Balser Speaks on State of the Medical Center
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Sept. 10, 2009
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TOP NEWS
Balser speaks on state of the medical center
Open Enrollment for benefits is Oct. 1-15
New pandemic influenza education module required for VUMC faculty/staff
Sept. 11 is National Day of Service and Remembrance
Fans Can Still Buy Football Season Tickets
Free Car Seat Checks offered Sept. 12 and 15
Forum: Is America postracial?, Sept. 16
Professor to lecture on life as embedded social scientist in Iraq Sept. 17
Miles and Music for Kids benefit to be held Oct. 11; Sign up now!
For more information and more top stories, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Prizes, music, food at Travel Fair Sept. 16
Gmail to be exclusive service for undergrads starting Oct. 2
Great Performances extends subscription package deadline
Hicks speaks Sept. 15 at Divinity School as part of Southern Folk Art Exhibit
Professor publishes book on politics of pharmaceutial trials
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health hosts an Open House Sept. 11
Heart Walk Silent Auction to be held Sept. 15
Southern Festival of Books looking for volunteers
For more announcements, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu.
EVENTS
THIS WEEK:
Sept. 10: Cal Turner Program: "Wooing Strange Bedfellows: Leading the Evangelical Coalition Against the Bomb"
Sept. 10: Discovery Lecture Series: Helen Hobbs
Sept. 10: Love & Responsibility Lecture Series - The Law of the Gift & the Temptation to Use
Sept. 10-12: Hey Florence! A Musical
Sept. 10: International Lens Film Series: "Quantum Hoops"
Sept. 11: "Leading the Church Amid Conflict: Exploring Alternatives to Arguing"
Sept. 11: Employee Celebration - Brown Bag Lunch Series: "Kids Heading Toward College?"
Sept. 11: Green Couture - Reception & Exhibit
Sept. 11: "Commercial Law and Practice in Maimonides' Code of Jewish Law, …" Mark R. Cohen
Sept. 11: "Hamsters and Parrots and Snakes Oh My: Using Evolutionary Relationship …" Laura Novick
Sept. 11: Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Open House
Sept. 11: Dyer Open House Telescope Night
Sept. 12: Employee Celebration - Garage Sale
Sept. 12: Survive & Thrive for Young Adult Cancer Survivors
NEXT WEEK:
Sep. 13: Blair - Music On Film
Sep. 14: "Imperial Commodities and the Search for a Modern Islam ..." Leor Halevi
Sep. 15: Employee Celebration Month Event - Cancer Survivorship …
Sep. 15: "Healthcare Reform and Emergency Medicine." Dr. David C. Seaberg
Sep. 15: Reception for Southern Folk and Outsider Art from the Collection of Robert Hicks
Sep. 16: Employee Health Screening
Sep. 16 & 17: Great Performances at Vanderbilt - Australia's Strange Fruit
Sep. 16: International Lens Film Series - "My Stepbrother is a Frankenstein …"
Sep. 17: Employee Celebration Month Events
Sep. 17: "Every Man's Struggle." Andy Garner
Sep. 17: Art Makes Place (Off Campus)
Sep. 17: Blair - Vanderbilt Orchestra/Vanderbilt Concert Winds
Sep. 18: Employee Celebration Month Events
Sep. 19: VU Football vs. Mississippi State
MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
Sep. 23-25: State of the Clinics Address
Sep. 24: Cal Turner Program Events
Sep. 29: "In Pursuit of Excellence On and Off the Field." Tiki Barber
Sep 30: Employee Celebration Month Event - Taste @ Vandy
FEATURED PODCASTS AND VIDEO THIS WEEK
Video: State of the Medical Center Address by Jeffrey Balser
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