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Would your holiday wreath make Martha Stewart jealous? Do you dream of opening an Etsy shop? We invite crafters of all trades to enter the Employee Appreciation Picnic: At the County Fair craft fair. The deadline to enter is Friday, May 10. Read More

Are you looking for a summer opportunity for an advanced learner in your life? Programs for Talented Youth provides opportunities for advanced learners to take accelerated courses in a creative, supportive and rigorous environment on the Vanderbilt University campus. Read More

Hosted by the BRET Office of Career Development and the Training Grants in Biomedical Sciences. Read More

William H. Robinson, associate dean for academic success at the School of Engineering, will lead the Office for Inclusive Excellence as interim vice provost for strategic initiatives beginning June 1. Robinson takes on this new role following the departure of Melissa Thomas-Hunt, who has accepted a position with the executive team at Airbnb in San Francisco as their head of global diversity and belonging. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos looks ahead to his final Commencement ceremony as chancellor in this week's column. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music has been recognized by "DownBeat" magazine’s 42nd Annual Student Music Awards. The Blair Big Band was named best undergraduate large jazz ensemble. Read More

The Vanderbilt campus hums with a particular energy in the days leading up to Commencement. Randy Smith, a supervisor in Plant Operations, manages a team of housekeeping staff tasked with getting buildings ready to accommodate the more than 25,000 friends and family members who will be on campus celebrating graduates. Read More

Vanderbilt University sophomore Aakash Basu and junior Eric Zhang have been named Goldwater Scholars. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier award for undergraduate STEM students who show exceptional promise of becoming the nation’s next generation of research leaders. Read More

Shaiza Rizavi, a veteran money manager known for her commitment to social enterprise, will be honored by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development with the 2019 Distinguished Alumna Award during Commencement on May 10. Read More

Jan Cuny is a program officer at the National Science Foundation where she leads the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE)’s efforts on broadening participation and education in computing. Read More

Julia Phillippi, assistant professor of nursing, has been named academic director of the Nurse-Midwifery program. Read More

As part of its sustainability initiative, Vanderbilt University will distribute 2,000 reusable water bottles and offer hydration stations for guests to fill their own reusable containers at its main Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10. Read More

Blair School Dean Mark Wait will address the university’s outstanding liberal arts undergraduates at the Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony May 9. Read More

Wow the judges with your decadent cookies, cakes and pies in the Employee Appreciation Picnic baking contest. The deadline to enter online is this Friday, May 10. Read More

Ernest J. Grant, the 36th president of the American Nurses Association and the first man elected to that office, will give the School of Nursing Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Monday, May 13. Grant’s lecture, “Nursing at the Crossroads: The Future of Health Care,” is open to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

The Boomers, Elders and More speaker series will present “Caregiving During Work Hours” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, at the Godchaux Nursing Annex, Room 166. Read More

New research by School of Nursing professor Sheila Ridner finds that a special scan measuring lymphatic fluid volume is significantly better than a tape measure at predicting which women undergoing treatment for breast cancer are at risk of developing a common complication resulting from damaged lymph nodes. Read More

Fred Westfield, a Vanderbilt graduate who went on to become a professor of economics at the university and teach microeconomic theory to a generation of Ph.D. students, died April 24 in Nashville. He was 92. A memorial service is planned for Tuesday, May 21, at 1:30 p.m. at The Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom, 5015 Harding Road in Nashville. Read More

A harmonica learning lab, nutrition and health, and the history of Fisk University are among the topics offered in June and July by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt. Read More

Over the course of the 2018-19 academic year, 31 faculty and other members of campus contributed their time, attention and energy to the process of supporting and nominating exceptional student candidates for prestigious national awards. Read More