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October 3, 2024
FACULTY ACCOLADES
Vanderbilt’s Keivan Stassun named 2024 MacArthur fellow
Keivan Stassun is pictured with his arms crossed facing toward the camera, with blurred greenery visible in the background.
Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and founding co-director the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program, was among the 2024 MacArthur fellows announced on Tuesday, Oct. 1. The fellowship, which is awarded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, aims to identify extraordinarily creative individuals with a track record of excellence in a field of scholarship or area of practice. Read More
ATHLETICS
Hull of a Debut: Freshman swimmer earns SEC weekly honor following first collegiate meet
Swimmer Aubrey Hull smiles while holding a Vanderbilt Commodores flag up behind her.
After earning an individual win and contributing to a relay victory in her first-ever collegiate meet, Vanderbilt’s Aubrey Hull was named SEC co-Swimmer of the Week. Read More
SUSTAINABILITY
Vanderbilt ‘flips the switch’ on first solar farm collaboration with Clearloop; celebrations on campus Oct. 15–16
Image text reads: "Vanderbilt's large-scale renewable energy efforts: A path to carbon neutrality" with a solar farm in the background.
Vanderbilt University has expanded access to clean energy in the Southeast while further offsetting the university’s carbon footprint and maintaining its carbon neutrality. This is thanks to the first “flip the switch” on a solar farm developed through the university’s multiyear collaboration with Clearloop, a subsidiary of Silicon Ranch, an alumni-founded solar company based in Nashville. Read More
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This Week at VU
 
Oct. 3–4, 2024
8 p.m. • Ingram Hall
Vanderbilt Opera Theatre Presents: Staggerwing
Oct. 4, 2024
7 p.m. • Vanderbilt Soccer Complex
Soccer vs. South Carolina
Oct. 5, 2024
3:15 p.m. • SEC Network
Football vs. Alabama
Upcoming Events
 
Oct. 10–11 | Fall Break for Students

Oct. 10 | Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation: 2024 Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Sessions

Oct. 15 | Rand Farmer's Market

Oct. 16 | 'From Campus to Community: How Vanderbilt’s Carbon Neutral Commitment Shows Up as an Economic Development Tool in Panola County, Mississippi' Panel and Reception
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Latest Headlines
 
Global
Proposals being accepted for International Education Week 2024; submissions open through Oct. 23
 
Libraries
Heard Libraries exhibit celebrates the works of P.G. Wodehouse
 
Research
Innovative research unlocks potential of electrochemical separation for water treatment and resource extraction
 
Research & Innovation
Limited Submission Opportunities
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VU in the News
 
The Tennessean: Vanderbilt professor Keivan Stassun receives prestigious $800K MacArthur fellowship grant
Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is featured.
 
Associated Press: Urban communities that lack shade sizzle when it’s hot. Trees are a climate change solution
Lin Meng, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, is quoted.
 
BBC: Blue plaque honours city's anti-slavery heritage
Richard Blackett, professor of history, emeritus, is mentioned.

Newsweek: Who won the Vance-Walz debate? We asked ChatGPT
John Koch, senior lecturer of communication studies, is quoted.
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