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Vanderbilt may nominate one candidate for the Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award program. The foundation supports early-career biomedical scholars doing pioneering research. Read More

Margaret Axelrod, Rachel Brown and Simone Herzberg, aspiring physician-scientists in Vanderbilt’s Medical Scientist Training Program, are among this year’s recipients of highly competitive P.E.O. Scholar Awards. Recipients of the $20,000 awards are women from the U.S. and Canada pursuing doctoral-level degrees who have demonstrated their ability to make significant contributions in their chosen fields. Read More

Vanderbilt Independence Foundation Professor of Education and Associate Dean for Clinical Scholarship Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, FAAN, FAANP, MCCM, received a 2022 Fellow of American Association of Nurse Practitioners’ Legacy Award at the 2022 American Association of Nurse Practitioner annual conference in June and the 2022 Rebecca Clark Culpepper Education and Mentorship Award, given jointly by... Read More

Join HR Employee Learning and Engagement for “Conversation Circles,” a series for managers and leaders, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, from 1 to 2 p.m. This session will focus on difficult conversations. Read More

Catherine Shelton, a graduate student in the Microbe-Host Interactions Ph.D. program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named the 2022 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar. Shelton will receive a $1,000 cash prize and be mentored by Ruth Lehmann, recipient of the 2022 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science and a world-renowned developmental geneticist. Read More

Human Resources will have an increased on-campus presence at its front desk beginning Monday, July 18. The office is located in the Baker Building, 10th floor. Read More

The Vanderbilt community is encouraged to share feedback with WeGo Public Transit regarding proposed service changes planned for fall 2022 and spring 2023. Read More

The Vanderbilt Alumni Association has welcomed a new president and two other alumni leaders to its board. Read More

Our inner being is directly connected to our outward doing. Mindset and well-being impact how effectively we manage our time and communicate with others. Jamye Hardy, LMSW, will reveal three valuable questions that encourage us to consider how we can be our best for ourselves and for those around us. Read More

Jill Stratton, assistant provost for residential education, associate dean for residential colleges and professor of human and organizational development, discusses the scientific difference between positive psychology and toxic positivity. Read More

Health Plus offers Babies and You, a worksite prenatal health promotion program for faculty and staff, their spouses and their dependent children who become pregnant. Read More

Americans’ general faith and trust in democracy has stabilized in the first half of 2022, remaining relatively flat through the second quarter, according to the most recent Vanderbilt Unity Index. Read More

Feedback from editors and reviewers of academic journals is an often-understated driver of new research directions. Assistant Professor of Earth and environmental sciences Simon Darroch, found this to be the case for his new paper examining the differences between geographic ranges of species historic and living. Read More

Legendary a cappella singer and trailblazer Mark Kibble has joined the Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music as an adjunct instructor of jazz voice. Kibble’s appointment begins this fall, and he will direct the vocal jazz ensemble and teach jazz vocals. Read More

Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of biological sciences and earth and environmental sciences, will give the Royal Irish Academy's Discourse Lecture on Monday, July 18, which will be viewable online. Speakers at this event recently have included four Nobel laureates and a former president of Ireland. Read More

As Vanderbilt prepares to mark its sesquicentennial—the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding—in 2023, a new program will support exploration of the university’s past and future. The Office of the Chancellor is launching the Sesquicentennial Grant Program to fund activities and projects that engage with the university’s history, look to its future and explore what makes Vanderbilt distinctive and unique. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty are encouraged to submit applications to the 2022–23 Southeastern Conference Faculty Travel Program. The grants give faculty from Vanderbilt the opportunity to travel to other SEC campuses to exchange ideas, develop grant proposals and conduct research. Read More

Vanderbilt University and the National Security Agency have signed an education partnership agreement to encourage and enhance the study of scientific discipline. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center will host a session for members of the Vanderbilt community to process the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning federal abortion rights. The event will be on Thursday, July 14, beginning at noon in the Great Room at E. Bronson Ingram College. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier participated in a conversation titled “The Path Forward for Academic Freedom in Higher Ed” as part of the world-renowned Aspen Ideas Festival on June 29. The panel set out to explore the “twin ideals of open inquiry and free expression” as well as higher education’s unique role in advancing these forces. Read More