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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

With an urgent need for blood donations, the American Red Cross is holding a series of blood drives at Vanderbilt University Medical Center throughout the fall. Read More

Vanderbilt University is a founding member of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Vanderbilt community members may register to attend the collaborative's 2020 online summit, scheduled for Oct. 19–20, for free. Read More

October is Depression Awareness Month. Now more than ever, it is important to take stock of your mood and mental health. Read More

The next meeting of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s Parenting Group will be a check-in session for participants. There will be no guest speaker or facilitator—just an open discussion for parents to talk about how they are doing. Read More

The next Work-Life Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21, at noon CT on Zoom. The topic is “Do I Need a Mentor?” Read More

Mr. C’s Kids Club is the official youth organization of Vanderbilt Athletics. Members will enjoy benefits, invitations and opportunities exclusive to club members. 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

Art Van Zee, a primary care general internist with the St. Charles Clinic in St. Charles, Virginia, will discuss "The Promotion and Marketing of Oxycontin: 20 Years Later, an Opioid Crisis, Lessons Learned and Opportunities not to Miss" on Monday, Oct. 19, beginning at noon. Read More

On Thursday, Oct. 15, Microsoft will make industry-wide security changes that will impact some versions of Polycom phones. Specifically, it will cause functionality changes for the Polycom CX600 and CX3000 phones used by some employees at Vanderbilt. Read More