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Join HR Employee Learning and Engagement on Tuesday, March 29, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for “What Is Employee Engagement, and Why Does It Matter?” Read More

Author Jen Hemphill will discuss “Managing Money Confidently” on Wednesday, March 30, in a virtual event hosted by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center. Read More

Flutist Molly Barth and violinist Inés Voglar will perform three pieces composed for them, with each piece written to highlight the close friendship of the two musicians. The performance will be on Wednesday, March 23, at 8 p.m. in the Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall at Blair School of Music. Read More

Derek Pratt of the University of Ottawa will present “Endogenous and Exogenous Suppressors of Lipid Peroxidation and Associated Oxidative Cell Death” on Wednesday, March 23, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in MRB III, Room 1220, and on Zoom. Read More

The Vanderbilt Law School Dean’s Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination resumes Wednesday, March 23, from 3:10 to 4:30 p.m. with “Advocacy in Action: Grounds Gained in Grassroots Activism and the Call to Keep Advancing.” The series convenes scholars and thought leaders whose work provides innovative perspectives on race and discrimination. Read More

Sponsored Programs Administration, within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, continues to support the Vanderbilt research community’s transition to the Vanderbilt Electronic Research Administration system through the VERA training page, FAQs page, the dissemination of training materials, and regularly scheduled training sessions. Read More

Zoanne Clack, executive producer of the long-running ABC Television medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, will discuss “Medicine and the Media: Friend or Foe?” on Monday, March 28, beginning at noon in Langford Auditorium. The event is part of the School of Medicine’s Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series. Read More

On the evening of Wednesday, March 16, 2022, VUPD responded to two separate reports of sexual assault. Read More

Join the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center for an AAUW Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop on Tuesday, March 29, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. CT. Read More

Join HR Employee Learning and Engagement on Thursday, March 24, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for “CliftonStrengths for VU Employees.” Read More

In this talk, Dr. Terako Amison, a staff psychiatrist with Vanderbilt Work/Life Connections, will discuss some of the impacts that psychological distress can have on the manifestation of physical illness. Read More

J. Todd Frazier, a composer and director of Houston Methodist Hospital's Center for Performing Arts Medicine, will discuss "A Multimedia Survey of an Integrated, Comprehensive Arts and Medicine Program in the Texas Medical Center" on Monday, March 21, at noon in Langford Auditorium. Read More

Health Plus offers Mindful Stretch Breaks, where faculty and staff can join in guided stretching and breathing to feel relaxed, rejuvenated and renewed. Read More

Health Plus offers Babies and You, a worksite prenatal health promotion program for faculty and staff, their spouses and/or dependent children who become pregnant. Read More

Sponsored Programs Administration, within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, continues to support the Vanderbilt research community’s transition to the Vanderbilt Electronic Research Administration system through the VERA training page, FAQs page, the dissemination of training materials, and regularly scheduled training sessions. Read More

Vanderbilt University may select 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 submit one application to the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (CFH) Grants program. The CFH seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Read More

Lace up your running shoes and prepare for a trip around Hawkins Field and other Vanderbilt athletics venues for the first-ever Tour De Hawkins 5K. This unique 5K course will give participants the opportunity to run through several of the athletic facilities on Vanderbilt’s campus. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 2, at 9 a.m. and is part of Vanderbilt Baseball's Military Appreciation Weekend, when the VandyBoys will take on in-state rival Tennessee.  Read More

Join the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and Vanderbilt University Press for a discussion with Leigh Ann Gardner about her new book, "To Care for the Sick and Bury the Dead: African American Lodges and Cemeteries in Tennessee," on Tuesday, March 22, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Buttrick Hall, Room 123. Read More

The NIH has posted information for the 2022 S10 Shared and High-End Instrumentation Grants programs. Read More