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57 BizEd July/August 2014 CHOCHOWY/TH I N KSTOCK NEWSBYTES ■ COURSERA CEO In April, Rick Levin, former president of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, was named the new CEO of the MOOC platform Coursera. Levin led Yale's first online edu- cation initiatives, including partnerships with Stanford and Oxford universities; and the introduction of Open Yale Courses, which offer the public free access to recorded lectures of many of Yale's introductory courses. ■ MOOC-LINGUAL In other news from Coursera, the company has launched its Global Translator Com- munity (GTC), which will allow course participants to translate materials into their native languages. GTC was developed because more participants were providing subtitles to lectures on their own. Students interested in becoming translators can access the GTC portal at www.coursera.org/about/ translate, where translation projects and supporting partner language services companies are listed. ■ CROWD CAMPAIGNS The Haas School of Busi- ness at the University of California, Berkeley, has launched two crowdfund- ing platforms, including an internal one to raise funds for school organizations and efforts and an external one to support startups launched by the Haas community. The school already has raised US$100,000 for its student- managed Socially Respon- sible Investment Fund; $20,000 for Young Entrepre- neurs at Haas, which helps area high school students visit colleges in the region; and $25,000 for PlushCare, a startup that connects patients to physicians via email, phone, or online video chat. The platforms can be found at crowdfund.haas. berkeley.edu and indiegogo. com/partners/berkeley-haas, respectively. ■ ETHICAL APP The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University in California has created a new iPhone app called "Ethical Decision Making: A Practical Tool for Thinking Through Tough Choices." The free app guides users through a step- by-step process, including getting the facts and identi- fying the players. Then, they are presented with ques- tions that represent classic ethical approaches. Visit www.scu.edu/ethics/ethical- decision/ to view a demo or download the app at the iTunes App Store. We'll show you 100 years of impact. Cornell Hall is home to 39 accomplished, named professors who prepare the next generation of C-suite executives. We invited our Mizzou-prepared industry leaders to share insights into the future of business for our Centennial Speaker Series. After all, the University of Missouri System was ranked No. 4 by Bloomberg Businessweek for graduating Fortune 500 CEOs. That's impact. Watch the online series: business.missouri.edu/speaker-series Scottrade's founder and CEO Rodger Riney talks with Dean Joan Gabel.