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What’s going on at Vanderbilt on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015

Chancellor’s Town Hall will discuss Vanderbilt’s land use plan Dec. 7

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will host a town hall meeting on Monday, Dec. 7, discussing Vanderbilt’s land use plan. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.

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Join provost for Open Dore On Location

Vanderbilt faculty and staff are invited to attend Open Dore On Location, informal discussion sessions with Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente. The next sessions are Dec. 7 and 17.

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Holiday Gift Giveaway is Dec. 18

Vanderbilt’s 2015 Holiday Gift Giveaway is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 18. This year, employees can choose from a Vanderbilt apron, oven mitt, turkey or tofurkey.

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VUPD earns accreditation from CALEA for third time

The Vanderbilt University Police Department has been awarded accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. for the third time. CALEA accreditation serves as the international gold standard for public safety agencies.

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Vanderbilt to host qualifying round for ‘Nobel Prize for students’

Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management will host the opening round of the Hult Prize’s $1 million social entrepreneurship challenge, in which student teams from around the world compete to address the most pressing global problems.

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Makerspace workshop to guide engineering school’s expansion of design facilities

Vanderbilt's School of Engineering will explore how to build a makerspace during a daylong planning workshop on Friday, Dec. 11. The event is open to the public but attendance is limited.

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‘A People’s Guide to Nashville’ launches at Curb Center event

"A People’s Guide to Nashville" – an alternative guide to the city celebrating people and places too often veiled, forgotten or ignored – will launch Dec. 11 at Vanderbilt’s Curb Center. The public is invited to attend.

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Vanderbilt historian offers unsettling look at bioengineered near future

Historian Michael Bess said that he found a whole new world of imminent advances in biotechnology that promise to transform society while he was researching his book “Our Grandchildren Redesigned.”

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VUPD chief assists local university with campus safety plan

With plans to draw on August Washinton’s more than 30 years of experience in college law enforcement, Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover has enlisted Vanderbilt’s associate vice chancellor and police chief to assist TSU in further developing its campus safety enhancement plan.

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CNN/Facebook Campaign Camper to make Vanderbilt stop tomorrow

The CNN/Facebook Campaign Camper, a specially designed Airstream trailer complete with a video booth, will make a stop on Vanderbilt University’s Alumni Lawn from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4.

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Events

Dec. 3 — noon
University Courses Workshop #2

Dec. 3 — 3 p.m.
Exhibition opening and reception: “A Hidden Wholeness”

Dec. 4 — 8 a.m.
Chancellor's Faculty Breakfast

Dec. 5 — noon
Test of tornado warning systems

Dec. 6 — 4 p.m.
Tribute concert honoring the life of composer Alfred H. Bartles

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