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  • Vanderbilt University

    VUCast: Four Stories to Inspire!

    This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast highlighting research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: Next Steps: Redefining “team effort” A student’s mission to save lives becomes reality A surgeon teaches compassion through memories Rascal Flatts brings harmony to sick children [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Dec 16, 2011

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    Pasi Sahlberg: “Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?”

    Watch video of Pasi Sahlberg speaking Dec. 9 on “Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?” The talk is part of the Peabody Research Office (PRO) brown bag lunch lecture series. These are informal presentations featuring research innovations at Peabody or other areas in the university. Read More

    Dec 16, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    BLACK…GOLD…ELVIS

    If the King is All IN, shouldn’t you be? Spend New Year’s Eve watching the Commodores in Elvis’s hometown — Memphis — at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. It’s a win-win. Check out all the action at Bowl Central. [vucastblurb]  … Read More

    Dec 13, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Green Bag Luncheon Series: Utility Savings at Home and at Work

    Watch the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and the American Studies Sustainability Project‘s Dec. 7 installment of the Green Bag Luncheon Series. Dave Parker, green building consultant and LEED AP, discusses easy and efficient ways to save energy, water and money in both your home and office environments. Read More

    Dec 12, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUCast Newscast: Do little kids learn from “educational” videos?

    This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast  highlighting  research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: Do little kids learn from “educational” videos? New research gives answers. Why a Vanderbilt expert says the new Wal-Mart sex discrimination lawsuits will fail. Meet this year’s Commencement weekend speaker. [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Dec 9, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Chancellor’s bowl challenge

    Watch Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos’s New Year’s Eve BOWLing message to you. [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Dec 9, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Ms. Cheap: Frugal yet purposeful holiday gift giving

    Watch video of Nashville celeb and Tennessean columnist Ms. Cheap, Mary Hance, speaking Dec. 8 on frugal yet purposeful holiday giving. Her talk was sponsored by Community Connections and Health Plus. Contact: community.connections@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

    Dec 9, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Robert Talisse: “Faith in Democracy”

    Watch video from the December 7 Thinking Out of the Lunchbox event featuring Robert Talisse, professor of philosophy, speaking on “Faith in Democracy.” Citizens in a democratic society share political power as equals. This equality entails that the exercise of political power is legitimate only when it can be justified by… Read More

    Dec 8, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    E.P. Thompson’s “The Making of the English Working Class”

    Watch Professors Geoff Eley of the University of Michigan and Steven Hahn of the University of Pennsylvania speak during the Dec. 5 Vanderbilt History Seminar about E.P. Thompson’s “The Making of the English Working Class.”  … Read More

    Dec 6, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUCast Extra: Celebrate, Celebrate!

    Watch fans’ reactions and more at bowl game celebration.   [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Dec 5, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    21st Century Democracy: Opening Up The Political Process To All Voters

    Watch video of a forum discussing a new nominating process for 2012 presidential election. Americans Elect is providing voters the opportunity to directly nominate a presidential candidate outside the two-party system for the 2012 presidential election. Through AmericansElect.org, every registered voter can sign up to become a delegate and participate. Read More

    Dec 2, 2011

  • John Seigenthaler speaking at the First Amendment Center on the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. (Vanderbilt University)

    John Seigenthaler: 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights

    Watch video of John Seigenthaler of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt speaking during a celebration of the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. Seigenthaler, founder of the First Amendment Center and chairman emeritus at The Tennessean, spoke Nov. 28. The Bill of Rights was ratified on Dec. 15,… Read More

    Nov 29, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    WE’RE GOING BOWLing!

    Time to bleed black and gold, remember magic win # 6 and celebrate our football team. Go to Bowl Central for all your bowl information. [vucastblurb]    … Read More

    Nov 29, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    The Road to the “Arab Spring”: The Changing Arab World and American Reactions

    Watch videos from the class “The Road to the “The Arab Spring”: The Changing Arab World and American Reactions,” taught by William S. Longwell, senior lecturer in history, Vanderbilt University, retired; and Thomas A. Schwartz, professor of history, political science, and European studies, Vanderbilt University. In the last year, we witnessed unprecedented… Read More

    Nov 22, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    “Public Education: Searching for the Best”

    Watch videos of the class “Public Education—Searching for the Best.” Can we count on Metro to educate our children and grandchildren for the future? How is education changing to meet the goals of a diverse population? Topics covered in these videos include issues in education from early childhood through high… Read More

    Nov 22, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUCast: How we kill innovation

    This week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast  highlighting  research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: Six ways we kill innovation without even trying ElectionVU expert analyzes the GOP frontrunner Commodore baseball players show their best side [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Nov 21, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Do we still need record labels? A global debate

    Watch a distinguished panel of business and academic experts discuss the viability of record labels in the digital age during the first Vanderbilt-Melbourne Global Debate. The Nov. 15 debate was the first of an ongoing series born of Vanderbilt University’s partnership with The University of Melbourne. The debate… Read More

    Nov 21, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Green Bag Luncheon Series: Celebrating the holidays sustainably

    The Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and the American Studies Sustainability Project sponsored the third installment of the Green Bag Luncheon Series on November 16. Watch video of SEMO staff discussing unique and creative ways you can reduce the environmental impact of your home and office holiday celebrations. Read More

    Nov 17, 2011

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    Francis Fukuyama: “The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution”

    Watch video of Stanford professor Francis Fukuyama, the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) and resident in FSI’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, speaking about his latest book, The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, Nov. Read More

    Nov 15, 2011

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    Andrew Foxwell: How Technology Can Improve Political Dialogue

    Watch video of Andrew Foxwell speaking Nov. 14 about the impact of technological advances on dialogue. Andrew Foxwell is the Marketing and New Media Director for iConstituent, a Washington D.C.-based company that works with over half of the United States Congress, focusing on improved online strategy, outreach and advocacy to… Read More

    Nov 15, 2011