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  Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2023  
 
 
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Vanderbilt University joins effort to help students from small-town and rural America connect to higher education
 
Vanderbilt University is among 16 of the nation’s most prominent universities and colleges collaborating in the STARS College Network, a new effort to help students from small-town and rural America enroll in, succeed at and graduate from the undergraduate program of their choice.
 
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Vanderbilt staff discover the power of an online Master of Legal Studies degree
 
The Law School offers a 25 percent tuition scholarship to any eligible Vanderbilt employee enrolled in the online Master of Legal Studies program.
 
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Wond’ry Fiber Arts Build Lab hosts interdisciplinary sprint to design dignity-centered hospital gowns
 
Students, staff and faculty from Vanderbilt, other universities and Vanderbilt University Medical Center worked together on the shared goal of improving the ill-fitting hospital gowns that patients often wear in a project involving the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center.
 
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Vanderbilt community gathers to honor The Covenant School
 
Members of the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities gathered on campus April 4 to honor those lost in the tragic shooting at The Covenant School.
 
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Kujawa receives Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychophysiology
 
Autumn Kujawa, assistant professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt Peabody College, has won the 2023 Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
 
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New Fisk–Vanderbilt arts partnership launches with the play ‘Sweat’ on both campuses
 
The Pulitzer Prize–winning drama Sweat by Lynn Nottage will be performed on both the Fisk and Vanderbilt campuses in April, thanks to a new arts partnership created by the universities’ theatre departments.
 
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Staff invited to serve as mentors for Posse Scholar Program; deadline to apply is April 10
 
The Vanderbilt Posse Scholar Program is seeking faculty and staff members to serve as mentors to the university’s Posse Scholars. The national Posse Foundation identifies, recruits and trains individuals who have extraordinary leadership potential.
 
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Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week is April 3-7
 
Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week is April 3-7. The Graduate School and campus partners are hosting a series of events to recognize the many contributions and significant impact of graduate and professional students at Vanderbilt
 
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Public comments invited for VUPS re-accreditation process
 
An assessment team from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. will examine all aspects of Vanderbilt University Public Safety’s policies and procedures, management, operations and support services as part of an accreditation process that occurs every four years. As part of the assessment, VUPS personnel and members of the community are invited to offer comments, commendations and other information regarding the agency’s quality of service.
 
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Volunteers needed for pedestrian safety research on campus
 
Vanderbilt University faculty, staff and students are being asked to volunteer to participate in a research project to help make our campus safer and more comfortable for pedestrians.
 
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Spring 2023 Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair is April 11
 
The Office of Experiential Learning and Immersion Vanderbilt welcomes the university to the spring Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair, scheduled for Tuesday, April 11, from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Student Life Center Commodore Ballroom. The fair features presentations of student research projects that are representative of a variety of fields and disciplines.
 
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Vanderbilt’s Curb Center and chatterbird collaborate for evening of new music featuring Blair composers
 
The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt and chatterbird, a Nashville-based chamber ensemble, are collaborating to spotlight four Blair School of Music composers and their new works on April 12. The performance will be at Saint Elle in the Wedgewood–Houston neighborhood.
 
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Campus Dining to celebrate Earth Month with sustainability events throughout April
 
In support of Vanderbilt’s sustainability goals, Campus Dining is excited to celebrate Earth Month throughout April. Join the Vanderbilt community at events all month long, including specialty menu events, sustainable product giveaways, guest speakers and the popular Rand Farmer’s Market.
 
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Project Safe to provide programming in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month throughout April
 
The Project Safe Center has teamed up with various offices and student organizations to provide programming in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month throughout April. These programs are designed to highlight everyday actions we each can take to prevent acts of sexual violence and support those who have been impacted.
 

 

Health & Safety Updates

Earn rewards through Vanderbilt’s new wellness program; receive higher points for completed actions

Health and Wellness for Vandy Vets program creates space for military veterans to focus on well-being

Three myths about mental health care, debunked

 

Take Note

MLAS summer and fall 2023 course offerings announced

Quick Facts website updated; new Re:VU card available

Risk Management reminds employees to report workplace injuries

Understanding Higher Education course available for employees

Campus Dining’s Farm to Campus menu series continues April 3

Vanderbilt Master of Public Health program hosts National Public Health Week April 4-7

Residential Colleges host Transfer Student Appreciation Week April 10-14

HR Employee Learning and Engagement to host Career Growth Series; first session is April 19

Final application deadline for online Master of Legal Studies Program is April 24

‘Business of VU’ preparing for seventh cohort in fall 2023

 

Coming Up

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  ‘Emerge 2023: I, Chatbot’ conference is April 8
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  Vanderbilt Divinity School to host conversation with Garth Brooks and Stephanie Davis on impact of ‘We Shall Be Free’
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  TEDx VanderbiltUniversity is April 18
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  Inclusive Book Group will discuss ‘The Beekeeper of Aleppo’ May 3

 

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Vanderbilt in the News
 
National Catholic Reporter: Debate over clergy exemption pits sanctity of confession against child safety
 
Bruce Morrill, Edward A. Mallory Professor and professor of theology, is quoted.
 
Marketplace: Tennessee’s new anti-drag law comes with economic costs
 
Gabrielle Lopiano, assistant professor of management, is quoted.
 
NBC News: People with smell disorders may get relief with an experimental treatment
 
Justin Turner, associate professor of otolaryngology, is quoted.
 
The New York Times: After school shooting, Nashville grieves and ponders its divisions
 
John Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science and professor of political science, is quoted. The Vanderbilt Poll is also cited.
 
Bloomberg: A Texas judge hits preventive health care with a gut punch
 
John Graves, associate professor of health policy, is quoted.
 
The Washington Post: Political polarization is sorting colleges into red and blue schools
 
Christopher Loss, associate professor of public policy and higher education, is quoted.
 
Prevention: Your eyes might be key in detecting Alzheimer’s disease early, study finds
 
David Calkins, Denis M. O’Day, M.B.B.S., Professor and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, is quoted.
 
Marketplace: Why do pharmaceutical companies give away some expensive drugs for free?
 
Stacie Dusetzina, professor of health policy, is quoted.
 
Reuters: Republicans defend Trump by attacking criminal justice system
 
Nicole Hemmer, associate professor of history, is quoted.
 
National Geographic Brasil: World Colon Cancer Day: Disease on the rise among young adults
 
Rishi Naik, assistant professor of medicine, and Reid Ness, associate professor of medicine, are quoted.
 
Associated Press: Harris finds new connections in Africa as historic figure
 
Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and professor of French, is quoted.
 
Daily Beast: Scientists brought human lungs back to life with pig blood
 
Ciara Shaver, assistant professor of medicine, is quoted.
 
Diario Libre: 75 years later, the Marshall Plan is a model of reconstruction for Ukraine
 
Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, is quoted.
 
 
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