Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will host a roundtable discussion exploring the U.S. Supreme Court’s current vacancy and the controversy surrounding the nomination of a new justice in the final installment of the Vanderbilt Chancellor’s Lecture Series for 2015-16. The event is scheduled from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 2.
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An anonymous donor has pledged $5 million to establish the Dean’s Chair in Engineering at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced at the school’s annual distinguished alumni celebration dinner April 14.
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Vanderbilt’s first-ever Giving Day is this week. Join your fellow faculty and staff on Thursday, April 21, in celebrating all things gold by making a gift and spreading the word about this new golden tradition. #give4thegold
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AccessVU, the tool that supports creating new VUNetIDs, changing ePasswords and other services, will be unavailable from 5 p.m. April 29 to 2 p.m. May 1.
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Vanderbilt University and Medical Center will jointly host the 2016 Employee Celebration Picnic May 13 and 17, with off-campus deliveries scheduled for May 12 and 13.
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Vanderbilt’s Marc Hetherington will be awarded the Alexander L. George Book Award at the July meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology.
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Professor of History Marshall Eakin has received the 2016 Vanderbilt Alumni Education Award. The alumni association’s board of directors selected Eakin for his significant contributions to educational programming as a speaker for Commodore Classrooms and the Vanderbilt Travel Program.
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The Center for Teaching announces information for Blackboard users that includes upcoming demos by course management vendors, changes to the course availability and deletion policy, and a system upgrade.
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Artists and social justice activists will come together at Vanderbilt Divinity School for an April 22–23 public conference to consider best practices and performances to create equitable change in Nashville.
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A student-run conference hosted by the Owen Graduate School of Management’s Turner Family Center for Social Ventures discussed the unique challenges and opportunities faced by social ventures.
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This photo of the dogwoods near Benson Hall is among our favorite #vandygram images of the week.
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For international student Rani Banjarian, differences are what make him feel a part of the university community.
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