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What’s going on at Vanderbilt on Monday, Sep. 9, 2013

Vanderbilt University and University of Maryland join forces to offer MOOC sequence on mobile app development

Vanderbilt University and the University of Maryland have teamed up to introduce a new approach to massive open online courses, or MOOCs – a two-part, sequenced course offered through the digital learning platform Coursera.

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Two Vanderbilt professors part of PBS series ‘Brains on Trial’

Research conducted at Vanderbilt is featured in "Brains on Trial with Alan Alda," a two-part televised series airing Sept. 11 and Sept. 18 on PBS that explores how the growing ability to separate truth from lies may radically affect the way criminal trials are conducted in the future.

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‘Vicar of Baghdad’ to speak at VU on extraordinary ministry

Canon Andrew White, pastor of one of the largest churches in Iraq, will discuss "Faith and Leadership Under Fire in the Middle East" Sept. 12 at Vanderbilt University Divinity School as part of the Cal Turner Program Lecture Series.

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New lunchtime series will explore how to teach writing

“Teaching. Writing. Learning," a monthly lunchtime conversation series, is open to anyone who teaches writing at Vanderbilt.

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Read the latest issue of ‘Vanderbilt Magazine’ online

Read about Vanderbilt alumni making waves in the video game industry and more in the new summer issue.

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See winning photo in Global Education Office contest

The grand prize winner of the 2013 Global Education Office photo contest is a fun one: Nisha Khorasi’s “Making Camel Friends at the Great Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt.”

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Take Note

» Hear social psychologist Jonathan Haidt speak on politics and religion Sept. 9 and 10

» Nominations sought for Levi Watkins Jr. awards for students, faculty

» Register now for nursing leadership symposium

» SECURITY NOTICE: Indecent exposure

» Dayani Center to offer boot camp class packages

» Get discounted tickets to ‘Potted Potter,’ ‘Earnest,’ ‘Jersey Boys’ at TPAC

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HR News

» Walk or bike the greenways to get fit this fall

» Join the ‘Start!’ physical activity program

» Waist Management is now Vanderbilt Healthier You

» Wellcast: Preparing for a disaster

» Wellcast: Is a juice cleanse for you?

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Events

Sep. 09 — 12:05 p.m.
Robert Martineau to talk on environmental issues in Tennessee

Sep. 09 — 5:30 p.m.
Dinner and Data: "Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension"

Sep. 09 — 7:00 p.m.
The Righteous Mind with Jonathan Haidt

Sep. 10 — 12:00 p.m.
Flexner Dean's Lecture Series: "Finding the Personal in Personalized Medicine"

Sep. 11 — 10:30 a.m.
Love Your Heart Expo

Sep. 11 — 12:00 p.m.
Chris Hansen Talk: Insights from Four Decades at the ACLU

Sep. 11 — 12:00 p.m.
World on Wednesday: Project Pyramid

Sep. 12 — 11:00 a.m.
Hans Hinterreiter: A Theory of Form and Color exhibition closing

Sep. 12 — 5:00 p.m.
Canon Andrew White Talk: "Faith and Leadership Under Fire in the Middle East"

Sep. 12 — 7:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series: Deborah Eisenberg Reading

Sep. 12 — 7:30 p.m.
International Lens Film: Photographic Memory

Sep. 13 — 12:00 p.m.
Michael Newton Talk: The Syrian Conflict: A Conversation Over Current Controversies

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