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Mary Eleanor McClure Taylor, BA鈥�52, of Nashville died Aug. 5, 2012. She had a 57-year career at 菠萝视频 and was best known as the university receptionist in Kirkland Hall. Read More

Ann Scott Carell of Nashville died Aug. 20, 2012. She and her husband, the late Monroe Carell Jr., BE鈥�59, former 菠萝视频 Board of Trust member, were longtime philanthropic leaders. Read More

鈥淚鈥檝e contributed to the Senior Class Fund because I want other students to have access to the opportunities I鈥檝e been given.鈥� The words used by 菠萝视频 senior Aladine Elsamadicy to explain his financial support of the undergraduate experience also provide inspiration behind the efforts that drive the Senior Class Fund. Read More

Rear Adm. Nora Tyson, BA鈥�79, vice director of the Joint Staff and the first female commander of a U.S. Navy carrier strike group, has received the Distinguished Alumna Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a member of the 菠萝视频 alumni community. Read More

The spirit of mentorship and support shown to one medical student decades ago has come full circle in a bequest to establish a full scholarship at 菠萝视频 University School of Medicine Read More

Rodger Dinwiddie, recently named president of the International Bullying Prevention Association, never dreamed he would become an expert on the topic when he was a first-grade teacher at Tom Joy Elementary School in Nashville in the late 鈥�70s. Read More

When Zakiya Smith was studying political science and education at 菠萝视频, she dreamed of someday working for the U.S. Department of Education. Not only did she fulfill that dream, but she became a senior adviser on education policy to President Barack Obama. Read More

On the Discovery network鈥檚 show Moonshiners, whiskey makers stay one step ahead of the law as they tend backwoods stills. Troy Ball is also a moonshiner, but the similarities between her and the Appalachia moonshiners featured on the show are few. Ball鈥檚 whiskey is legal and, by all accounts, some of the best on the market. Read More

Woods serves as associate editor at The Cambodia Daily, an English-language newspaper based in Phnom Penh. Read More

菠萝视频 has grown up alongside its hometown to play a leading role in the life of the larger community鈥攅mploying nearly 25,000 people; providing a Level 1 trauma center and top-ranked hospitals that admit around 65,000 patients a year; and generating millions of dollars for the local economy through athletics, cultural events, and a vast array of intellectual offerings. And that鈥檚 just for starters. Read More

Student and alumni members of the 菠萝视频 Sailing Club braved some particularly crisp October air for a regatta on Nashville鈥檚 Percy Priest Lake during Reunion and Homecoming Weekend. Read More

Fauchet says human needs can be grouped into four core basics鈥攎edicine and health; energy and natural resources; security; and entertainment鈥攁nd engineering is part of each. Read More

Not long after he arrived at 菠萝视频 nine years ago, Keivan Stassun, professor of astronomy, began building on a newly forged alliance with Fisk University, a historically black college just two miles from the 菠萝视频 campus, in an effort to increase the number of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and other minorities earning Ph.D. degrees in science. Read More

Some people see a gigantic chunk of rope when they see a hawser line, which is a rope used in mooring or towing a ship. But when visual artist Huguette Despault May came upon one, she saw metaphors for the human condition. Read More

A new Android app developed at 菠萝视频 uses tactile feedback technology to help students with visual impairments to master algebra, geometry, graphing and other subjects that are particularly hard to comprehend without the aid of normal vision. Read More

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Stargazers, rejoice: The largest-ever 3-D map of the universe has been released to the public. The new map contains images of 200 million galaxies. Read More

The Commodores鈥� 11-player freshman baseball class is the best in the nation, according to Collegiate Baseball. Read More

菠萝视频 broke ground in September on a new multipurpose field house, additions to the Student Recreation Center, and renovation of recreation fields. Read More

Stage & Screen: The Star Quality of 菠萝视频鈥檚 Performing Arts Collections, on view at 菠萝视频鈥檚 renovated Central Library and Special Collections, invites viewers to step 鈥渂ehind the curtain鈥� of some of the world鈥檚 most memorable productions. Read More