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Vanderbilt expands paid parental leave, reproductive health resources to broaden support for university community |
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Vanderbilt is expanding paid parental leave for Vanderbilt staff and adding a new coordinator role that will be responsible for providing information, support and reproductive health resources for pregnant and parenting students, faculty, staff and postdocs.
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VU experts to speak during reproductive health town hall Aug. 10 |
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Hear from members of Vanderbilt’s university-wide task force about the legal and medical implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and how the task force is working to address the decision’s impact on the Vanderbilt community. The event is at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10.
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Frist Center for Autism and Innovation wins NSF grant to support neurodiverse engineering students in their education, careers |
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Vanderbilt School of Engineering’s Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, working in partnership with Fisk University, has won a $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a system of programs to support neurodiverse students in engineering majors and careers.
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s new residential faculty: Renã A.S. Robinson |
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Vanderbilt’s undergraduate houses and colleges are led by faculty who live in community with students. Meet the new faculty head of Murray House, Renã A.S. Robinson, professor of chemistry.
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Undergraduates: Annual parking permits available Aug. 9 |
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Vanderbilt University offers a variety of parking and transportation options to best fit your individual needs. Learn more about the different types of parking permits available and other important information.
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Fall Undergraduate Research Fair set for
Sept. 8; student proposals now open |
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The fall 2022 Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Student Life Center’s Commodore Ballroom from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Students who have completed research while undergraduates at Vanderbilt are encouraged to apply.
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Students invited to submit Vanderbilt Sesquicentennial Grant proposals |
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As Vanderbilt prepares to mark its sesquicentennial—the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding—in 2023, a new program will support exploration of the university’s past and future. The Office of the Chancellor is launching the Sesquicentennial Grant Program to fund activities and projects that engage with the university’s history, look to its future and explore what makes Vanderbilt distinctive and unique.
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Prisca Mojica Rodriguez, MDiv’15:
Rebel writer |
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Alumna Prisca Mojica Rodriguez rebuilt the framework for understanding her identity after enrolling at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Now as a published author, she speaks at colleges and universities around the country and continues to monitor “Latina Rebels,” an Instagram account she started while at VDS, that now numbers more than 200,000 followers and functions as a place to question and explore the complexities of Latinidad.
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Shipping items for student move-in?
Follow this guidance |
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Vanderbilt Mail Services is working to ensure a smooth transition for both first-year and returning students ahead of move-in for the 2022-23 academic year. In an effort to streamline the package shipping and distribution process, a number of enhancements have been planned to assist students and parents with move-in.
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Kensington Place between Natchez Trace,
25th Avenue South to close |
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Kensington Place between Natchez Trace and 25th Avenue South will close on Monday, Aug. 8, as part of construction for the upcoming Vandy United projects in the Athletics Neighborhood.
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Two new intersections to be installed on
South Drive |
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To increase pedestrian safety between the Peabody College campus and the Village at Vanderbilt apartments and townhomes, stop signs have been added to South Drive to create two new intersections. Vanderbilt University Public Safety encourages community members who drive on campus to be aware of pedestrians in this area.
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