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  11 things you need to know this week  
 
 
 
 
     
1.   Return to Campus Update
    Vanderbilt has updated its public dashboard to report the prior day’s number of positive COVID-19 test results and will begin testing all undergraduates weekly as well as expand its periodic testing across all campus groups. These additional tests, and the data drawn from them, are vital tools in helping the university slow the spread of COVID-19. [ Read More ]
     
     
2.   Vanderbilt students adapt to new ways of socializing and supporting each other amid pandemic protocols
    Now that many Vanderbilt students have returned to Nashville, they are adapting to the new reality of campus life—and learning to thrive and support classmates while doing so. [ Read More ]
     
     
3.   Story Photo Ideas for socializing during the pandemic
    This semester may look different from years past, but that hasn’t stopped students, faculty and staff from interacting with their fellow Commodores in new and meaningful ways amid the COVID-19 pandemic and its necessary safety protocols. [ Read More ]
     
     
4.   Immersion Vanderbilt recommended but not required for Class of 2022
    Due to the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduate students in the Class of 2022 will now have a flexible option for the Immersion Vanderbilt requirement. [ Read More ]
     
     
5.   Vanderbilt opens new buildings in West End and Peabody neighborhoods
    The opening of Nicholas S. Zeppos College marks a milestone in the transformation of the West End Neighborhood, while a completed renovation on the Peabody College campus strengthens its learning community. [ Read More ]
     
     
6.   Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Melissa Gresalfi
    As the new academic year gets underway, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Melissa Gresalfi, associate professor of mathematics education and dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. [ Read More ]
     
     
7.   Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Sean Seymore
    As the new academic year gets underway, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Sean Seymore, New York Alumni Chancellor’s Professor of Law and faculty head of Warren College. [ Read More ]
     
     
8.   Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Alyssa Hasty
    As the new academic year gets underway, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Alyssa Hasty, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and faculty head of Murray House. [ Read More ]
     
     
9.   Apply for ‘The Scholarship of Everyday Life: Coffee’ by Sept. 4
    “The Scholarship of Everyday Life: Coffee” is a multidisciplinary series of talks and interactive experiences in which undergraduates discover the connections among their classwork, scholarly research and everyday objects and how their use can affect people in communities on the local and global scale. Applications for the program, sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Social Innovation Practice Area @ the Wond’ry, are due Sept. 4. [ Read More ]
     
     
10.   7th annual Diverse ’Dores Day to be held virtually Sept. 15
    Diverse ’Dores Day, an annual event showcasing the offices, organizations and departments on campus designed to empower and equip Vanderbilt community members to be agents of positive social change, is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. [ Read More ]
     
     
11.   Registration for seventh annual Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair now open
    The seventh annual Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8. This year’s event will be virtual, complete with presenters, breakout sessions and a chance to safely and responsibly interact with students, faculty and staff from across campus. [ Read More ]
     
 
 
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