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	Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020

Janelle Monáe and Yusef Salaam to speak at Vanderbilt’s 2020 MLK Commemorative Series

Janelle Monáe, a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, performer, producer and actor, and Yusef Salaam, one of the Exonerated Five, formally known as the Central Park Five, will speak at Vanderbilt University on Jan. 19 as the featured panelists for the 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series keynote event in Langford Auditorium.

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‘Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom’ opens at Cohen Hall

An exhibition bringing together 20 artists to interpret an extraordinary but lost “Book of Paintings” created by Afro-Cuban activist José Aponte opens Thursday at the Fine Arts Gallery.

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Facilities department to host West End Neighborhood town hall tomorrow

The Vanderbilt Facilities department will host a town hall meeting to discuss progress in the West End Neighborhood on Thursday, Jan. 9, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Carmichael Towers East Lounge.

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Join the Data Science Institute as an Undergraduate Summer Research Fellow

The Vanderbilt Data Science Institute Summer Research Program, set for June 1–Aug. 7, provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to engage in 10 weeks of full-time data science-focused research in collaboration with any full-time Vanderbilt faculty member during the summer.

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Explorations in Research networking event set for Jan. 29

The Office of Immersion Resources and the Scientific Immersion and Mentorship student organization have partnered to organize Explorations in Research, an event designed to convene researchers from all disciplines for an evening of networking and discovery.

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Top LGBTQ researcher to speak at School of Nursing Jan. 14

Tonda Hughes, an international authority on addiction and mental health in sexual minority women, will present “From Gay Bars to Marriage Equality: Building a Program of Research Focused on a Stigmatized and Marginalized Population” on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

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Take Note

Nominate faculty, staff for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award

Programs for Talented Youth announces summer 2020 courses

Make note of changes to W-4 form in 2020

Health Plus Hold the Stuffing final weigh-ins are Jan. 6-17

Single Parent Group announces spring meeting schedule; next meeting Jan. 9

Learn more about Master of Public Health program through virtual fair Jan. 15

Healthy discipline topic of Parenting Group meeting Jan. 16

MLK Series: ‘A Dream for Excellence in Research, Practice and Education’ Jan. 20

M.S. in Data Science information session set for Jan. 23

Vanderbilt Eye Institute trunk show and sale Jan. 24

Get a mindful start to 2020 with Health Plus video

Listen to new Health Plus Wellcast: ‘A New Resolution – Emotional Health’

Healthy adults needed for research study

Subjects needed for paid teen depression study

Coming Up

· JAN ·

Caregiver Support Group meeting

· JAN ·

Healthier You: ‘Cheers to the New Year’

· JAN ·

Flexner Dean’s Lecture: ‘Organization and System-based Approaches to Promote Well-being’

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Vanderbilt in the News

Voice of America: Expertos divididos, fustigan y alaban decisión de Trump de eliminar a Soleimani

Mike Newton, professor of the practice of law, is quoted.

The Conversation: Building a digital archive for decaying paper documents, preserving centuries of records about enslaved people

Postdoctoral fellow Daniel Genkins writes about efforts to digitize and preserve historical records documenting the lives of millions of Africans and people of African descent in North and South America for the Slave Societies Digital Archive.

Smithsonian: A massive new database will connect billions of historic records to tell the full story of American slavery

Jane Landers, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities and professor of history, is quoted about the Slave Societies Digital Archive, which is supported by a 2019 Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) award.

The New York Times: What if a vaping tax encouraged cigarette smoking?

Kip Viscusi, University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics and Management, is quoted.

MarketWatch: 23andMe can open a Pandora’s box of a family’s medical secrets: ‘As hard as it is knowing, not knowing is much worse’

Ellen Wright Clayton, Craig-Weaver Chair in Pediatrics and professor of law, is quoted.

CNBC: 5 easy ways to be more sustainable and save money in 2020

Andrea George, adjunct professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted.

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