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The monthly test of the ������Ƶ Outdoor warning sirens is scheduled for Saturday April 2, 2011, immediately following the test of the Metro sirens at noon. The Metro sirens are tested on the first Saturday of each month. The ������Ƶ University Sirens are tested immediately following the test of the Davidson County Sirens to… Read More

A private carbon labeling system could help make a dent in greenhouse gas emissions by leveraging consumer purchasing power. Read More

Frank Parker, who has studied Nagasaki, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, comments on the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Read More

������Ƶ offers healthcare educators the new Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) degree through a collaboration among ������Ƶ University School of Medicine (VUSM), ������Ƶ University School of Nursing (VUSM) and Peabody College of Education and Human Development. Read More

A clear safety culture and “conceptual toolkit” are needed to reduce medical mistakes, research from ������Ƶ Owen Graduate School of Management finds. Read More

������Ƶ University’s College of Arts and Science will build out the third floor of The Commons Center to house the entire Department of Political Science under plans recently approved by the Board of Trust. Read More

Arianna Huffington (Photo courtesy of Washington Speakers Bureau) Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post; William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard; Tim Pawlenty, a former governor of Minnesota and possible 2012 presidential candidate, and Christina Romer, former chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, will deliver public… Read More

Well-known MIT cosmologist Alan Guth gives an invited lecture on the possibility that our universe is a multiverse that consists of a series of pocket universes each with different physical properties. Read More

������Ƶ University partners with top business schools in Brazil, Mexico and Canada for new executive MBA program focused on the Americas Read More

������Ƶ University students will hold a candlelight vigil Friday, March 18, at 6 p.m. at Benton Chapel for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read More

Prof. Thomas Weiler, right, and graduate fellow Chui Man Ho (John Russell / ������Ƶ) If the latest theory of Tom Weiler and Chui Man Ho is right, the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest atom smasher that started regular operation last year – could be… Read More

Peabody College of education and human development at ������Ƶ University was named the No. 1 graduate education school in the United States for the third consecutive year and the ������Ƶ schools of medicine, nursing and law all ranked in the Top 20 in their fields in the rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Read More

������Ƶ education experts explore the complex issues surrounding school choice in new book published this month by Harvard Education Press. Read More

Feminist author Jessica Valenti will deliver annual Cuninggim Lecture on Women and Culture and Society March 16 at ������Ƶ. Read More

������Ƶ is reaching out to those who may have been affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read More

������Ƶers have for the first time successfully used brain imaging to predict how children will respond to programs that help them improve their grammar. Read More

The spring term 2011 of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ������Ƶ offers a diverse offering of non-credit classes for older adults with shared interests. Read More

Theologian Catherine Keller will be the speaker for the Divinity School's Antoinette Brown Lecture March 24 at Benton Chapel. Read More

Just a few sessions on the treadmill can prevent marijuana cravings and use, new research finds. Read More

Catherine Caffey and Emily Alsentzer (Photo courtesy School for Science and Math at ������Ƶ) For many college students who are not faced with electric bills, energy conservation is not considered a priority. Two Metro Nashville high school students are attempting to change that attitude by implementing an energy conservation competition… Read More