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The Think Pink! Breast Cancer Awareness Expo will be held Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Light Hall North Lobby. Read More

Saul Friedlander, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Israeli-American historian, will give the keynote presentation for the 40th annual Holocaust Lecture Series at Vanderbilt. His talk, scheduled for Sept. 26 at Vanderbilt Law School, is titled "Where Memory Leads." Read More

The School of Medicine Research Staff Awards are given each year to honor exemplary staff members across the research enterprise, including research assistants, senior research specialists, research nurses and research support staff. Read More

A collaboration between Vanderbilt School of Engineering and North Carolina State University to identify the best way to analyze learning data is among the first recipients of NSF grants to address societal challenges through cross-disciplinary research. Read More

Have fun learning the art of boxing while getting fit. This clinic will be taught by USA Boxing coach and certified personal trainer Tramaine Crook. Read More

Minneapolis may surprise you. Sixteen Fortune 500 companies call the area home. The economy is diverse and strong. Housing is affordable. The population skews younger than the U.S. average. Then there’s the beautiful lakes—more than a dozen inside city limits—and the top-rated parks system. Three major-league teams. It’s second only… Read More

As one of the nation’s most recognized female roboticists, Ayanna Howard has designed SnoMote robots to study the impact of global warming on Antarctic ice shelves and created artificial intelligence-powered STEM apps to teach children with autism how to play Angry Birds. She will deliver the School of Engineering’s Chambers Family Entrepreneurship Lecture on Monday, Sept. 25, in Featheringill Hall. Read More

The Vanderbilt Career Center presents its 2017 Fall Career Fair Sept. 19, as well as its first-ever Business SLAM and Engineering SLAM on Sept. 18. Read More

The first Open Dore On Location of the 2017-18 academic year is scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Room G-20. All faculty and staff are invited to attend the informal discussion session with Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente. Read More

The Vanderbilt Center for Autism and Innovation, funded by a 2017 TIPs grant, kicked off its work with a launch event at the Wond’ry last month. The center brings together engineers, scientists, disabilities researchers and business scholars from across campus to collaborate on how the talents of people on the autism spectrum can be better matched with business needs. Read more about the event, the center, and other internal faculty funding programs—including TIPs, Discovery Grants, Research Scholar Grants and University Courses—at the VUBreakThru blog. Read More

A research symposium honoring the career of Dr. Hal Moses, Hortense B. Ingram Chair in Cancer Research and professor of cancer biology, is planned for Oct. 11 at the Student Life Center. RSVP to attend the symposium through Oct. 2. Read More

Michelle Collins, a certified nurse midwife with the West End Women’s Health Center, will discuss "Facing the Challenges of Pregnancy" from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 21 in Light Hall, Room 411. Read More

You can now listen to the wellcast “Real Life Benefits of the Diabetes Prevention Program” to hear program graduates discuss the difference it has made in their health and their lives. Read More

Associate Provost and Dean of Students Mark Bandas has communicated with Vanderbilt students about resources available on campus to assist them. The university will continue to monitor for impacts to the extended Vanderbilt community and will share information about opportunities to assist as they become available. Read More

Internet safety starts with talking to your kids about online dangers and how to avoid them, says pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist Mary Romano. Read More

Vanderbilt University has developed a rich slate of programming for Constitution and Citizenship Week 2017. This year's events are scheduled for Sept. 18-22. Read More

Hear from Megan Nocita, a member of the Class of 2018 majoring in medicine, health and society and Spanish, from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 27. While in Uganda, she noticed that the barriers to sexual and reproductive health were more strongly related to education and policy than availability. Read More

Looking for the perfect lunch break? You are invited to Vandy Walks on Thursday, Sept. 28, from noon to 1 p.m. Vandy Walks is a walking series brought to you by Health Plus and the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center. Meet at The Commons Center to hear from Robert Waits, landscape architect, for an outdoor art tour around Vanderbilt's campus. Read More

Learn about the new Vanderbilt Center for Autism and Innovation from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Room 241. This TIPs-funded initiative is aimed at developing an interdisciplinary model to enhance employment opportunities for individuals on the autism spectrum by identifying strengths and providing supportive and assistive technologies. Read More

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month was created to educate the public about how to identify people who may be suicidal, how to talk about suicide, and how to locate information on available community resources. Read More