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More than 800 students, staff, faculty and others stopped by the Wond’ry April 19 to learn about FutureVU, Vanderbilt’s campus land use planning initiative, and how the university’s built environment might change over the next 20-30 years.
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Professor of English Mark Schoenfield, an expert on Romantic periodicals and culture, has been awarded a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in English literature.
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Sheila H. Ridner, the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, will be honored by Sigma Theta Tau International with induction into its International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held in July in Dublin, Ireland.
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Rumay Alexander, interim chief diversity officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present a lunchtime lecture on Wednesday, May 3. Her visit is co-sponsored by the VUSN Dean’s Office and the Vanderbilt Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
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The Faculty Senate is conducting a survey to identify and address faculty levels of stress, burnout, well-being and resilience and to determine if available resources meet the needs of faculty.
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Bright space, which will replace Blackboard as Vanderbilt’s course management system this summer, is now available for instructors planning their summer and fall courses.
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Blake Quigley and Ben Shapiro received first-place awards in a student visualization competition that was held in conjunction with the “Places and Spaces: Mapping Science” exhibition on campus.
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The Office of the Vice Provost for Learning and Residential Affairs presented awards to six students at the Solar Eclipse Competitions Celebration April 17 at the Wond’ry. The celebration represents one of many campus events centered around the total solar eclipse that will occur later this year on Aug. 21.
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This year’s Berry Lecture is April 20 and features Vanderbilt philosopher John Lachs.
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The School of Engineering’s Senior Design Day scheduled for Monday, April 24, will feature 70 projects and give teams of young engineers practice explaining their complicated work to a broad audience.
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Vanderbilt fans will have a chance to mingle with Commodore coaches and chat about what’s ahead for Vanderbilt athletics at stops across Middle Tennessee. Football coach Derek Mason, women’s basketball coach Stephanie White, soccer coach Darren Ambrose and bowling coach John Williamson, among others, will be featured.
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The exhibition’s opening reception is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 11, in Cohen Memorial Hall and will be held in conjunction with the Department of History of Art’s awards ceremony and celebration of graduates.
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The Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning reminds the campus community about this year’s fast-approaching deadlines for its grant and awards programs, as well as the Graduate Fellows program.
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Bara Cola, who went from equipment manager to starting fullback as a Vanderbilt undergraduate, has distinguished himself among the nation’s top young engineers and researchers since his Commodore playing days. Last week, the National Science Foundation named Cola as an Alan T. Waterman Award recipient.
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Vanderbilt’s Commencement 2017 is scheduled for May 10–12, and your help is needed to make the event a success.
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