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Join the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center for an AAUW Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop on Thursday, Nov. 12, from noon to 1:30 p.m. CT. Read More

The Single Parent Group, sponsored by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, will meet on Thursdays via Zoom this fall. Read More

​The heightened distress of a polarizing political climate combined with the anxiety of the COVID-19 pandemic have us riding an emotional roller coaster. Try these core techniques for facing unknown and uncertain times. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are looking for volunteers for a study that will compare a diet with mixed nuts as snacks to a diet with typical snacks to determine the effects on abdominal fat and risk for metabolic syndrome in young adults. Read More

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose one nominee for the  V Scholar Award for Black/African American Cancer Researchers program, which is open to research in all adult cancer types. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the Recordings at Risk program. Recordings at Risk is a national regranting program administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to support the preservation of rare and unique audio and audiovisual content of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one faculty member in the chemical sciences for the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program. The program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers who demonstrate leadership in research and education. Read More

The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center has many valuable resources to assist you with your caregiving journey. A caregiver support group, monthly newsletter and lunchtime sessions are available for family caregivers. Read More

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

Join Health Plus and Dr. Raeshell Sweeting to learn the latest in breast cancer facts, risk reduction and screening guidelines, and enjoy creating awareness with Vanderbilt's Think Pink community. Read More

New sessions of the Health Plus Diabetes Prevention Program, to be offered remotely, are planned to begin in early January 2021. Sign up for a virtual information session to learn more about the program. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Access Annual Grant program for the 2022 fiscal year. The Arts Access Annual Grant category offers direct support for arts projects that focus on increasing access to underserved and underrepresented populations. Read More

Vanderbilt may submit one application to the Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Project Support or the Rural Arts Project Support program. Proposed arts projects must involve one or more commission-recognized art forms. Read More

Melanie McReynolds, HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellow at Princeton University, will present “NAD+ Flux is Maintained in Aged Mice” on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom. This Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Read More

The IDD-Reads Grant Awards competition is open to teams consisting of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigators/members and their trainees and Vanderbilt Data Science Institute faculty/trainees (including affiliated faculty), CHIPI or Department of Health Policy. The objective is to conduct pilot projects consistent with the mission of the VKC using innovative data science tools. Read More

Beginning with the biweekly period starting Oct. 18 and the weekly period starting Oct. 19, the process for recording second shift, third shift and holiday premiums and for reporting worked holidays has been simplified. 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

Vanderbilt's award-winning three-step Go for the Gold program can help you achieve a healthier and more productive life by identifying health risks and taking action to reduce those risks. Read More

“Work-Life Integration? Parenting and the Academy” will be the topic of the next installment of Women in the Academy on Tuesday, Oct. 27, from noon to 1:15 p.m. The meeting will be held over Zoom. Read More

The Vanderbilt Woman's Club will host Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director Candice Storey Lee via Zoom on Thursday, Oct. 22, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Read More