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  Monday, Dec. 5, 2022  
 
 
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UCC hosts pre-finals self-care week Dec. 5–9
 
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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Student Care Network and Headspace offer webinar on change and anxiety Dec. 7
 
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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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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Information session for Keegan Traveling Fellowship is today
 
The application period for the Michael B. Keegan Traveling Fellowship opens on Monday, Dec. 5. The Office of Undergraduate Education will host two information sessions for all who are interested in applying.
 
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MoveVU to offer training for Lyft passes and excursion planning for classes, clubs, more Dec. 6
 
Vanderbilt has a preferred partnership with Lyft to offer a flexible transportation option for faculty, staff and students using ridehail services while conducting official university business. Program leaders must attend a training session hosted by VU staff about the Lyft dashboard.
 
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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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Two Vanderbilt faculty win ‘TIME’ Best Inventions of 2022
 
Two Vanderbilt University faculty who conducted translational research have received the distinction of Best Invention of 2022 from TIME magazine. 
 
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10 years on Nashville’s Love Circle: Vanderbilt is a high-tech neighbor
 
Local visitors to Nashville’s scenic Love Circle may be accustomed to sharing the one-of-a-kind skyline view with a high-tech neighbor: a wind turbine and a solar panel array installed by Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering that sends energy back to the city’s power grid.
 
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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 of the Vice Provost 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

Clinton Global Initiative University info session is
Dec. 8


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
 
Nashville Ledger: Vanderbilt ranked a top ‘green’ college
 
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is quoted.
 
CNN: Opinion: The lost meaning of ‘gaslighting’ is an alarm bell, constantly ringing
 
Nicole Hemmer, associate professor of history, authored this opinion piece.
 
Chicago Tribune: Ashna Arora and Panka Bencsik: Chicago program aims to reduce substance abuse—without punishment
 
Panka Bencsik, assistant professor of medicine, health and society, co-authored this opinion piece.
 
Science: As some hail new antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s, safety and benefit questions persist
 
Matthew Schrag, assistant professor of neurology, is quoted.
 
NBC News: Jargon alert: How doctors speak could cause ‘harm’ for patients
 
William Schaffner, professor of health policy and professor of medicine, is quoted.
 
Scientific American: Pigeon neurons use much less energy than those of mammals
 
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, associate professor of psychology, is quoted.
 
The Economist: Recent left-wing triumphs in Latin America may prove short-lived
 
Noam Lupu, associate professor of political science and associate director of LAPOP, is quoted.
 
Healthline: How honey can help lower your blood sugar and triglyceride levels
 
Jamie Pope, adjunct assistant professor of nursing, is quoted.
 
Forbes: Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards $60 million for colleges to improve science education
 
Katherine Friedman, associate professor of biological sciences, is quoted.
 
Loisir Magazine: The grolar bear, a hybrid species that continues to increase​
 
Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of biological sciences, is quoted.
 
The Hechinger Report: With little federal support for families, states are stepping up
 
Cynthia Osborne, professor of leadership, policy and organizations, is quoted.
 
Becker’s Hospital Review: Vanderbilt earns Magnet redesignation
 
C. Wright Pinson, professor of surgery and deputy CEO and chief health system officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is quoted.
 
 
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