MyVU News
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Learn more about ERP project at March 15 launch
Come to the Enterprise Resource Planning system project launch March 15 to learn about the executive steering committee's vision for the project and its impact on Vanderbilt's future. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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Vanderbilt to host distance-learning workshop for rarely taught languages
Administrators and faculty from Latin American studies centers around the country will gather at Vanderbilt March 17-18 for a workshop on how to develop sustainable distance-learning course sharing promoting high-quality instruction in indigenous and other less commonly taught languages. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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Erik Carter serves as expert speaker at Congressional briefing
Changing post-school pathways of youth and young adults with severe disabilities was the focus of Erik Carter’s presentation at a Congressional briefing. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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March issue of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion newsletter now available
Read the March 2016 issue of "Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Matter," the official newsletter of the EDI office. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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Spring forward this weekend; Get tips on surviving the seasonal time change
Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown has a list of tips people can follow to avoid the jolt to their sleep cycles and the resulting fatigue when clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 13. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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Lim’s research on evangelical activism awarded Louisville Institute grant
A Vanderbilt Divinity School professor has been awarded a grant from the Louisville Institute for his transnational study of the evangelical community's fight against human trafficking. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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Vanderbilt Divinity School Carpenter Program celebrates 20 years
A public conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Carpenter Program In Religion, Gender and Sexuality will highlight the achievements of Vanderbilt Divinity School alumni/ae whose work has been transformed by this pioneering program. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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Vanderbilt University graduate student dies in attacks in Israel
Taylor Force, 28, a student at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, was fatally wounded Tuesday, March 8, in a stabbing attack while on an Owen school trip to Tel Aviv, Israel. All other Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff on the trip are safe. Read MoreMar 8, 2016
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Message from Chancellor Zeppos on student death in Israel
Taylor Force, a student at our Owen Graduate School of Management, was fatally wounded March 8 in a stabbing attack while on an Owen school trip to Tel Aviv, Israel. Read MoreMar 8, 2016
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Free lecture series will examine how technology influences morality
Three lectures this spring will explore emerging or overlooked moral issues. The Berry Lectures begin March 18. Read MoreMar 8, 2016
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Auer receives prestigious Japanese award
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe presented the prestigious Seiron Taisho award to James E. Auer, senior lecturer in Asian studies, emeritus, during a ceremony held in Tokyo March 7. Read MoreMar 8, 2016
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Give for the Gold on April 21
\ˈgōld\ n. something valued as the finest of its kind. Help make a difference and turn Vanderbilt gold on April 21, the university’s first Giving Day. #give4thegold Read MoreMar 8, 2016
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Booker Prize-winning author Julian Barnes to speak at Vanderbilt March 23
Julian Barnes, who won the Man Booker Prize in 2011 for his novel "The Sense of an Ending," will read from and discuss his works on Wednesday, March 23, as part of the Vanderbilt University Chancellor’s Lecture Series. Read MoreMar 7, 2016
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Zeppos: Vanderbilt clears students’ financial pathway
Vanderbilt has led a national drive to ensure that academic achievements, community service and hard work—not ability to pay—determine a student’s path to higher education, writes Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in an opinion piece March 5. Read MoreMar 5, 2016
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Renowned education technologist to speak at Vanderbilt
Robbie K. Melton will discuss and showcase some of the latest smart technologies transforming education when the award-winning TSU professor and administrator speaks at Central Library March 16. Read MoreMar 5, 2016
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Hill to convene first meeting of Vice Chancellor’s Advisory Council on diversity, equity and inclusion
Eleven faculty members from across campus have been invited to serve on the Vice Chancellor’s Advisory Council, which will provide input to George Hill, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity offer. Read MoreMar 4, 2016
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Register now for Vanderbilt Osher spring 2016 classes
Shakespeare, transitional justice in South Africa, the Nashville Ballet, and Judaism are among the diverse topics open to all adults 50 and older this spring through the Institute for Lifelong Learning at Vanderbilt. Read MoreMar 4, 2016
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Vanderbilt mourns former Graduate School dean Russell Hamilton
The first African American dean of a Vanderbilt school or college has died. Russell G. Hamilton was 81. Read MoreMar 4, 2016
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Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week
Check out our favorite #vandygram photos of the week on the Get Social website. Have a great photo for us? Tag it #vandygram. Photo by @mikin24seven… Read MoreMar 4, 2016
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Next Steps students celebrate courage and dreams
The students of Next Steps at Vanderbilt are this year’s recipient of the Perry Wallace Courage Award. Read MoreMar 4, 2016