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August 22, 2024
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Chancellor Diermeier shares message encouraging the community to dare to grow, bring out one another’s best
Image text reads: "Welcome to Vanderbilt - Welcome to the 2024-25 Academic Year!" overlaying an aerial shot of campus.
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier shared a message with the Vanderbilt community to ring in the 2024-25 academic year. Read More
#VU2028
Students begin their Vanderbilt journey with traditional Founders Walk
Students make their way to Alumni Lawn during Founders Walk.
An annual tradition at Vanderbilt, Founders Walk celebrates the moment that first-year, transfer and Next Steps students officially begin their journey as members of the Vanderbilt University community. The celebratory procession of nearly 2,000 students, which took place Aug. 18, marked the conclusion of Move-In Weekend. Read More
RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES
Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Robin Michael Jones
Robin Michael Jones, associate professor of hearing and speech sciences, with his wife, Kristin, their children Arlo, Bodhi and Leona, and their puppy, Pawley
In this special series, we're getting to know the university’s newest faculty heads of house and heads of college. In this edition, we meet Robin Michael Jones, associate professor of hearing and speech sciences, director of the Developmental Stuttering Laboratory and department vice chair for diversity, equity and inclusion, who is the faculty head of Warren College. Read More
Class of 2028 students form a giant "2028" for their class photo.
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙣: Click the image above to watch the newest Vanderbilt students come together for their class photo #VU2028
This Week at VU
 
Aug. 22, 2024
4:10 p.m. • Student Life Center
Fall Faculty Assembly
Aug. 23, 2024
2–4 p.m. • Vanderbilt Data Science
AI Summer Showcase
Upcoming Events
 
Aug. 27 | Women's Center: Welcome Back Coffee for Vanderbilt Faculty and Staff

Aug. 28 | Identity Centers Host Welcome Reception for Graduate and Professional Students and Postdocs

Aug. 29 | Fireside Chat With Michael Oher: 'Education, Service and Happiness'

Aug. 31 | First Football Home Game vs. Virginia Tech
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Latest Headlines
 
Research & Innovation
Vanderbilt awarded $890,000 in inaugural TNGO Mobility and Automotive Discovery Grants
 
Libraries
Heard Libraries’ Jon Shaw named Amazon Web Services Education Champion for 2024
 
Cybersecurity
Vanderbilt students accompany Ret. Gen. Paul Nakasone to attend renowned ‘hackers’ conference in Las Vegas
 
Research
VALIANT collaborates on research using machine learning, AI to better identify brain injuries
 
Arts & Science
Michelle Young: Modeling ethical practices in Peruvian archaeology
 
Continuing Education
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute announces courses for fall 2024

ICYMI
Vanderbilt retirement plan enhancements to begin Sept. 1

Research & innovation
Limited Submission Opportunities
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VU in the News
 
NPR: The head of Vanderbilt on the upcoming school year 
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is featured.
 
Quartz: Taylor Swift could totally sue Donald Trump
Joseph Fishman, Robert S. and Theresa L. Reder Faculty Fellow and professor of law, is quoted.
 
Today: COVID is spreading more now than in any previous back-to-school season. 3 things parents can do
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted.

Nashville Post: VUMC announces next education academy leader
The appointment of Mario Davidson, associate professor of biostatistics, to the director-elect of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Academy for Excellence in Education is featured.
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