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  Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023  
 
 
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Vanderbilt Campus Dining launches Get Well Meals; program to support sick students
 
Get Well Meals is designed to provide nourishing and comforting meals to students who are not feeling well, ensuring they receive the care and support they need when unable to visit campus dining halls.
 
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Outstanding Senior nominations open
 
The Outstanding Senior Award recognizes an exceptional graduating student who has gone above and beyond to build a better Vanderbilt campus. Nominations are due by Friday, Sept. 29.
 
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Celebrate Diverse ‘Dores Day TODAY
 
Diverse ’Dores Day, which allows students, staff, faculty and postdoctoral scholars to learn more about support and services offered to Vanderbilt’s diverse population, is today, Sept. 20, until 6 p.m. The event will end at Alumni Lawn with music, giveaways, treats from local restaurants and custom-made shirts.
 
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Vanderbilt joins The Precisionists, other employers in creating careers for 500 neurodiverse individuals in Nashville
 
Vanderbilt University and the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt are collaborating with The Precisionists, Inc., a Wilmington, Delaware-based company that assesses, trains and employs neurodiverse adults to carry out project-based consulting work. TPI anticipates steady growth in Nashville and plans to create more than 500 local jobs for adults with autism and neurodiversities within the next three to five years.
 
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History of early Cherokee, Chickasaw students explored in library exhibit; conversation this Thursday
 
Vanderbilt Law School professor Daniel Sharfstein will host a conversation with the National Trail of Tears Association’s Tory Wayne Poteete and the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Charles Tate on Thursday, Sept. 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room. They will discuss research that contributed to Cherokee and Chickasaw Students at Vanderbilt, 1885–1899, an exhibit on display at Central Library through Sept. 29.
 
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Annual Student Service Fair is Sept. 27
 
The Student Service Fair will bring more than 35 community partners, organizations and agencies with a variety of missions to Vanderbilt to interact with students who want to get more involved with the Nashville community.
 

Take Note

ISSS seeking proposals for World on Wednesdays program

Unlock the full power of AI with Vanderbilt’s second free ChatGPT online course

Vandy Cooks with Faculty: ‘Chinese Cuisine’ Sept. 20

Applications for James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements Fellows Grant open through Sept. 29

Nominations sought for annual Levi Watkins, Jr. M.D. awards; 2023 lecture is Oct. 24

 

Coming Up

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  Student Center for Social Justice & Identity hosts Latin American & Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff
· SEP ·
20
  Data Science Institute hosts ‘Analytics for All with AI’
· SEP ·
22
  Vanderbilt to host Symposium on Universities, Cities and Communities Sept. 21–22
· SEP ·
26
  Vanderbilt, Nashville Children’s Theatre bring life of Perry Wallace to the stage Sept. 7-26
· SEP ·
27
  Save the date for Flulapalooza
· SEP ·
27
  Discuss ‘What Is Unity?’ at next Unity Dinner
· SEP ·
27
  REGISTER: “Ask an Economist: Where Are We Now?” hosted by the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy
· SEP ·
29
  Webinar on ‘U.S. News’ rankings methodologies for students, families, alumni

 

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Vanderbilt in the News
 
Education Week: School police officers should do more than just surveil and control. Here’s how
 
Rich Milner, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Education and professor of leadership, policy and organizations, authored this piece.
 
BBC: Diamonds and diplomacy: How ex-US Ambassador Richard Olson fell from grace
 
Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, is quoted.
 
Tennessean: Spring Hill United Auto Workers braced to strike; ‘I pray GM does what’s right’
 
Josh White, assistant professor of finance, is quoted.
 
Financial Times: The Biden administration takes on the US drugs industry
 
Stacie Dusetzina, professor of health policy, is quoted.
 
Scientific American: Here’s how to actually keep kids and teens safe online
 
Pamela Wisniewski, Flowers Family Chancellor Faculty Fellow and associate professor of computer science, is quoted.
 
Tennessean: How will Tennessee’s 2024 US Senate race play out? The battle is already underway
 
John Geer, senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
 
Science News: Scientists have two ways to spot gravitational waves. Here are some other ideas
 
Karan Jani, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
 
The Economist: In America, lots of usable organs go unrecovered or get binned
 
Seth Karp, H. William Scott Jr. Professor and professor of surgery, is quoted.
 
The Conversation: US autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered
 
Joshua Murray, assistant professor of sociology, authored this piece.
 
The Independent: Updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna rolled out nationwide: Latest
 
William Schaffner, professor of health policy, is quoted. Health and Medscape published related articles featuring Schaffner.
 
 
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