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Secure Dores initiative to enhance safety on campus |
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The Division of Administration will complete a project this summer to enhance the security of university buildings and enable Vanderbilt University Public Safety to monitor exterior-facing doors on campus.
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Vanderbilt expands investments in staff; search for inaugural vice chancellor for people, culture and belonging underway |
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Vanderbilt University is doubling down on its investments in its staff with the launch of an international search for a new vice chancellor for people, culture and belonging. This expanded role will bring together key operational activities that impact the staff experience, including hiring, staff development, equal opportunity and access, health and wellness programs and belonging initiatives.
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Vanderbilt celebrates Juneteenth with faculty discussion, educational events |
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Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion André L. Churchwell hosted a discussion with faculty members about the history and importance of Juneteenth in observance of the federal holiday. In addition to the conversation, on June 16 the Black Cultural Center hosted Vanderbilt’s annual event celebrating the holiday. “Juneteenth: Celebration of Freedom” featured several Black-owned food trucks, the rhythmic sounds of Nature’s Drummers, a DJ and numerous interactive and educational games.
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Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory hosts ‘Meet the Astronomer’ event June 30 |
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Vanderbilt University researchers are scheduled to reveal an exciting update in the realm of pulsars and gravitational waves from National Science Foundation headquarters on June 29. On June 30, they will return to Nashville to share what they found and what the discovery means for our future understanding of the cosmos.
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Limón Dance Company to host free outdoor movement class June 23 |
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The Limón Dance Company, which is in residency at Blair School of Music June 20 – July 1, is hosting a free, open-to-the-public outdoor movement class on Magnolia Lawn June 23 at 5 p.m. Limón’s regular classes in New York City’s Bryant Park have become popular events and the dancers look forward to bringing this experience to Nashville. Come ready to move!
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Celebrate Pride with events all month |
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In celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, Vanderbilt is inviting members of the university community to events offered this June through the K.C. Potter Center and the Glammadores LGBTQIA+ Employee Affinity Group, as well as community partners across Nashville.
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Section of Natchez Trace to close starting June 19 for infrastructure project |
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The section of Natchez Trace between Kensington Place and Jess Neely Drive will be closed beginning Monday, June 19, until November. This closure is part of Phase 2 of Vanderbilt University’s Central Utilities Initiative, which supports construction projects in the Frist Athletics Village.
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Vanderbilt community invited to make suggestions for new campus time capsule |
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A campus survey is now available for the Vanderbilt community to make suggestions on what a new campus time capsule should contain. Ideas are now being collected to fill the shoe box–sized box with meaningful relics from life at Vanderbilt today.
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