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7 things you need to know this week |
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Vanderbilt, Let’s Vote: Make your voice heard on Election Day Aug. 3 |
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Early voting has begun and continues through Saturday, July 29, leading up to Election Day on Thursday, Aug. 3. Candidates for Nashville mayor and vice mayor, Metro Council, and Metro Council at-large are on the ballot.
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Vanderbilt student startup Bloom Health wins $120K investment prize to grow company influencing future of women’s health |
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Owen Graduate School of Management student, viral women’s health advocate and femtech startup co-founder Julia Schuller has won $120,000 from BIP Ventures, one of the Southeast’s largest and most active venture capital firms, to improve the standard for women’s health by providing access to reproductive education to women around the world.
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Four with a ‘Dore: Faeid Hassan |
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In the Four with a ‘Dore series, we’re getting to know Vanderbilt students four questions at a time. In today’s installment, meet Faeid Hassan from Queens, NY, a Class of 2025 student with majors in architecture and the built environment and art and a minor in business.
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Registration open for Aug. 3 ‘Unity Dinner: Race in America’ |
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This Unity Dinner will center on the project’s pillar “Race in America: Toward a Nation of Equality.” This pillar focuses on the historical and present-day impacts of racism in America and how we can work toward a more equal and just society.
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Peabody College students win third place at Global Map the System competition |
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Vanderbilt first-year students were among the top finalists in the global social innovation competition, with research focused on educational support for children with chronic illnesses in Nashville. They competed among 1,000 teams from 60 global universities.
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‘Voices of Mississippi’ immersive multimedia concert coming to Vanderbilt Sept. 15 |
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Voices of Mississippi is presented by the Vanderbilt Wilson Music Library. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 9 a.m. A limited number of complimentary tickets have been held for Vanderbilt University students, faculty and staff.
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Inclusive Book Group will discuss ‘Now Is Not the Time to Panic’ Aug. 9 |
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Vanderbilt’s Inclusive Book Group will meet Wednesday, Aug. 9, at noon to discuss the 2023-24 campus reading Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson.
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