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In observance of Winter Break, Mail Services will be closed from Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, through Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Normal operations will resume Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. For critical year-end mailing needs, Mail Services’ Station B Post Office will be open on Thursday, Dec. 28, and Friday, Dec. 29, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center welcomes Trenesha Hill, Ph.D., to present her VKC Special Lecture “Anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorder” on Thursday, April 6, from 12-1 p.m. CT. This lecture will be held in-person in Room 241 of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, with the option to view online. Read More

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examining cognitive ability among children with a history of institutional care suggests that higher cognitive functioning is best supported by long-term family placements such as foster care. The study was led by Kathryn Humphreys, assistant professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development. Read More

Vanderbilt University may submit two proposals for the VentureWell Faculty Grants Program. The program supports the creation of new or transformation of existing courses and programs to help students develop novel, STEM-based inventions and gain the necessary entrepreneurial skills needed to bring these ideas to market. The grant will provide $30,000 (overhead not allowed) for a duration of three years. Read More

Vanderbilt faculty are encouraged to submit applications to the 2019–20 Southeastern Conference Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program. The program, an initiative of the academic body of the Southeastern Conference, is designed to enhance faculty collaboration among SEC member universities. Read More

Check out the live construction camera, learn about accessibility initiatives and get updates on construction, parking and mobility in the March issue of the Peabody Neighborhood e-newsletter. Read More

Regularly scheduled maintenance will take place Dec. 21-22. Biweekly employees should submit their time cards, and their managers should approve those time cards, as soon as work is completed on Friday, Dec. 21. Read More

The University Staff Advisory Council will partner with the American Red Cross for a blood drive this Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Sarratt 325. Read More

Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman (Steve Green, Vanderbilt) Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman draws on legal documents from the Cairo Geniza in his new book, The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims, and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt (Stanford University Press, 2014), for a better understanding of daily life in the Medieval Islamic world. Read More

Lenn Goodman (Steve Green, Vanderbilt) Lenn Goodman, professor of philosophy and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, has a new book, Religious Pluralism and Values in the Public Sphere (Cambridge University, 2014), in which he argues that our commitments to our own ideals and norms need not mean… Read More

The Vanderbilt football team will open its 2013 season Aug. 29 with a nationally televised game against Ole Miss, necessitating some changes in parking and traffic flow on game day. Read More