GLOBAL BRANDEIS COVERING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7 - 13, 2009 Home       Office of Global Affairs       Blog       Submit your event       Brochure       Contact Us       Subscribe EVENTS Campus Events TMI*: Social Justice in the Age of Facebook (*TMI: Too Much Information) Thursday and Friday Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library Guest speakers include Charles Nesson (Harvard Law School), Samuel J. Klein (One Laptop per Child), Tracy Mitrano (Cornell), and Jeffrey Scheuer (author). I. Is the Internet a Human Right? Thursday | 2 - 3:30 p.m. II. Free to be Excellent? The Costs of Being Informed in a Digital Age Thursday | 3:45 - 5:15 p.m. III. Technology is Neither Good nor Bad, Only Thinking Makes It So Thursday | 6:30 - 8 p.m. IV. Does Digital Deepen the Divide? Friday | 9 - 11 a.m. V. The Student Verdict Friday | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Read More Roundtable Discussion on the Confirmation Hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor Thursday | 5:30 p.m. DuBois Lounge (Rabb 119) Conversation on the hearings and their global implications with professors Richard Gaskins, Anita Hill, and James Mandrell. Read More Global Event Highlights 09-10 Pluralism & Social Action September 11 World Peace Vigil Friday | 12:10 p.m. Peace Memorial, back of Usdan Read More Department Gatherings Anthropology Picnic Friday | 4 - 5 p.m. Lawn between Brown and Pearlman buildings (rain loc: Schwartz lobby) Meet majors and minors and learn more about the anthropology department. Free ice cream. Read More NEWS Does new technology require a new ethics? In conjunction with the "TMI" event next week (see left), Ethical Inquiry explores the changing relationship of technology and society. Read More. Brandeis in the world: Visit to Al-Quds University Extended coverage of the May 2009 visit -- part of the on-going Al-Quds University-Brandeis University Partnership. Short-term faculty exchanges in business, political science, and psychology What is good mentoring? The Justice: "A Glimpse of Life Behind the Wall" by Garrett Nada '10 and Jared Hirsh '10 NAFSA's International Educator features the May 2009 student visit and Brandeis lecturer Mitra Shavarini (PAX) Partnership home page ALSO OF INTEREST: Students Crossing Boundaries blogs A global arts season Take a trip around the world through new and updated work from the Brandeis Theater Company, Lydian String Quartet, and others. Playwright Rogelio Martinez's new "Cocktail time in Cuba" at Brandeis Global collaborations highlight 09-10 concert season Arts @ Brandeis calendar News recaps International Business School (IBS) visits Madrid Heller MA student in Haiti (blog) All global news Campus Resources Global Brandeis Portal Areas of Study International Students and Scholars Office Office of Study Abroad Global Studies Program Hiatt Career Center - International Experiential Learning OPPORTUNITIES Info Sessions & Fairs Study Abroad Info Session Tuesday | 4 p.m. Usdan 122 Your first step to studying abroad. Read More Save the Date: "Go Away" Study Abroad Fair 9/17 | 1 - 4 p.m. Levin Ballroom Meet providers and program reps from all over the world at this annual fall event. Read More Workshops Brandeis Pluralism Alliance Grant Workshop Thursday | 5 - 6 p.m. Shapiro CC 313 Are you or your student club/organization interested in organizing a project or event that promotes issues of pluralism and identity at Brandeis? RSVP to lgrasso@brandeis.edu by Wednesday, Sept. 9. Read More Deadlines Study Abroad spring 2010 and calendar year 2010 application deadline 9/30 at noon Copyright © 2009 Office of Global Affairs at Brandeis University | All rights reserved.

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