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	Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021

Return to Campus update for Feb. 10

The David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center offers outdoor programming, students are advised not to share rides to the testing center, 12 ways to support your mental wellness and more is included in this week’s Return to Campus update.

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‘This Moment in America’ panel Feb. 24: Insights for equity and inclusion in turbulent times

The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will host a panel of Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students to share their personal and professional views and experiences on issues that inform “This Moment in America.” The virtual discussion is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 1 p.m. CT and is open to the Vanderbilt community.

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Immersion plan proposals due April 1; series of online events planned to help

The April 1 deadline to submit immersion plan proposals is approaching for students who matriculated during the summer and fall of 2019 and those tracking with that class. The Office of Immersion Resources is joining with many campus partners to help students meet this goal.

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Data Science Institute to offer series of virtual workshops

The Vanderbilt Data Science Institute is offering a series of online workshops to familiarize students, faculty and staff with data science tools. The workshops will be held on Wednesdays from February to April and are open to the entire Vanderbilt community.

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Dining tents to include sustainability features this spring

Recycling and food waste collection bins will be added to the dining tents on Peabody Esplanade and Alumni Lawn beginning Feb. 9. In addition, in partnership with Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Responsibility, Campus Dining will provide all undergraduate students with a set of bamboo cutlery that is reusable, 100 percent biodegradable and sustainable.

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Sean B. Carroll, award-winning scientist, author, educator and film producer, to deliver 2021 Darwin Day Lecture today

Sean B. Carroll, a world-renowned evolutionary biologist whose discoveries have shed light on the evolution of animal diversity, will deliver the 2021 Darwin Day Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 3:10 p.m. CT.

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CLAS to host fifth annual Haiti Week Feb. 9–11

The Center for Latin American Studies will host the fifth annual Haiti Week at Vanderbilt University. Virtual programs will feature scholars from Vanderbilt and The City College of New York–CUNY, and explore Haitian history, music, culture, literature, language and more.

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Scientists to discuss inclusion and equity in biomedical research at virtual event

Biomedical researchers across Vanderbilt University will convene to discuss the history and impact of Black biomedical scientists on Monday, Feb. 15, at noon CT.

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Black Voters Matter founder LaTosha Brown to give 13th annual Murray Lecture Feb. 16

LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter and a fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, will give Vanderbilt’s 13th annual Murray Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 16.

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Vanderbilt to celebrate Black History Month with events throughout February

Vanderbilt’s annual celebration of Black History Month—a time to acknowledge and appreciate the history, experience and accomplishments of Black people on the university’s campus, across the country and globally—will include presentations, panel discussions, play readings, yoga sessions and more, most to be held virtually.

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Despite limitations of pandemic, research continues in Basic Sciences, Blair

During the Research Ramp-up process, more than 3,000 Vanderbilt research personnel have returned to in-person research activities, while many others have continued remotely through perseverance and ingenuity. The efforts of the School of Medicine Basic Sciences’ Charles Sanders and Vanderbilt Blair School of Music’s Jeremy Wilson are highlighted.

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Employees may now update payroll direct deposit online in Oracle Cloud

Faculty, staff and student workers may now update their payroll direct deposit account information online within the Pay module in Oracle Cloud.

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Take Note

Women’s Center seeks nominations for 2021 awards

LGBTQI Life offers resources for asking about sexuality and gender in surveys and forms

Library hosts GIS workshops Feb. 11–12, 25–26

Inclusive Book Group to discuss Maya Angelou’s ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ March 3

Cell and Developmental Biology hosts weekly seminar series

VINSE Spotlight Podcast: Jonah Rosch– identifying aptamers, molecules that bind to specific biological targets

VINSE Spotlight Podcast: Chris Sharp–accessing new crystal structures using nanoparticles

Coming Up

· FEB ·

‘The Death of The Artist’ discussion with author William Deresiewicz

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Vanderbilt Microbiome Initiative offers analytics boot camp

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Vanderbilt in the News

TIME: Want unity for real? Then America needs to get back to facts

Project co-chairs Jon Meacham, Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in the American Presidency and distinguished visiting professor of political science; Samar Ali, research professor of political science and law; and former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam write about The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy.

The New York Times: Pandemic’s toll on housing: Falling behind, doubling up

Marybeth Shinn, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair and professor of human, organizational and community development, is quoted.

USA Today: Transgender activists in the South are battling homelessness with tiny homes and private shelters amid COVID-19

Christopher Carpenter, E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Economics, is quoted.

Al Jazeera: Biden is promising ‘unity.’ But what does that mean?

Robert Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, is quoted.

Voice of America: Don’t panic, the COVID-19 shots still work

William Schaffner, professor of health policy and professor of medicine, is quoted.

Bloomberg: COVID Q&A: Can vaccinated people still spread the virus?

Buddy Creech, associate professor of pediatrics, is quoted.

The Economist: How religious conservatives learned to love anti-discrimination laws

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

Salon: The all of ‘y’all’: On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything

Justin Quarry, senior lecturer in English, writes about learning to embrace his Southern accent and identity through his pursuit of academia, creative writing and teaching.

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