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	Monday, July 27, 2020

Return to Campus Update for July 27

The new weekly Return to Campus Update will provide the Vanderbilt community with the latest information regarding the fall 2020 Return to Campus Plan.

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Immersion advising hours for students extended; drop-in hours available

The Office of Immersion Resources is extending its hours for virtual advising appointments in response to the challenges created by COVID-19 and to accommodate students in different time zones.

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Vanderbilt rocketeers win seventh NASA launch national title

The Vanderbilt University rocket team has won an unprecedented seventh NASA Student Launch national title, beating out 45 other university competitors to claim its seventh national title in the past eight years.

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Three from Vanderbilt Peabody College honored for education research

A leading Vanderbilt scholar, her doctoral student and a recent doctoral alumnus have been honored with awards by the American Educational Research Association.

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Vanderbilt, Ohio State are joint founding members of satellite mission to find potentially habitable worlds around nearby stars

Following the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission, Vanderbilt astronomer Keivan Stassun leads the next phase of discovery to find atmospheres like our own.

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16th annual Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Symposium set for Aug. 6

The 16th annual Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Symposium is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. CST. The event is sponsored by Ancora Innovation through Vanderbilt’s partnership with Deerfield Management and will be broadcast remotely.

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‘A Data-Driven Approach’ topic of Vision Zero webinar tomorrow

The third event in Walk Bike Nashville’s Vision Zero Speaker Series will focus on how various U.S. cities use data to shape their Vision Zero planning and implementation. The webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, from 9 to 10 a.m.

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Take Note

VINSE Spotlight Podcast: Matthew Gerboth–Heat moves through materials at the nanoscale

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center shares disabilities research in plain language through new podcast series

Osher Center for Integrative Medicine offers Professional Development in Mindfulness Facilitation course

Vanderbilt’s EasyRide program expands to offer free regional bus, train rides

VUPS creates Public Health AmbassaDores program to help promote health, safety of Vanderbilt community

CampusPrint adds mobility enhancements

Pick-up service now available from all libraries

Coming Up

· AUG ·

Inclusive Book Group to discuss ‘The Person You Mean to Be’ Aug. 5

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Vanderbilt in the News

The Christian Science Monitor: More parents are home schooling. How that will change public education.

Joseph Murphy, Frank W. Mayborn Professor of Education, is quoted.

The New York Times: COVID-19 patients no longer need tests to end isolation

William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine, is quoted.

WebMD: COVID-19 antibodies fade quickly, U.S. study says

Buddy Creech, associate professor of pediatrics and director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, is quoted.

Associated Press: Stone tools suggest earlier human presence in North America

Tom Dillehay, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, is quoted.

U.S. News & World Report: Scare Tactics: Trump focuses on fear to win

Thomas Alan Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, is quoted.

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