Balser Speaks on State of the Medical Center

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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

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