MyVU Take Note

Construction equipment will impede access to the A wing entrance to Medical Center North on Saturday, Feb. 4, starting at 6:30 a.m. A boom lift for workers to reach third-floor windows will be parked on the sidewalk off of 21st Avenue toward the building. Read More

Pedestrian and northbound vehicular traffic on 21st Avenue will be affected daily from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning Monday, Feb. 6, until Saturday, Feb. 11, for Nashville Department of Transportation work to add curb cuts in preparation for moving the intersection.  Read More

The Vanderbilt Child and Family Center will present “Caregiving During Work Hours: Tips to Manage Time to Avoid Burnout” on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at noon. Read More

Vanderbilt Campus Dining will celebrate Black History Month by taking students on a journey through African food culture throughout the month of February. Read More

All Vanderbilt faculty are invited to attend the next Faculty Senate meeting scheduled to take place Thursday, Feb. 2, from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. Voting members (elected senators and deans) are expected to attend in person on the second floor of the Faculty Commons Building.   Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s next Work-Life Workshop will be on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from noon to 1 p.m. CT via Zoom. Read More

Kelly Slay, assistant professor of higher education and public policy, will participate in a virtual panel, “Understanding Race-conscious Admission in Our Past, Our Present and Our Future,” on Thursday, Feb. 2, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the Castilleja School. Read More

Judith Weisenfeld, professor of religion at Princeton University, will give a talk titled “Spiritual Madness: Race, Psychiatry and African American Religions” on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 4:30 p.m. in Buttrick Hall, Room 102. The event is hosted by Vanderbilt’s Department of Religious Studies. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Auditory Development Laboratory is conducting a pediatric research study on the effects of remote microphone system use in home environments of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts’ 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholars Award. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one concept note to The Henry Luce Foundation’s 2023 American Art Exhibition Competition, which supports scholarly loan exhibitions that significantly advance the study and understanding of art of the United States, including all facets of Native American art. Read More

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2024 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program. Read More

The National Institutes of Health S10 Shared and High-end Instrumentation Grant programs support purchases of state-of-the-art shared instruments that enhance the research of NIH-funded investigators. Read More

Researchers can learn more about new data management and sharing rules that will affect all National Institutes of Health research grant proposals beginning Jan. 25, 2023, through Vanderbilt’s Research Integrity and Compliance program website. Read More

"Make the Most of Your Retirement Savings" will be held online on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Read More

The Vanderbilt community is encouraged to share feedback with WeGo Public Transit regarding proposed service changes planned for spring 2023. Read More

Vanderbilt University may nominate one early career scientist and one senior scientist in a field of cancer immunology for the 2024 Innovators in Science Award, sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and administered by the New York Academy of Sciences. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit one application to The Mellon Foundation’s 2023 Sawyer Seminars. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is seeking adult participants, ages 18–30, for a research study investigating the effects of different noise conditions on brain activity during the Attentional Network Task. Read More

To cultivate transformational connections across campus, the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy will launch the Vanderbilt Unity Lab this spring. The Unity Lab will equip VU community members with the tools necessary to strengthen the bonds of cultural affinity and promote civil discourse. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to apply for program training positions. Read More