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The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s next Work-Life Workshop is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 22, at noon in Sarratt Student Center, Room 216/220. Read More

“An Evening with Daymond John” is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 8, from 7 to 8 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. Read More

The Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture series presents Dr. Leonard Harris at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Light Hall, Room 512. Read More

The American Red Cross will conduct at blood drive Oct. 8, 9 and 10 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day in Sarratt Student Center, Room 216/220. Read More

The Arts Access Annual Grant (AA) category offers direct support for arts projects which focus on increasing access to underserved and underrepresented populations which may include ethnic groups*, people with disabilities, people age 65 years and older, and active duty military/veterans and their families. Read More

The Faculty Senate will have a meeting for all elected senators on Thursday, Oct. 4. Read More

The new Tennessee State Museum will celebrate its grand opening Oct. 4-8 and is offering free admission to members of the public. Read More

Project Safe Center staff will offer a presentation Oct. 15 examining the ways in which language reflects and sometimes perpetuates violence in our culture. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) has the opportunity to nominate one candidate for the Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Seed Grant Program for 2019. Read More

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, VUPD received a report from a Campus Security Authority that a female student was sexually assaulted by a male student in a residence hall on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. Read More

Staff from the Project Safe Center will lead a training about relationship violence for all Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff. The training is scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Kissam Center, Room C216. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) is anticipating the opportunity to nominate two candidates for the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr Foundation Scholar Award Program. Read More

"Using Community Health Workers to Reduce Breast Health Disparities" is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 5, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. sponsored by the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core. Read More

October is Depression Awareness Month. It serves as a reminder that clinical depression is a common medical illness affecting more than 16 million adults in the United States each year. Like screenings for other illnesses, depression screenings should be a routine part of health care. Read More

Did you know that researchers who work with animals run the risk of developing allergies to them? Occupational Health conducts screenings to identify people who are starting to develop allergies to their animals and can intervene to protect the worker from overexposure and prevent asthma. Read More

The second annual March for Black Women in STEM is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 13. The march starts at the front steps of the Wyatt Center and will travel to Alumni Hall. Read More

A memorial service for Virginia Maxwell George will be Monday, Oct. 8, at the School of Nursing. Read More

USAC welcomed James Page, Jr., vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, at its September 2018 meeting. Read More

Pedestrians should use the Wesley Place/University School of Nashville side of 21st Avenue S. and cross using the crosswalks at Scarritt Place and Edgehill Avenue. Read More

William Schaffner, M.D., professor of Preventive Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, explains vaccination timing is important, especially for certain individuals. Read More