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On Sunday, April 4, VUPD received a report from a VU student who stated that she was a victim of an attempted kidnapping. Read More

Join us as we explore the product management career path through a panel-style virtual discussion. Speakers will include Vanderbilt alumni who are current and incoming product managers at Microsoft, Apple, Tesla, LinkedIn and Dropbox. Read More

Join Health Plus each Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. for Walking Wednesdays. Enjoy a weekly walk through the beautiful Vanderbilt campus from April through October. Employees working remotely can send a photo to Health Plus of their Wednesday walk with the subject line “Walking Wednesdays” to be entered into the monthly prize drawing. Read More

Eating a quality breakfast every day has multiple benefits. It gives you lasting energy, improves your memory and mood, keeps you full for a longer period of time, and can even stabilize your blood sugar levels. Read More

Get active in April with Health Plus. Show us on social media how you are staying active in the month of April and win prizes. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy and Metro Arts will host a free virtual event, “The Role of the Artist in Crisis and Recovery,” on Wednesday, April 21, at noon CT. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center will host two upcoming virtual events related to money and finances. Read More

On Tuesday, March 30, VUPD was made aware that earlier in the day, Belmont University’s Office of Campus Security received a report from a Belmont student walking in the Edgehill Village area who experienced an attempted kidnapping. Read More

On March 30, 2021, VUPD received a report from a Campus Security Authority that a female student was sexually assaulted by a male student during the evening hours of Saturday, March 27, 2021, in a residence hall. Read More

On March 27, 2021, VUPD received a report from a Campus Security Authority that a female student was sexually assaulted by a male acquaintance in a residence hall during the evening. Read More

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. Read More

Applications are being solicited for support by the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG). These funds are designed to provide seed money to support junior faculty members with an interest in cancer research who do not have external grant support. Read More

Health Plus provides personal lifestyle coaching as a benefit for Vanderbilt faculty, staff and their spouses. Lifestyle coaching can help you find the motivation and tools to reach your goals. Read More

Madeleine Hallum, a registered dietitian and clinical nutrition coordinator, shares a key to better health that might surprise you coming from a dietitian. Learn small, practical changes you can make to get a better night’s sleep. Read More

Vanderbilt University and AmericasBarometer, a public opinion survey on democracy and governance run by the Latin American Public Opinion Project, were cited in the recent Ecuadorian presidential debate. Read More

The Vanderbilt Association of Hispanic and Latinx Alumni’s Student Support Committee will host a networking event for students and alumni on Thursday, March 25. The virtual event will be from 7 to 8 p.m. CT. Read More

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Erin Calipari will share insight into how addiction has changed due to COVID-19 at fundraiser for local nonprofit Mending Hearts. Read More

Joseph (Yusef) Samuels, who was born in the Jewish quarter of the old city of Baghdad and as a 10-year-old witnessed the Farhud—the massacre of some 180 Jews in Baghdad in June 1941—will share his memories of Iraq, the Farhud and insights from his book, Beyond the Rivers of Babylon, on Tuesday, March 23. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose one nominee for the V Clinical Scholar Program from the V Foundation. To accelerate cancer treatment and cures, the V Foundation proposes to develop the careers of clinicians who will become leaders in developing programs of cancer clinical trials that are sequential and based on hypothesis-driven research. Read More

Vanderbilt has been invited to submit two proposals to the Phi Beta Psi Charity Trust research grant competition. The goal of the Phi Beta Psi Charity Trust is to advance cancer research nationwide to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment by providing research grants to qualified investigators addressing original questions and hypotheses to be explored in basic and clinical studies in the field of cancer. Read More