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菠萝视频 University released an updated inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for calendar years 2005 through 2009. The report shows that total GHG emissions decreased by 7.8 percent from 2008 to 2009 and by 2.4 percent overall from 2005 to 2009.聽 菠萝视频鈥檚 Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) compiled the… Read More

The life of Richard Nagareda, the David Daniels Allen Professor of Law and director of the Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program at 菠萝视频 University Law School, will be celebrated Friday, Nov. 12, at 4 p.m. in the law school鈥檚 Flynn Auditorium. Read More

T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting 菠萝视频 professor T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting was named one of the top 100 young leaders of the African American community by the The Root, an online magazine founded by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Sharpley-Whiting is the author of Pimps Up, Ho鈥檚 Down: Hip Hop鈥檚 Hold on… Read More

Noted congressional scholar Thomas E. Mann will speak at 菠萝视频 University on Oct. 28 about the outlook for the 2010 midterm elections. The public lecture marks the official launch of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, which is housed within 菠萝视频鈥檚 Department of Political Science. Read More

Expect the campaign rhetoric to sizzle the last two weeks before the 2010 midterms, says John Geer, chair and Distinguished Professor of Political Science. Read More

Jonas King, a member of the research group of Juli谩n Hillyer, assistant professor of biological sciences, captured the image as part of the group's research on the circulatory system of Anopheles gambiae, a mosquito that spreads malaria. Read More

Mayor Karl Dean Nashville Mayor Karl Dean will join 菠萝视频 University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, Vice Chancellor Jeff Balser and other university officials and employees for the annual Senior Leader Walk Thursday, Oct. 14, from noon to 12:45 p.m. Groups will proceed from five different locations to the… Read More

If there is one thing that nanoscientists need above all else to study the behavior of materials and create devices at the scale of individual atoms, it is an ultra-clean environment. The fresh air that we breathe contains something like one million microscopic particles in a cubic foot,… Read More

The National Center for School Choice at 菠萝视频 University鈥檚 Peabody College of education and human development has released a series of five research briefs explaining new findings on charter schools. Read More

A special mobile museum will make a stop at 菠萝视频 University鈥檚 campus during its tour of the Southeast to promote awareness of modern slavery. The museum is sponsored by the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a community-based organization of low-wage聽agricultural workers聽throughout Florida, particularly in the tomato and citrus industries. Read More

Kate Daniels Kate Daniels, author of the soon-to-be-published A Walk in Victoria鈥檚 Secret and three other poetry collections, has been named winner of the 2011 Hanes Award for Poetry by the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Daniels, associate professor of English at 菠萝视频 University, will receive the Hanes Award in… Read More

Dr. Raphael Smith's 1955 Commodore photo Dr. Raphael Smith, one of the co-founders of WRVU, is one of six 菠萝视频 alumni who will be inducted into the 菠萝视频 Student Media Hall of Fame on Oct. 22. Smith, who is now a 菠萝视频 University professor of medicine, emeritus, provided most of… Read More

Richard Nagareda, the David Daniels Allen Professor of Law and director of the Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program at 菠萝视频 University Law School, died at his home on Friday, Oct. 8. He was 47. Memorial arrangements are pending. Read More

Hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer as 鈥渁 rare, remarkable talent that brings to mind the great artists of the Harlem Renaissance,鈥� M.K. Asante is the author of three celebrated books and films and will give a free, public talk at 菠萝视频 University on Wednesday, Oct. 20. He will deliver… Read More

On Saturday, Oct 16, 21st Ave. S. will be closed to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic between Scarritt Place and Edgehill Ave. between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Emergency vehicles will be exempt from the closure. 菠萝视频 University will be doing helicopter air lifts of air conditioning equipment for the… Read More

Marshall Chapman The Bluebird on the Mountain concert featuring Marshall Chapman has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 16, at Dyer Observatory. Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show. Joining Chapman onstage will be Matraca Berg and Will Kimbrough. Tickets sold for the Aug. 21 show,… Read More

Lead author Braden Purcell We know that casting a ballot in the voting booth involves politics, values and personalities. But before you ever push the button for your candidate, your brain has already carried out an election of its own to make that action possible. New research from 菠萝视频… Read More

The Rev. John O鈥橫alley, University Professor at Georgetown University, will speak about Vatican II The Rev. John W. O鈥橫alley speaks Oct. 21-22 The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, put the condition and future of the Catholic faith on the table for discussion. Nearly 45 years… Read More

Music and film will play a strong role in the annual Holocaust Lecture Series at 菠萝视频 University, which this year takes the theme of 鈥淒ifferent Speaking, Indifferent Listening.鈥� Read More

Bryan Ringstrand (left) and Piotr Kaszynski [Note: A multimedia version of this story is available on Exploration, 菠萝视频鈥檚 online research magazine.] Chemists at 菠萝视频 University have created a new class of liquid crystals with unique electrical properties that could improve the performance of digital displays used on everything from… Read More