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Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 |
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| NEW FACULTY: Vanderbilt’s newest faculty share what sparks their academic mission |
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Vanderbilt University welcomes 74 new faculty across its nine schools and colleges for the 2022–23 academic year. Here, some of the professors share what inspires them in their journey of learning, discovery, problem-solving and teaching.
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| Nancy Carrasco named 2023 Biophysical Society Fellow |
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Dr. Nancy Carrasco, Joe C. Davis Professor of Biomedical Science and professor and chair of molecular physiology and biophysics, has been named a 2023 fellow of the Biophysical Society, which honors members who have demonstrated excellence in science and contributed to the expansion of biophysics.
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| Faculty Senate to host first regular meeting of 2022–23 tomorrow |
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The Faculty Senate will host its first regular meeting of the 2022–23 academic year on Thursday, Sept. 15. The meeting will be from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. in the second-floor large meeting room at the Faculty Commons, 1101 19th Ave. S. All Vanderbilt faculty members are encouraged to attend.
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| VU community encouraged to practice healthy behaviors; new omicron-specific boosters available |
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There are many things Vanderbilt community members can do to protect themselves, as well as their friends, colleagues and fellow community members, from various illnesses. Among them is getting the new bivalent COVID vaccine booster, which targets the omicron subvariants that currently make up 99 percent of new cases in the U.S.
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| Vanderbilt to launch new employee assistance program and well-being services Jan. 1, 2023 |
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Vanderbilt University will transition to new well-being and employee assistance program services starting in 2023, expanding service offerings and making resources available to employees’ families.
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| Students, families celebrate at Vanderbilt Family Weekend 2022 |
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The Vanderbilt community welcomed more than 3,000 family members and friends to campus Sept. 9–11 to celebrate this year’s Family Weekend. Events included the Fall for the Arts festival, a question-and-answer session with Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and other VU leaders, a football tailgate, grandparents’ social and more.
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| Vandy Cooks: ‘Plant-based Foods in a Plant-forward Approach’ today |
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Join Chef Marlanea Wheaton as she shares healthy recipes emphasizing plant-based foods using a plant-forward approach. The Vandy Cooks event will be on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center’s teaching kitchen.
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| AlertVU test scheduled for tomorrow |
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Vanderbilt University Public Safety will conduct a test of the AlertVU emergency notification system on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 2:30 p.m. AlertVU rapidly sends notification messages in the event of an imminent threat or danger to the Vanderbilt community.
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With an eye on midterm elections,
2022 Kelly Miller Smith Symposium
Sept. 15 to focus on voting |
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An upcoming virtual symposium featuring noted speakers and held in celebration of the civil rights accomplishments of Kelly Miller Smith Sr. will discuss voter access and civic participation in light of this year’s midterm elections. This year’s featured speaker is Valerie Jarrett, CEO of the Barack Obama Foundation and former senior advisor to President Barack Obama.
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| Gertrude C. and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series to host acclaimed authors for 2022–23 |
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The Department of English and Creative Writing Program will host acclaimed authors for its Gertrude C. and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series during the 2022–23 academic year, beginning with poet Aria Aber on Thursday, Sept. 15.
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| Celebrate Constitution Day with the Vanderbilt Libraries this Friday |
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The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host events on Friday, Sept. 16, to celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, observed each year to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, and to “recognize all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.”
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| Vanderbilt University to host PARK(ing) Day on Friday |
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PARK(ing) Day is an annual global event competition where urban areas, such as parking lots, are temporarily transformed into green spaces. Parking spaces along Magnolia Circle in the Peabody College neighborhood will be transformed into a parklet on Friday, Sept. 16.
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| ‘Before Roe; After Roe? A Reproductive Rights History Teach-in’ is Sept. 17 |
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Vanderbilt’s Department of History and Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies will host “Before Roe; After Roe? A Reproductive Rights History Teach-in” on Saturday, Sept. 17, from noon to 2 p.m. in Wilson Hall, Room 103. The event is open to the Vanderbilt community.
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Microlearning series on naming and acknowledging realities kicks off
Sept. 19 |
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“Dancing Around the Elephants in the Room: A Microlearning Series on Naming and Acknowledging our Realities” will kick off with a discussion about mental health on Monday, Sept. 19.
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| Open Enrollment 2023 is an active enrollment year |
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All fully benefits-eligible faculty and staff will be required to make an active plan selection during October’s Open Enrollment for 2023 benefits coverage.
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