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$1M gift to support research and immersion experiences for Vanderbilt’s Earth and Environmental Sciences
Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science received a $1 million anonymous gift to bolster faculty research and student immersion experiences in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Read MoreJan 24, 2017
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright to deliver Howard Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes will discuss "A Writer's Many Selves" when she delivers the Harry C. Howard Jr. Lecture Feb. 2 at the Central Library. Read MoreJan 24, 2017
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Anthropology graduate student named national Humanities Without Walls fellow
Emma Banks, a Vanderbilt Ph.D. candidate and graduate research assistant in anthropology, has been selected as a National Humanities Without Walls PreDoctoral Fellow for 2017. Read MoreJan 24, 2017
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Arts and Science alumna is turning a love for literature into a career in art
Lucy Mensah, who graduated with a Ph.D. in English in 2016, is drawing on her humanities training and taking a path less traveled. Read MoreJan 24, 2017
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Casagrande recalled as neuroscience pillar, supportive mentor
Vivien Casagrande, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) noted for her many contributions to the visual sciences, died peacefully at her home on Saturday, Jan. 21. She was 74. Read MoreJan 24, 2017
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Lecture: ‘Pants on Fire: A Fact-checker’s Tales of the 2016 Election’
Bill Adair, founder of the PolitiFact website, will discuss "Pants on Fire: A Fact-checker's Tales of the 2016 Election" Feb. 2 at the First Amendment Center. Read MoreJan 24, 2017
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Vanderbilt wins two regional Emmy awards
Vanderbilt University won two regional Emmy awards from the MidSouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences during a televised ceremony Jan. 21 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Read MoreJan 23, 2017
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VUToday: Obama’s legacy, saving of rare Cuban colonial documents in weekly roundup of VU news stories
Vanderbilt news stories for the week of Jan. 16 included coverage of the recent Chancellor’s Lecture Series discussion about President Obama’s legacy, as well as researchers' attempts to save rare Cuban colonial documents. Read MoreJan 20, 2017
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Training around issues of diversity and inclusion offered to Vanderbilt community
The university’s Office of Inclusion Initiatives and Cultural Competence is offering a series of training sessions around issues of diversity and inclusion for members of the Vanderbilt community during the spring semester. Read MoreJan 20, 2017
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Department of Art Lecture Series presents painter Pedro Barbeito
The Vanderbilt University Department of Art presents painter and Yale University art lecturer Pedro Barbeito as part of the Studio VU Lecture Series for 2016–17 on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Read MoreJan 20, 2017
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Explore the consequences of 2016 election at Vanderbilt roundtable
Six days after the swearing in of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, Yale University's Jacob Hacker will join three Vanderbilt University professors to discuss the election that brought Trump to power and its political, economic and social consequences. Read MoreJan 20, 2017
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Vanderbilt marks MLK Day with march, keynote, more
The Vanderbilt community observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a series of lectures, service activities and events Jan. 13-17. The 2017 commemoration was titled “Justice and Democracy? Revolutionizing our American Myths.” Read MoreJan 19, 2017
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Chancellor’s Lecture discusses Obama’s legacy on race, nation’s future with Trump
Eight years after Barack Obama’s historic election as the nation’s first African American president, are race relations better or worse in the United States? Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos convened a panel of political experts Tuesday evening to discuss that question, as well as President-elect Donald Trump’s extraordinary ascent to the presidency. Read MoreJan 19, 2017
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Students, faculty and staff invited to Global Game Jam at the Wond’ry this weekend
Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff are invited to a Global Game Jam® hack-a-thon at the Wond’ry, the university’s innovation center, Jan. 20-22. Participants will work together to develop a fully operational iOS / Android game by the event’s close Sunday afternoon. Read MoreJan 19, 2017
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University approves new undergraduate business minor
Vanderbilt's new trans-institutional undergraduate business minor will launch this fall, following approval by the four undergraduate schools and the Owen Graduate School of Management. Read MoreJan 19, 2017
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International Lens announces spring film lineup
Films from Russia, India, Australia, Germany, Iran, the United States and more make up the spring lineup of movies in the International Lens Film Series. Read MoreJan 18, 2017
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Psychologist and author to discuss her experience with bipolar disorder at Chancellor’s Lecture Jan. 31
Noted clinical psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison, whose best-selling memoir chronicled her early experience with bipolar disorder, will speak at Vanderbilt Jan. 31. Read MoreJan 18, 2017
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Commodores visit D.C. for MLK Day
Twenty-eight Vanderbilt student-athletes spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day touring the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Read MoreJan 18, 2017
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Learn about Immersion Vanderbilt at upcoming road shows
Want to learn more about Immersion Vanderbilt? The initiative calls for each undergraduate student to participate in an intensive learning experience that takes place in and beyond the classroom and culminates in the creation of a student-designed, academic product. Read MoreJan 18, 2017
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Read the latest issue of ‘iNCLUSIVE’
The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion presents “iNCLUSIVE,” a biweekly blast of diverse news and events from across campus. Read MoreJan 17, 2017