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| Vanderbilt honors James Lawson with new institute |
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Vanderbilt Divinity School and the College of Arts and Science will honor one of the university’s most revered alumni with the launch of the James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements.
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| Vanderbilt announces demolition of final Carmichael Towers buildings to continue residential colleges progress |
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After delaying demolition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vanderbilt is moving forward with its plan to demolish the Carmichael Towers East residence halls with a controlled implosion on Saturday, July 31, to make way for a new residential college in the West End Neighborhood.
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| Hornberger retires; working group begins planning for future of climate, environment and energy education, research and advocacy at VU |
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George Hornberger, an established leader in the fields of water resources and sustainability and director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment, retired June 30. In preparation of his retirement, the Office of the Provost launched the Climate, Environment and Energy Futures Working Group to evaluate and plan for the future of energy, environment and climate research and advocacy at the university.
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| Vanderbilt-led tutoring program promotes patterning skills in preschool students |
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Researchers from Peabody College have developed a new tutoring protocol to help preschoolers better recognize patterns, which is a key skill in mathematics.
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| Nobel laureate Doudna will give Discovery Lecture tomorrow |
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Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, winner of the 2020 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, will deliver the next web-based Discovery Lecture on Thursday, July 22. Doudna is recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the co-development of the revolutionary genome editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9. |
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| Faculty invited to apply for 2021-22 SEC travel program grants by July 23 |
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Vanderbilt University faculty are encouraged to submit applications to the 2021–22 Southeastern Conference Faculty Travel Program. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Friday, July 23.
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| Support USAC’s Jingle in July, a fundraiser for the Faculty and Staff Hardship Fund |
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The University Staff Advisory Council invites the Vanderbilt community to participate in Jingle in July, a fundraiser for the Faculty and Staff Hardship Fund. The hardship fund provides assistance to qualifying Vanderbilt faculty and staff who are experiencing a temporary hardship due to a significant life event.
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| Occupational Health now offering walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations |
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The Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine to Vanderbilt faculty, staff and postdoctoral scholars on a walk-in basis. Those who need their first or second dose of the Pfizer vaccine may walk in to the Occupational Health Clinic vaccination location on the sixth floor of the Medical Arts Building.
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| Apply for expanded daily parking program now; annual parking permits available in August |
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Vanderbilt will offer an expanded daily parking program for approximately 1,600 faculty, staff, postdocs and graduate and professional students this fall. In addition, Parking Services will continue to offer annual parking permits for the 2021–22 academic year.
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| Upgraded website for EdAssist, university’s tuition benefit administrator, coming soon |
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EdAssist, the university’s tuition benefit program administrator, is being upgraded and will feature a fresh, new design that is more intuitive than the previous version.
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