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Return to Campus Update for Oct. 19
Oct. 19, 2020—Nashville is seeing a significant rise in positive COVID-19 cases, and Vanderbilt has seen a slight uptick in its student testing positivity rate over the last week. It is more important than ever for Vanderbilt community members to abide by university health and safety protocols at all times, whether on or off campus.
Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture features Princeton’s McReynolds Oct. 29
Oct. 19, 2020—Melanie McReynolds, HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellow at Princeton University, will present “NAD+ Flux is Maintained in Aged Mice” on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom. This Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics.
Proposals sought for IDD-Reads Grant Awards
Oct. 19, 2020—The IDD-Reads Grant Awards competition is open to teams consisting of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigators/members and their trainees and Vanderbilt Data Science Institute faculty/trainees (including affiliated faculty), CHIPI or Department of Health Policy. The objective is to conduct pilot projects consistent with the mission of the VKC using innovative data science tools.
VINSE Spotlight Podcast: Chuchuan Hong–Trapping and manipulating nanoscale objects
Oct. 19, 2020—The VINSE Spotlight Podcast interviews researchers associated with the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering to highlight the depth and breadth of discoveries and innovations related to the institute.
Final days for Go for the Gold; deadline is Oct. 31
Oct. 16, 2020—Vanderbilt's award-winning three-step Go for the Gold program can help you achieve a healthier and more productive life by identifying health risks and taking action to reduce those risks.
Register for NASEM Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education summit Oct. 19–20
Oct. 15, 2020—Vanderbilt University is a founding member of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Vanderbilt community members may register to attend the collaborative's 2020 online summit, scheduled for Oct. 19–20, for free.
Depression check-up during COVID-19
Oct. 13, 2020—October is Depression Awareness Month. Now more than ever, it is important to take stock of your mood and mental health.
Young Commodores fans invited to join Mr. C’s Kids Club
Oct. 13, 2020—Mr. C’s Kids Club is the official youth organization of Vanderbilt Athletics. Members will enjoy benefits, invitations and opportunities exclusive to club members.
Engineering’s Rowe receives K.C. Potter service award
Oct. 13, 2020—Chris Rowe, associate dean for external relations at the School of Engineering, has received the 2019-20 K.C. Potter Outstanding Service to Students Award, which is given to a faculty member who provides outstanding service consistently to individual students or student groups through personal advising, development of programs, or improvements to university systems and policies that affect students.
Vanderbilt-Missouri game postponed
Oct. 12, 2020—Due to a lack of available scholarship student-athletes, the Oct. 17 football game at Missouri will be postponed to a later date. The shortage of available scholarship student-athletes is due to the quarantining of individuals with positive COVID-19 tests and those designated as close contacts, along with injuries and opt-outs.
VINSE Spotlight Podcast: Nicole Moehring–Crystal structure, how we characterize it, and its impact on the physical properties of a material
Oct. 12, 2020—The VINSE Spotlight Podcast interviews researchers associated with the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering to highlight the depth and breadth of discoveries and innovations related to the institute.
‘Are We Underinvesting in Education?’ topic of Steine Lecture in Economics Oct. 28
Oct. 12, 2020—David Card, the Class of 1950 Professor of Economics at the University of California–Berkeley and director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, will give the Vanderbilt Department of Economics' Steine Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 28, beginning at 4 p.m.