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| Class of 2025 welcomed with cheers, words of advice at Founders Walk |
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The Vanderbilt community welcomed and celebrated first-year, transfer and Next Steps students at Founders Walk on Sunday, Aug. 22.
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| Vanderbilt welcomes Class of 2025 to campus for Move-In |
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A little rain didn’t stop Vanderbilt from welcoming the Class of 2025 to campus. The traditional first-year student Move-In event took place as students arrived on The Martha Ingram Commons on Saturday, Aug. 21.
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| A welcome message from G.L. Black, dean of students |
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G.L. Black, associate provost and dean of students, welcomes new and returning students to campus for the new academic year.
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| COVID health and safety protocols: Important reminders |
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Vanderbilt offers these important reminders about current COVID health and safety protocols as students, faculty and staff return to campus.
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| Tents return to campus lawns for outdoor gatherings |
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The Facilities Department is installing nine tents throughout campus for general use by the Vanderbilt community this fall. The tents are designed for individuals and groups to gather, share meals, conduct classes, socialize and more.
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| Asymptomatic testing program begins today |
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Beginning Monday, Aug. 23, individuals who are unvaccinated with an approved accommodation will be required to complete weekly asymptomatic COVID-19 testing at the university’s testing center. This decision comes as data shows that unvaccinated individuals are more likely to contract COVID-19 and that case counts are increasing in Nashville and surrounding communities.
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| Chancellor to host virtual event on the crisis in Afghanistan Aug. 26 |
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Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy will host a virtual panel Aug. 26 on the crisis in Afghanistan—a timely and exclusive discussion featuring Vanderbilt faculty historians and foreign policy experts and retired Lt. Gen. Scott A. Howell, former commander of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command.
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| COVID-19 antibody ‘cocktail’ discovered at VUMC protects chronically ill: study |
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A monoclonal antibody cocktail against the COVID-19 virus discovered at VUMC is the first non-vaccine modified to demonstrate the prevention of COVID-19 in a clinical trial of more than 5,000 participants. The antibody treatment could afford up to 12 months of protection from COVID-19, and preliminary laboratory findings also suggest that it can neutralize the delta variant. |
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| Royal Society award gives international exposure to work in polar sciences, computational mechanics |
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The School of Engineering’s work in polar and climate science, as well as computational mechanics, will get international exposure with a two-year travel grant from the Royal Society, the independent academic society of the United Kingdom, for a collaboration between a Vanderbilt faculty member and a professor in England.
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| Slump, not bump: Women leaders less likely than men to receive support following major terrorist attacks |
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Vanderbilt University research from Professor of Political Science Elizabeth Zechmeister shows that gendered beliefs about leadership mean that women heads of state are less likely than men to receive a bump in support after an international terrorist incident.
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| African Americans and stroke focus of Aug. 26 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture |
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Dawn Aycock, associate professor and director of the nursing Ph.D. program at Georgia State University’s Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, will discuss “Addressing Primary Stroke Prevention in African Americans” on Thursday, Aug. 26, at noon in the Nursing Annex, Room 155. The in-person lecture is free and open to the Vanderbilt community.
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| Vanderbilt launches multiyear agreements with select vendors for promotional products, awards |
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Vanderbilt University recently launched new multiyear agreements with a select group of vendors to supply all promotional products and awards to departments and student organizations at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, effective July 1.
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| Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair set for Sept. 30; student proposals now being accepted |
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The annual fall Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 30. A virtual fair will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. on Zoom, followed by an in-person event in the Student Life Center Commodore Ballroom from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Students who have completed research while an undergraduate at Vanderbilt are encouraged to apply.
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