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Members of VSG, Dores Divest, DivestVU meet with administrators to discuss fossil fuel divestment

Members of VSG, Dores Divest, DivestVU meet with administrators to discuss fossil fuel divestment

On June 16, several members of VSG, Dores Divest and DivestVU met with Anders Hall, vice chancellor for investments and chief investment officer, and Eric Kopstain, vice chancellor for administration, to discuss the movement for Vanderbilt to divest from fossil fuels.

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Divestment Activists win $1000 Climate Hub Award

Divestment Activists win $1000 Climate Hub Award

The Climate Hub Awards recognize undergraduate and graduate students and student teams who have completed exceptional projects on any subject in climate science and relationships between climate and society. The Climate Hub is an arm of the Climate and Society Grand Challenge.

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Dores Divest hosts Earth Day ‘oil spill’ demonstration in front of Library Lawn

Dores Divest hosts Earth Day ‘oil spill’ demonstration in front of Library Lawn

Members of Dores Divest, student volunteers and around 40 student spectators gathered around the Harold Stirling Vanderbilt statue in front of Library lawn at 1:30 p.m. CDT for an “Earth Day Oil Spill” demonstration.

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Dores Divest Protest Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment Closing

Dores Divest Protest Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment Closing

Students from Dores Divest met late in the night Sunday, Mar. 14, to post flyers in prominent areas around campus in response to a Vanderbilt Hustler article announcing that the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment (VIEE) would be permanently closing on June 30.

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