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8 things you need to know this week |
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WATCH: Vanderbilt community invited to honor Juneteenth with faculty discussion and celebration today |
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In celebration of Juneteenth at Vanderbilt, the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center offer opportunities to honor and celebrate Juneteenth.
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CDC upgrades Davidson County to ‘high’ COVID community level; Vanderbilt to follow CDC guidance |
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Vanderbilt University will temporarily reinstate indoor masking protocols as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently upgraded Davidson County’s COVID community level to “high” due to rising hospitalization numbers.
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Record 20 Vanderbilt students and alumni named Fulbright Scholars |
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The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for 2022-23, with a record 20 Vanderbilt University students and alumni winning the prestigious awards. In addition to the 20 new Fulbright Scholars, four Vanderbilt seniors have been selected as alternates and 32 students and alumni earned recognition as semifinalists.
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Vanderbilt rocket team earns 2022 NASA Student Launch Project award |
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The Vanderbilt rocket team has won the coveted NASA Student Launch Project Review Award for best documentation of a project’s progress through 2021-22.
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Class of 2022 graduate honored by American Enterprise Institute |
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Jacob Schroeder, a member of Vanderbilt University’s Class of 2022, has been recognized by the American Enterprise Institute with an honorable mention in its Academic Awards Programs for Civil Discourse in Public Policy.
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Celebrate Pride Month with events planned on campus, across Nashville |
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In celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, Vanderbilt is inviting members of the university community to several events offered this June through the K.C. Potter Center and the Glammadores LGBTQIA+ Employee Affinity Group, as well as Pride Month events across Nashville.
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Vanderbilt Humphrey Fellow witnesses human toll of war in Ukraine, hopes for peace as atrocities continue |
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Former Ukrainian government minister Anna Novosad is creating educational opportunities for those navigating life in a war zone. She will share her experiences at a June 23 virtual event open to the Vanderbilt community.
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Do your part to help conserve energy during heat wave |
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With temperatures expected to reach over 100 degrees in the Nashville area, the Vanderbilt University Facilities Department is asking faculty, staff and students to help reduce their energy consumption over the next two weeks.
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