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| Vanderbilt to kick off yearlong Sesquicentennial celebration with events March 24–25 |
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Members of the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities are invited to take part in the university’s Sesquicentennial kickoff celebration March 24–25. Events include a kickoff ceremony featuring Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and a “Songs of America” conversation with performances by Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell on Friday, March 24, and a community party with free food, music and family-friendly activities on Alumni Lawn on Saturday, March 25.
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| 41 faculty honored at endowed chair investiture ceremony |
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Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver honored 41 scholars from across Vanderbilt at an endowed chair investiture ceremony on March 20.
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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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Singers and songwriters Garth Brooks and Stephanie Davis will discuss the continuing importance of a song they co-wrote more than three decades ago when Vanderbilt Divinity School hosts “We Shall Be Free in 2023: Pursuing Unity Through Music” on April 11 at Langford Auditorium.
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| Staff invited to participate in Wond’ry’s ‘Ideas to Solutions’ design thinking process April 4 |
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Vanderbilt University staff are encouraged to register for a design thinking event on Tuesday, April 4, to prototype solutions for issues identified in the “50 Ideas, 50 Solutions in 50 Days: Innovating for the Next 150 Years of Vanderbilt University” initiative.
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| Diermeier to host online all-staff meeting March 29 |
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Chancellor Daniel Diermeier has announced a March 29 online meeting for all staff that will focus on the launch of Vanderbilt’s Sesquicentennial year. The 30-minute meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m.
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| Cecil Jones Jr., influential emeritus theatre professor, has died |
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Cecil Jones Jr., professor emeritus of theatre who taught at Vanderbilt for nearly 30 years and inspired generations of students during his tenure, died March 18 in Nashville. A memorial service for Jones will be held at Calvary United Methodist Church on April 4.
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| Lab-to-Table Conversation: ‘Genetic Information: Balancing Ethics and Impact’ March 28 |
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Join the School of Medicine Basic Sciences for the Lab-to-Table conversation “Genetic Information: Balancing Ethics and Impact” on Tuesday, March 28.
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| Join Vanderbilt in raising awareness of climate change during Earth Hour on March 25 |
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Vanderbilt University will participate in Earth Hour on Saturday, March 25, by turning off the exterior lights at West End Tower from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Vanderbilt’s participation, in coordination with Nashville Mayor John Cooper’s office, is part of a Metro Nashville initiative to have businesses and organizations across the city collaborate to raise awareness about climate change.
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| REGISTER: ‘Elections and Insurrections: Attacks on Democracy in the U.S. and Brazil’ |
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In partnership with the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies, the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy will host Brazilian historian and journalist Dr. Thiago Krause and former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Michael McKinley to discuss similarities between the Jan. 8 insurrection in Brazil this year and the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
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| Global leader in medical technology to discuss public health inequities, better products at Engineering lecture April 4 |
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Krista Donaldson, BS’95, who directs Innovation to Impact at Stanford University’s Byers Center for Biodesign where her work focuses on ensuring design tools and processes are broadly applicable across global markets, will deliver the School of Engineering’s 2023 Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture on Tuesday, April 4, at 4:15 p.m. at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, in the Engineering and Science Building.
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| Impact Symposium to feature Tabitha Brown, Giancarlo Esposito, Shiza Shahid March 27–29 |
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Vanderbilt University’s 2023 Impact Symposium will feature actress and New York Times bestselling author Tabitha Brown; award-winning actor, director and arts and education advocate Giancarlo Esposito; and co-founder of Our Place and the Malala Fund Shiza Shahid. Each will speak on consecutive evenings March 27–29 at 7 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. Tickets are free for the Vanderbilt community.
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| ‘Confronting Hate: Antisemitism and Racism’ panel is March 28 |
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Vanderbilt University will host a panel discussion, “Confronting Hate: Antisemitism and Racism,” on Tuesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room. The discussion will address the historical links between antisemitism and other forms of racism and their contemporary resonances in the United States today.
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| TEDxVanderbiltUniversity is April 18; register to attend now |
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Vanderbilt Human Resources’ Employee Learning and Engagement team is hosting the seventh annual TEDxVanderbiltUniversity on Tuesday, April 18. This year’s event will take place in Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music.
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| Resources available for women’s and gender-related emotional and physical health |
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March is national Women’s History Month, a time to acknowledge, reflect and honor the many achievements of women. Vanderbilt’s Office of Health and Wellness is reminding the university community of resources available to help address women’s and gender-related health challenges.
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| Women’s History Month event series underway |
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Vanderbilt is celebrating Women’s History Month in March with a series of events hosted by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center. The events will focus on the theme “Women Who Tell Our Stories,” which aims to celebrate the struggles and achievements of all women from every background.
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| Vanderbilt celebrates Disability Awareness Month in March |
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Vanderbilt University is celebrating Disability Awareness Month in March, with more than 10 campus partners and organizations collaborating on a series of events aimed at raising awareness and appreciating the contributions of the disability community.
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