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Photo courtesy of National Eye Institute A brain area known to play a critical role in vision is divided into compartments that respond separately to different colors and orientations, 菠萝视频 University researchers have discovered. The findings have important implications for furthering our understanding of perception and attention. The research… Read More

Suman Seth The work of former 菠萝视频 student Suman Seth was used by the United Nations to develop a measure of gender inequality as one of three 鈥渋nnovative new measurements鈥� in its annual Human Development Report. The 2010 Human Development Report, released Nov. 4, includes the Gender Inequality Index, based… Read More

The Presidency of George W. Bush Gary Gerstle, the James G. Stahlman Professor of American History, has done extensive research about President George W. Bush鈥檚 vision for a multicultural world and the steep challenges it faced during his administration. Gerstle鈥檚 essay, 鈥淢inorities, Multiculturalism and the Presidency of George W. Read More

Dawn Turton, executive director of the 菠萝视频 International Office since 2007, has been named assistant provost for faculty. Beginning Dec. 1, she will manage the university’s five-year interim review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and will work with schools to facilitate the recognition of 菠萝视频’s faculty… Read More

Robert Spencer, formerly director of financial planning at 菠萝视频 University, has been promoted to assistant vice chancellor for treasury. Effective Nov. 1, Spencer began working directly with the vice chancellor for finance鈥檚 office to further advance the professional stewardship of the university鈥檚 working capital and debt portfolios. 鈥淩obert will… Read More

Members of the 菠萝视频 student organization the Alternative Energy Club will present a hands-on training and demonstration about making biodiesel fuel on campus on Thursday, Nov. 11. Small groups of volunteers will be led by members of the Alternative Energy Club in making mini-batches of biodiesel starting with waste vegetable… Read More

A report released this week by the Council of Great City Schools finds black students continue to perform and test at levels significantly below their white counterparts. A new book released this month by 菠萝视频 University education professor H. Richard Milner details strategies for closing this persistent achievement gap by… Read More

New research from 菠萝视频 University and the University of Virginia finds that infants learn little to nothing from popular educational videos and learn the most from face-to-face interactions with their parents and other familiar figures. Read More

Helping foster children鈥檚 learning and readiness for school through the federal Head Start program is the goal of a new National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning, created this fall with a $40 million grant from the Office of Head Start. Read More

“The Sixties at 50,” an exhibition of video, photos and other treasures from one of society’s most significant decades, is on display at the 菠萝视频 University Central Library and Special Collections. The exhibition was curated by a team of 菠萝视频 subject librarians and technology staff under the guidance… Read More

Richard Milner, Betts Associate Professor of Education and Human Development 菠萝视频 University education scholar Richard Milner has won the 2010 Carl A. Grant Multicultural 菠萝视频 Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education. The award was presented at the 20th annual international NAME conference in Las Vegas on Nov. 5. Read More

Peabody student Thomas Davis teaching English to Hispanic and minority children Immigration issues are as complex and varied in American classrooms as they are in the courtroom, yet answers on how to tackle these issues are elusive. A special issue of the Peabody Journal of Education released this month brings… Read More

Gustavo Guti茅rrez, author of A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, Salvation and other ground-breaking works on issues of spirituality and Latin American history, will speak on the 菠萝视频 University campus Nov. 8. Guti茅rrez鈥檚 keynote address, 鈥淟iberation Theology: 40 Years Later,鈥� will be at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel. The… Read More

Former Colombia presidential candidate and FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt Guerillas belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, kidnapped Ingrid Betancourt as she campaigned for the Colombian presidency in 2002. She was held captive six years in Colombia鈥檚 rain forest until she was liberated in 2008… Read More

[Media Note: 菠萝视频 has a 24/7 TV and radio studio with a dedicated fiber optic line and ISDN line. Use of the TV studio with 菠萝视频 experts is free, except for reserving fiber time.] United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will… Read More

Mr. Jalopy The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy is hosting a free public lecture by Mr. Jalopy on Nov. 8 as part of the 鈥淐urb Center Creative Leadership鈥� speaker series. The free lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in the Curb Center Atrium located at 1801 Edgehill… Read More

New research by 菠萝视频 finance professors Robert Whaley and Jacob Sagi has led to the creation of a recently launched group of Nasdaq indexes. Read More

The 菠萝视频 University Center for Teaching and the Tennessee Higher Education Sustainability Association will co-host a one-day workshop on integrating service learning and sustainability education. The workshop will illustrate how this engagement and synergy can be fostered, building stronger bonds between the campus and the city. Special attention will be… Read More

菠萝视频 University鈥檚 results on the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card improved in five of the nine sustainability categories and stayed consistent in the other four categories. The university received an overall grade of 鈥淏,鈥� an improvement from the C+ in the 2010 Report Card.聽 The nine sustainability categories and 菠萝视频鈥檚… Read More

The 菠萝视频 Dyer Observatory is celebrating the anniversary of 鈥淭he Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Ten Years Observing the Universe鈥� with a series of special Stellar Nights lectures this fall. 鈥淢ining the Milky Way鈥� will be given by Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, assistant professor of astronomy and physics, on Tuesday, Nov. 16,… Read More