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  Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022  
 
 
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Dining survey open; provide feedback on meal plans, food quality, more
 
In an effort to measure student satisfaction, Vanderbilt Campus Dining is conducting its semiannual Dining Survey throughout December. Students can provide feedback about meal plans, customer service and food quality.
 
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Student Care Network and Headspace offer webinar today on change and anxiety
 
The Student Care Network and the online wellness platform Headspace will offer a webinar, “An Introduction to Approaching Change and Anxiety with Mindfulness,” on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 5:30 to 6 p.m. The webinar is open to all undergraduate, graduate and professional students at Vanderbilt.
 
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UCC hosts pre-finals self-care week through Dec. 9
 
Join the University Counseling Center for a week filled with fun and relaxing activities to help you de-stress before finals.
 
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Heard Libraries offer resources for peaceful studying
 
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries are now offering noise-cancelling headphones available for checkout. Each set comes with everything you need to connect and charge them.
 
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Clinton Global Initiative University accepting VU student applications for 2023 cohort; deadline is Dec. 16
 
Vanderbilt University is encouraging all interested students to apply for the Clinton Global Initiative University’s 2023 cohort. CGI U is a unique opportunity to connect aspiring student leaders with leading experts in business, technology and social impact.
 
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VU graduate student examines Aspergillus genus virulence as part of multi-university study
 
Annie Hatmaker, along with a team of researchers including her adviser, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biological Sciences Antonis Rokas, recently published a study identifying the differences in virulence among Aspergillus species, a common human-pathogenic genus of fungi.
 
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Vanderbilt University, VUMC faculty named Highly Cited Researchers, rank in top 1 percent by citations
 
Experts from the Institute for Scientific Information identified 13 faculty at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center as among the top one percent of cited researchers worldwide.
 
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New biological safety team supports VU researchers, institutional biosafety committee
 
As a next step in the university’s ongoing drive to establish its Environmental Health and Safety department, Vanderbilt has created a new biological safety team and has transitioned all biological safety support from Vanderbilt University Medical Center as of Nov. 30.
 
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Graduate and professional students: Apply by Dec. 20 for January daily parking garage access; updated parking calculator can evaluate your needs
 
Commuting needs change over time. MoveVU’s updated parking calculator, with the added feature of specifying your number of weeks on campus, can help determine which parking option may be best for you.
 
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Join an evening Language Table in Vanderbilt dining halls  
 
Campus Dining is deepening the spirit of community in residential dining by hosting weekly “Language Tables in the Residential Colleges” in partnership with the College of Arts and Science, the Office for Undergraduate Education and the Center for Languages. 
 
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Vanderbilt launches online holiday gift guide; shop now
 
Let the online Vanderbilt Holiday Gift Guide be your one-stop shop for treating everyone on your “nice” list this season.
 

 

Health & Safety Updates

Davidson County COVID community level medium

VU community encouraged to practice healthy behaviors; new omicron-specific boosters available

 

Take Note

Memorial for Emily Sotelo is Dec. 7

Data Science Institute offers AI Winter Intensive Workshop Jan. 3–6

Faculty, staff, students and alumni invited to submit proposals for spring cycle of Vanderbilt Sesquicentennial Grant

Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery image collection now available on Wikimedia

AI deep learning class open to graduate students, seniors

Participants sought for study on consumption of nuts to reduce abdominal fat, metabolic syndrome

Participants sought for brain-based learning enhancement research

 

Coming Up

· DEC ·
9
  Master of Public Health program information session
· DEC ·
12
  Wellons to give Flexner Deans’ Lecture

 

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Vanderbilt in the News
 
The Guardian: The sleep switch: The hormone supplement sending Australian children to sleep
 
Beth Malow, Burry Professor and professor of neurology, is quoted.
 
USA Today: Where did mpox go? Here’s what brought down cases of disease formerly known as monkeypox.
 
William Schaffner, professor of health policy and professor of medicine, is quoted.
 
HuffPost: Three ways the new primary calendar could change the nominating process
 
Larry Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
 
Barron’s: How far should you walk to improve your health? You won’t like the answer.
 
Evan Brittain, associate professor of medicine, is quoted.
 
Education Week: Incarcerated LGBTQ youth are struggling. Here’s how bad it is
 
Kirsty Clark, assistant professor of medicine, health and society, is quoted.
 
The New York Times: How to spot flu symptoms in children
 
James Antoon, assistant professor of pediatrics, is quoted.
 
The Washington Post: Jimmy V Classic more than game for Iowa’s Patrick McCaffery
 
Vivian Weiss, assistant professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology, is quoted.
 
 
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