MyVU News

Local visitors to Nashville’s scenic Love Circle may be accustomed to sharing the one-of-a-kind skyline view with a high-tech neighbor: a wind turbine and a solar panel array installed by Vanderbilt University School of Engineering that sends energy back to the city’s power grid. Read More

The Student Care Network and the online wellness platform Headspace will offer a webinar, “An Introduction to Approaching Change and Anxiety with Mindfulness,” on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 5:30 to 6 p.m. The webinar is open to all undergraduate, graduate and professional students at Vanderbilt. Read More

The payroll department encourages all employees to review their personal information to ensure that their W-2 for 2022 will be accurate. Log in to Oracle by Jan. 9 to ensure that your data is up to date.  Read More

Megan Saylor, professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, has been awarded the 2022 Chancellor’s Cup for her remarkable teaching and mentorship of undergraduate students. Read More

The Office of the Provost has awarded four inaugural Arts, Discovery and Innovation grants to support faculty and staff research collaborations with the National Museum of African American Music. Read More

Join the University Counseling Center for a week filled with fun and relaxing activities to help you de-stress before finals. Read More

A new study is underway to assess the current and future housing needs of Vanderbilt faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars and graduate and professional students. The findings will be reviewed by committees of employees and graduate and professional students that will make recommendations to university leadership.  Read More

The Women and Working Moms Employee Affinity Group will meet in person on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Sarratt 189. Vanderbilt employees who identify as women and mothers are encouraged to attend. Read More

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently appointed Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development Lisa Fazio as a member of the Committee on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science. Read More

For the fifth year in a row, the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has been named one of American Association for Men in Nursing’s Best Schools for Men in Nursing. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s collective and augmented efforts during the past academic year to foster a sense of belonging at every level of campus are spotlighted in a new report from the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Read More

Vanderbilt University was awarded a grant by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence Community to improve outcomes and persistence in STEM among underrepresented students. Read More

Vanderbilt libraries data science and data curation specialist Steve Baskauf recently reached a milestone in a multiyear project to improve access to the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery collections in Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, making the collections easier to use globally. Read More

Members of Vanderbilt University’s undergraduate Class of 2024 have declared some 1,600 immersive experiences, showing the diverse and exciting ways Immersion Vanderbilt provides opportunities for students to get hands-on experience in the classroom and beyond. Read More

Bestselling authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser will join Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham for an evening of discussion Dec. 7 surrounding the legacy of the Trump presidency and the midterm elections’ potential impact on our country’s fractured politics. Read More

Melanie Hall Morris, BSN’83, MSN’86, found her calling in providing care for others. Obstetrics and women’s health have been her passion ever since she was an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Now, as an assistant professor at the school, she researches innovative ways of facilitating the health… Read More

Craig W. Lindsley, University Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Chemistry, who holds the William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine, was recently announced as a 2022 fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics for his demonstrated excellence and contributions to pharmacology and to the ASPET organization. Read More

The Office of the Chancellor and Office of the Provost have announced funding for the new Global Scholars in Residence program, part of Vanderbilt’s commitment to enhance global engagement and collaboration across the university. Read More

A special December offering from HR Employee Learning and Engagement invites VU employees to explore how they can apply design thinking to their lives and careers. Read More

Vanderbilt Blair School of Music’s Blair Big Band is among 10 outstanding college jazz orchestras from across the nation invited to participate in the third annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship. The event, which will be Jan. 14 and 15 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, will include workshops, performances and a high-level collegiate competition. Read More