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December 14, 2023
BELONGING
Sydney Savion named Vanderbilt’s inaugural vice chancellor for people, culture and belonging
Sydney M. Savion
Sydney M. Savion, an international leader in workforce development, organizational culture and employee-centered learning, is the first vice chancellor for people, culture and belonging at Vanderbilt University. Her first day on campus will be Jan. 29, 2024. Read More
RESEARCH
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research joins Discovery Vanderbilt; Calipari appointed director
Series of de-lipidated (“cleared”) brains imaged using light sheet microscopy to reveal neural circuits marked by viral tracing strategies.
The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, led by Erin Calipari, advances research to understand how addiction and substance use disorder develops in the brain. VCAR’s goals are to develop new pharmaceutical strategies and to destigmatize addiction as a personal failing. Read More
MLK DAY
Khalil Ekulona, host of WPLN’s ‘This Is Nashville,’ to speak at Vanderbilt’s 2024 MLK Day Commemorative Event
Khalil Ekulona poses for a photograph in the WPLN studio
Ekulona will be the keynote speaker for Vanderbilt University’s 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration. He will address the Vanderbilt community on Monday, Jan. 15, at 1:30 p.m. Read More
Class of 2024's Ari Sasson shows off the Vanderbilt I Solar Farm.
Did you know Vanderbilt University is completely carbon neutral? ☀️♻️
Watch as #VU2024’s Ari Sasson takes us behind the scenes of the Vanderbilt I Solar Farm providing clean energy to the electrical grid.
This Week at VU
 
Dec. 15, 2023
7 a.m.–6 p.m. • Sarratt Student Center Art Gallery (In-Person) / Vanderbilt Place (Drive-Through)
Turkey Toss
Dec. 16, 2023
All day • Campus-wide
Fall Semester Ends
Upcoming Events
 
Dec. 22–Jan. 1 | University-Wide Winter Break
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Community Support
How to help: Join relief efforts for Tennessee tornado victims
 
Global
Kit Neikirk named Marshall Scholar; will study at University of Edinburgh and University College London
 
Employee Appreciation
REMINDER: Vanderbilt staff, faculty holiday discounts and giveaways available Dec. 15–18
 
Faculty Accolades
Daniel Fleetwood named distinguished National Academy of Inventors Fellow
 
Nashville & Community
Refugee journeys illuminated: A look at Vanderbilt’s partnership with nonprofit NICE
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VU in the News
 
The Tennessean: Bridgestone Americas and Vanderbilt University join forces for 'radical collaboration'
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier co-authored this opinion piece.
 
The Vanderbilt Hustler: Debrief with Diermeier: Balancing free speech and commitment to student safety
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is quoted.
 
New York Post: Google antitrust critics gain powerful weapon after judge blasts ‘disturbing’ destruction of evidence
Rebecca Haw Allensworth, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Professor and professor of law, is quoted.

Nashville Post: Q&A: Using artificial intelligence at Vanderbilt Law School
Cat Moon, lecturer of law and co-director and co-founder of the Vanderbilt AI Legal Lab, is quoted.
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