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  Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022  
 
 
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Dashboard Update: COVID-19 positive cases among VU community members
 
See the latest updates to VU’s COVID-19 dashboard. Like other communities across the nation, Vanderbilt and the Nashville area are experiencing a significant increase in cases due to the surge of the omicron variant. While much more contagious than previous variants, omicron infection results in significantly less severe illness according to evidence, and the vast majority of VU students, faculty and staff testing positive are reporting mild symptoms that typically resolve within a few days.
 
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Seven Vanderbilt faculty elected as AAAS fellows in 2021
 
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver joins six others at Vanderbilt as 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.
 
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More than 65 TN college and university leaders urge members of Congress to double maximum Pell Grant award
 
Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier led 66 other leaders of Tennessee’s colleges and universities today in sending a letter to the Tennessee congressional delegation urging them to make an affordable, high-quality college education more attainable for students by doubling the maximum Pell Grant award and permanently indexing the grant to inflation to ensure that its value will no longer diminish over time.
 
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Ideator program at the Wond’ry receives endowment from Sullivan family
 
Ideator, a highly rated program designed to help faculty, students and staff members from Nashville-area colleges and universities evaluate promising ideas, has been endowed by Eric Sullivan, CEO of Quantum Technology, and his wife, Teri Steele, in honor of their family.
 
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Seven awards given in inaugural Evolutionary Studies Initiative pilot grant program
 
The Evolutionary Studies Initiative has awarded seven grants to researchers in the initiative to seed new projects and collaborations.
 
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Nominations open for eighth cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows
 
The nomination window is now open for the eighth cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. The Chancellor Faculty Fellows program invests in newly tenured faculty at a critical point in their scholarly careers.
 
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Digital Commons announces spring events providing faculty development on digital skills
 
The Digital Commons has announced a number of spring workshops and panels for faculty interested in learning to use digital technologies and tools in their professional work.
 
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D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine to deliver Law School’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture
Jan. 31
 
Karl A. Racine, attorney general for the District of Columbia, will deliver Vanderbilt Law School’s 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Monday, Jan. 31, beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT via Zoom. The lecture is free, but advanced registration is required to attend.
 
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‘The Science of Flavor’ virtual event to take place Jan. 31
 
Join taste experts, scientists and a Nashville chef to learn about the science behind flavor in a virtual event on Monday, Jan. 31, at noon CT.
 
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Research conversation to explore relationship between urban communities, schools, student outcomes Feb. 11
 
Vanderbilt Peabody College professor Maury Nation will discuss his research on the relationship between urban communities and schools and how urban social problems affect student outcomes during a virtual event on Friday, Feb. 11. The talk is open to all, but advance registration is requested.
 
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Campus Planning and Construction summer project requests due by
Feb. 15
 
Campus Planning and Construction is implementing a Feb. 15 deadline for summer 2022 project submissions due to the supply chain and labor shortage issues that are heavily impacting the construction industry nationwide.
 
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Vanderbilt Microbiome Innovation Center offers analytics workshop
Feb. 22–23
 
The Vanderbilt Microbiome Innovation Center’s annual workshop series will introduce participants to a hands-on analytical and experimental workflow as well as web-based visual tools for investigating the microbiome. Each participant will receive a certificate of achievement upon completion. 
 
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Ph.D. student mentors undergrads on weeklong STEMSEAS expedition
 
Miguel Moravec, a Vanderbilt Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering, recently helped introduce a group of community college students from Washington to a wide range of NSF-funded research at sea, including geoscience, oceanography and engineering, through the STEMSEAS program.
 
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Women’s Center seeks nominations for 2022 awards
 
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 Friday, Feb. 25.
 
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2021 W-2s now available
 
Vanderbilt University employees may now view their 2021 W-2 forms in Oracle Cloud. Paper copies of W-2s for those who did not make the “electronic only” election in Oracle have been mailed to the resident address on file.
 

 

COVID-19 Updates

Prescription benefit now covers over-the-counter COVID-19 tests

Vanderbilt to provide KN95 masks for all students, faculty, postdocs and on-campus staff

All you need to know about faculty COVID-19 testing

COVID symptoms and safety: What you need to know

 

Take Note

VERA offers training resources for faculty

‘Organize, Plan and Own Your Financial Future’ Jan. 26

‘Microlearning Series on Positive Psychology: Awe’ Jan. 31

ELE live learning experience: ‘Atomic Habits’ Jan. 31

ELE live learning experience: ‘Digital Body Language’
Feb. 1


ELE live learning experience: ‘CliftonStrengths for VU Employees’ Feb. 2

Applications for Seeding Success, Scaling Success internal funding programs due Feb. 2

Enroll in Control is the Goal blood pressure management program; begins Feb. 3

Share your feedback on Nashville’s action plan for transportation and pedestrian safety 

School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt fosters unique research opportunities for promising teen scientists

HR Employee Learning and Engagement launches small group life design series for employees

Alcohol drinkers sought for research study

Participants sought for study on consumption of nuts to reduce abdominal obesity, metabolic risk

Study seeks African American adults for Alzheimer’s disease storytelling research

Join the Health Plus Step for Your Heart Challenge

 

Coming Up

· FEB ·
16
  Sheryl Crow, Rivers Rutherford headline Shade Tree Benefit
· MAR ·
2
  Inclusive Book Group will discuss ‘The Vanishing Half’
· MAR ·
10
  Vanderbilt Software Carpentries boot camp March 10, 11
· MAR ·
26
  Save the date: Brain Blast 2022

 

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Vanderbilt in the News
 
The Hechinger Report: A state-funded pre-K program led to ‘significantly negative effects’ for kids in Tennessee
 
Dale Farran, research professor of teaching and learning, is quoted.
 
ABC News: How does COVID-19 cause people to lose sense of smell? And how many regain it?
 
Justin Turner, associate professor of otolaryngology, is quoted.
 
The Atlantic: Why a three-dose vaccine for young kids might actually work out
 
Buddy Creech, Edie Carell Johnson Professor of Pediatrics, is quoted.
 
CNN: What it’s like to cruise during omicron
 
William Schaffner, professor of health policy and professor of medicine, is quoted.
 
 
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