17–18, 2024
All day • Student Life Center Ballroom
Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats
April 18, 2024
4 p.m. • Zoom
'From Concept to Commercialization' Virtual Webinar Featuring Dr. Paul Yock 
Upcoming Events
 
April 17–24 | Earth Day Events

April 22 | Unity Project Hosts Fireside Chat with Salam Al-Marayati, President of Muslim Public Affairs Council
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Faculty Accolades
Cowie named Guggenheim Fellow
 
#VU2024
WATCH: Vanderbilt helped Haley Bishop find her voice and rediscover her passion for running
 
Belonging
U.S. Cabinet official leads seminar on transgender health and policy
 
Health & Wellness
Resources now available for those experiencing or caring for someone with Long COVID
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VU in the News
 
The Tennessean: Famed author James Patterson visits Nashville, talks new book, bans and love of reading
A joint Dialogue Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy and Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries event with author and Vanderbilt alumnus James Patterson is featured.
 
Tatler: Could AI bring Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne back to our screens?
Daniel Gervais, Milton R. Underwood Professor and professor of law, authored this article.
 
BBC: 25 years studying a remarkable mammal - the star-nosed mole
The research of Kenneth Catania, Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences, is cited.

National Geographic: In a first, microplastic particles have been linked to heart disease
Aaron Aday, assistant professor of medicine, is quoted.
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