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  8 things you need to know this week  
 
 
 
 
     
1.   Vanderbilt Phase II reopening continues with readiness for further on-campus activities
    Vanderbilt has continued to successfully implement Phase II of its Return to Campus Plan and, as of Aug. 10, will have the criteria and systems in place to begin on-campus classes on Aug. 24 for all undergraduates and many graduate and professional students. [ Read More ]
     
     
2.   Vanderbilt works to implement new Title IX regulations
    Universities across the country, including Vanderbilt, are not only preparing for an unprecedented academic year because of COVID-19, they are also working to implement the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX regulations, which are scheduled to take effect Aug. 14. [ Read More ]
     
     
3.   Libraries’ Buchanan Fellows adapt with new skills during pandemic
    Vanderbilt’s spring 2020 class of Buchanan Library Fellows, who signed on for immersive research experiences, embraced skills they had not expected to use during the COVID-19 pandemic. [ Read More ]
     
     
4.   Story Photo Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Celso Castilho
    As the new academic year approaches, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Meet Celso Thomas Castilho, associate professor of history and faculty head of Memorial House. [ Read More ]
     
     
5.   Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Elizabeth Meadows
    As the new academic year approaches, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Elizabeth Meadows, associate director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, senior lecturer in English and faculty head of East House. [ Read More ]
     
     
6.   Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Sarah Igo
    As the new academic year approaches, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Sarah Igo, Andrew Jackson Professor of History, director of American Studies in the College of Arts and Science, and faculty head of E. Bronson Ingram College. [ Read More ]
     
     
7.   Alumni brothers pioneer groundbreaking method of cybersecurity
    Worst-case scenarios of cyber warfare are motivating Brad and Tim Potteiger, twin brothers and Vanderbilt alumni who are pioneering a new method of cybersecurity known as “moving target defense.” [ Read More ]
     
     
8.   Become a Next Steps Ambassadore
    Next Steps at Vanderbilt is a four-year certificate program for students with intellectual disabilities. Next Steps Ambassadores pairs Vanderbilt undergrads and graduate students with Next Steps students to empower them through positive peer-to-peer relationships. [ Read More ]
     
 
 
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