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Vanderbilt University may nominate one humanities professor to each of the Whiting Foundation programs: the Public Engagement Fellowship and the Public Engagement Seed Grant. Read More

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core announces a new round of Community Scholars Awards for the 2020-21 academic year. The Community Scholars Award provides support for two graduate or postgraduate trainees to perform a community-engaged research project collaboratively with a community-based organization during the academic school year. Read More

Marie Kuzemchak Patten and Samuel Trump will speak as part of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 2020 student lectures beginning at noon, Monday, March 23, in Light Hall, Room 208. Read More

Kayla Graff, CEO and co-founder of SweetBio, will discuss "Million Dollar Lessons: Attracting Capital to Fuel Your Biotech/Scientific Startup" at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in Light Hall, Room 512. Her talk is part of the School of Medicine's Enabling Innovation Initiative seminar series. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one nominee per major school/division for the William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program. The award amount is $350,000 distributed over five years, and the goal of the program is to support career development for promising early career researchers. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2021 Pew Biomedical Scholars Award. The award supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to human health. Read More

Marissa Wertheimer, a health educator with Health Plus, and Marilyn Holmes, assistant director of the David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center, will present "The Good, the Fad and the Ugly" on Thursday, March 5, from noon to 12:45 p.m. in Light Hall, Room 202. Read More

In this month’s edition of "The Open Dore" newsletter, Vanessa Beasley, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of residential faculty, discusses the importance of discovery as an integral part of Immersion Vanderbilt. Read More

As a part of National Engineers Week at Vanderbilt Feb. 17-21, Karl Reid, author and executive director of the National Society of Black Engineers, will talk about effective study habits at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in Jacobs Believed In Me Auditorium, Featheringill Hall 134. A reception at 5 p.m. in Adams Atrium follows the lecture. Read More

"Political Semantics: Methods and Applications in the Study of Meaning for Political Science" is scheduled for noon on Friday, Feb. 28, at the Data Science Institute. Read More

Liaisons Educating and Advocating for Psychological Support is a group of undergraduate students who work with the Center for Student Wellbeing as peer educators to promote positive mental health and well-being on the Vanderbilt University campus through outreach activities. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit two letters of intent for the Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grant. The mission of the Breast Cancer Alliance is to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer through better prevention, early detection, treatment and cure. Read More

Participate in Know Your Numbers, a cholesterol and glucose screening (while supplies last), and have an opportunity to speak with a Vanderbilt cardiologist and registered dietitian at the Love Your Heart Expo on Feb. 26. Read More

Welcome to VWell Connect, a place to connect with the Vanderbilt community over shared activity interests. Read More

Hugo Fruehauf, the chief engineer for design and development of the Global Positioning System and its atomic clocks, will visit the School of Engineering as part of 2020 National Engineers Week events Feb. 17-21. Read More

"AAC Out of the Box: Programming Tips and Tricks for Effective Communication" will be held from 8 to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. This workshop is for speech-language pathologists, special educators, other professionals in related fields, students, parents and family members. Read More

The Vanderbilt student group Law Students for Social Justice will host a discussion with Cyntoia Brown and her legal team from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Law School's Flynn Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

The Kefi Collective, a campus public art organization, will host the upcoming exhibition "Fire." The collective is accepting works (visual art, writing, photos, sculptures) until March 14. Read More

The Data Science Institute Postdoc Seminar Series presents "Machine Learning for Ultrasound Imaging Applications" on Friday, Feb. 14. Read More

"REMAND" tells the firsthand, true story of how Henry and Jim, separated not only by an ocean and thousands of miles but also differing cultures and life experiences, met and worked together to inspire justice reform for an entire country. Read More