Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos shares important announcements about the 2016-17 academic year at Vanderbilt.
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Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will deliver his bi-annual address and present several of the university’s highest honors to faculty beginning at 4:10 p.m. Thursday at the Student Life Center.
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The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion has released the university’s first Community Profile, providing a snapshot of the makeup of its faculty, staff and student populations.
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Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will officially open Vanderbilt’s new Center for Student Wellbeing Wednesday, Aug. 31. The center is a further investment in student wellness resources, including those that address the needs of students of varying backgrounds.
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Vanderbilt’s newest classroom and research facility, the Engineering and Science Building, opened to students Aug. 24.
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Faculty and staff at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons are kicking off the newly revised Vanderbilt Visions curriculum for first-year students with an interactive activity that will give students, faculty, staff and visitors to campus an opportunity to learn more about African American athletics pioneer and Vanderbilt alumnus Perry Wallace.
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A new Frequently Asked Questions page on the Sponsored Programs Administration website will help answer questions that faculty participating in trans-institutional research collaborations may have following the financial separation of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Vanderbilt Athletics is partnering with Geaux Music Row on a relief drive to assist the victims of Louisiana’s recent flooding. The drive is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 26, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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As a private institution, Vanderbilt’s prohibition of guns on campus remains in effect, despite a new Tennessee law effective July 1, 2016, that allows certain employees of state public colleges and universities to carry handguns while on the property of their employing college or university.
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For her work in the software field, computer science professor Maithilee Kunda has been recognized as a visionary by the “MIT Technology Review’s” annual list of Innovators Under 35.
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Mani+, a pediatric malnutrition therapy, is the result of years of interdisciplinary research by Vanderbilt anthropology, business, nursing, biological sciences and education students and professors.
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In 2013, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine received one of 10 grants from the National Institutes of Health called BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training) to help train scientists for a variety of diverse careers.
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Vanderbilt University’s Trademark Licensing office and Procurement Services will host a supplier fair from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Student Life Center ballroom. Come meet 30 of Vanderbilt’s approved merchandise suppliers as they showcase a variety of products.
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The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program will host a reception for women faculty on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
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The Vanderbilt football team opens its 2016 season on Thursday, Sept. 1, with a nationally televised game against South Carolina. With the game being played on a workday, some adjustments to parking and traffic flow are necessary.
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Blair School of Music will host a one-day symposium Sept. 12 called “The Science of Song.”
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s secure online patient portal, My Health at Vanderbilt, is now even more accessible to patients with the launch of a new mobile app.
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Watch all of the fun and emotion as Vanderbilt University welcomes the Class of 2020 to The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons.
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