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February 5, 2024
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Vanderbilt University 2024 undergraduate Commencement ceremony is at Geodis Park
The interior of Nashville's Geodis Park stadium, taken from the field.
The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be held rain or shine. Interactive activities will be set up inside and around the outside of the stadium to provide students and their guests with things to do before and after the ceremony. Read More
ACCOLADES
Blair faculty members win big at the Grammy Awards
Image background features a Grammy award with the Vanderbilt Blair School of Music logo to the right, and photos of Grammy-winning faculty Edgar Meyer and Dashon Burton overlay on the left.
It was a big night for Blair School of Music as faculty members Edgar Meyer and Dashon Burton added to their Grammy Award collections at the 66th annual ceremonies in Los Angeles. Read More
DIVINITY SCHOOL
Chaplains on the front lines: Vanderbilt Divinity degree equips VA/military chaplains for mental health care needs
Drawing of the U.S. Military Four Chaplains, commemorating the anniversary of the sinking of the United States Army Transport Dorchester and the selfless acts of four Army chaplains aboard during World War II.
Recognizing the significant suicidality, post-traumatic stress, depression and moral injury endured by active military and veteran populations, Vanderbilt Divinity School has partnered with Integrative Mental Health, a national program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, to prepare chaplains for contemporary care challenges. Read More
Video still of an image from the Slave Societies Digital Archive depicting three African men playing the drums.
WATCH: Historians Jane Landers and Daniel Genkins leverage artificial intelligence and computer science techniques to scan through thousands of historical documents to form the Slave Societies Digital Archive, the world’s largest collection of historical records of Africans in the Atlantic World.
This Week at VU
 
Feb. 6, 2024
5 p.m. • Langford Auditorium
Defending Our Democracy: Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney in Conversation with Jon Meacham (WAITLIST)
Feb. 7, 2024
5 p.m. • Owen Graduate School of Management
Executive Women in Leadership Panel: New Leadership Strategies for 2024
Feb. 10, 2024
8 p.m. • Ingram Hall
Vanderbilt University Orchestra Presents 'Crescere Aude,' a Sesquicentennial Celebration Performance
Upcoming Events
 
Feb. 1–29 | Black History Month Events

Feb. 13 | Student Affairs Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Kickoff: Reaffirming Our Creed & Values (Rescheduled)

Feb. 27 | Staff WAVE Council Speed Networking Event
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Latest Headlines
 
#VU2024
WATCH: Double ’Dore Cameron Robinson moves from football field to mission field
 
Human Resources
Form 1095-C now available online at My VU Benefits
 
Artificial Intelligence
Nominate a faculty member for the 2024 Innovation in Teaching award by Feb. 16
 
Athletics
Registration open for 2024 Clark Lea Football Youth Summer Camp
 
Take Note
Student Centers event reservation requests open for fall 2024, spring 2025
 
ICYMI
Athletics events may bring high volume of traffic to campus Feb. 6, 13
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VU in the News
 
Town & Country: Um, can we go back to class now?
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier is quoted.
 
TIME: Guns are not just a public health problem
Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor and professor of medicine, health and society, authored this opinion piece.
 
The Hill: Who wants Taylor Swift’s endorsement? Who wouldn’t, says former recipient
Jim Cooper, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, is quoted.

ESPN: How fears over CTE and football outpaced what researchers know
Douglas Terry, assistant professor of neurological surgery, is quoted.
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