MyVU News
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center and AstraZeneca join forces to identify potential COVID-19 treatments
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have joined forces to identify candidates for antibody-based treatments that could protect people exposed to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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WATCH: A Word with Wente—teaching, learning and discovery during times of change
In her latest video message, Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente thanks the Vanderbilt community for continuing to focus on teaching, learning and discovery during times of tremendous change, with a special message for Vanderbilt’s faculty. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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2020 virtual Spring Faculty Assembly website launched
On a virtual Spring Faculty Assembly website, Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente reflects on the university’s continued momentum and highlights faculty achievements. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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Chemistry department leverages available resources for hand sanitizer production
As universities across the country pool resources to tackle pressing challenges brought on by COVID-19, individuals in the Department of Chemistry at Vanderbilt are working to develop one resource in high demand: hand sanitizer. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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Women’s Center announces 2020 award recipients
A pathbreaking veteran, a scientist who urges students to chart their own course, an art historian who advocates for fellow faculty members, and a nurse who has advanced women’s health on campus are among the recipients of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s annual awards. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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In Memoriam
Vanderbilt has lost three prominent members of the university community in recent weeks: Hans Stoll, the Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Professor of Finance, Emeritus; Brownlee O. Currey Jr., an alumnus and emeritus trustee; and John Loomis, an alumnus and former member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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Former Vanderbilt alumni trustee John Loomis has died
John R. Loomis, a former alumni trustee on the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, philanthropist and investment adviser, died March 31 from long-term health issues. The Larchmont, New York, resident was 90. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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Virtual Gatherings: Zoom coffee hours help MHS students and faculty stay connected, consider current events
Medicine, Health and Society's virtual Thursday coffee hours leverages the center’s academic focus on the social aspects of illness and health to help students process the impact of COVID-19 on the wider world—and to blow off steam with a short dance break, too. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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Harrington wins prestigious Arts and Letters Award in Literature
Centennial Professor of History Joel Harrington has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters with a 2020 award in literature. Read MoreApr 8, 2020
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Vanderbilt University prepares hundreds of rooms for VUMC medical workers fighting global pandemic
Vanderbilt University is making a number of its campus residence halls available to serve as essential close-proximity housing for VUMC health care staff as they work around the clock to fight the global novel coronavirus disease. Read MoreApr 8, 2020
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Ask an Expert: How do you get sleep in the midst of a pandemic?
VUMC sleep expert Beth Malow provides useful tips for staying rested despite stress and concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak. Read MoreApr 8, 2020
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Enroll in multi-factor authentication to protect Vanderbilt systems and data
As the Vanderbilt community continues to engage in new modes of online collaboration for remote teaching, learning and work, VUIT is asking everyone in the Vanderbilt community to enroll in the multi-factor authentication solution DUO. Read MoreApr 8, 2020
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Passwords now required for Zoom meetings
In response to the rise of “Zoombombing,” VUIT, in consultation with Academic Affairs and the Center for Teaching, has enabled a security feature on Vanderbilt Zoom accounts that will require a password when scheduling new meetings. Read MoreApr 8, 2020
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New grant helps minority STEM scholars advance as postdocs
With support from the Heising-Simons Foundation, Vanderbilt will help advance underrepresented minority astrophysics scholars to secure faculty appointments with elite postdoctoral fellowships. Read MoreApr 8, 2020
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Researchers developing potential coronavirus antibody therapies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is teaming up with academic, governmental and corporate partners in an unprecedented, fast-tracked global effort to develop antibody-based treatments to protect people exposed to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Read MoreApr 8, 2020
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Vanderbilt nursing students experience social distancing … and provide virtual clinical patient care
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has developed an innovative solution to enable its PreSpecialty nursing students to continue their clinical training while taking the social distancing precautions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read MoreApr 8, 2020
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Vanderbilt geospatial researchers fill unmet need for real-time maps of COVID-19 spread in Tennessee, Peru
Sometimes the best way to understand the impact of an epidemic is to see it with your own eyes. Vanderbilt geospatial researchers have stepped up to apply their mapping skills to the COVID-19 crisis. Read MoreApr 7, 2020
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Residential college connections stay strong online
Across Vanderbilt’s residential colleges, students, RAs and faculty heads of house are creating virtual spaces to share the highs and lows of transitioning to life away from campus. Read MoreApr 6, 2020
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Resources and tips for supporting your mental health during COVID-19
To support Vanderbilt community members, the Office of Student Care Coordination, the University Counseling Center, the Center for Student Wellbeing and the Employee Assistance Program have compiled tips on ways individuals can take care of their mental health and well-being throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Read MoreApr 6, 2020
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Open Mind: VU and VUMC—stronger together
Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente reflects on the ways Vanderbilt is supporting VUMC's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read MoreApr 6, 2020