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The Bluebird on the Mountain concert series returns to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s historic Dyer Observatory for its sixth season beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 22. Gates will open at 5:30. This year’s series opens with a show featuring performances by Rodney Crowell, Beth Neilsen Chapman and Marcus Hummon. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ launched a new homepage on the evening of May 17, focusing on making key resources easier to find while continuing to showcase the institution’s dynamic academic, research, patient care and campus life offerings. Read More

The 2525 West End office building has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® for the eighth consecutive year, indicating that the building performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency. Read More

Seventeen retiring faculty members will be recognized during ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s May 14 commencement ceremony when the university honors their years of service and bestows on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos urged ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s newest graduates to work hard, be passionate and always reserve time for learning. Read More

Tradition and technology will each be a part of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s annual Commencement on Friday, May 14. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will deliver the traditional Commencement address in a ceremony beginning 9 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Undergraduates will receive their degrees after the chancellor’s address, while graduate and professional students will adjourn for their own 10:30 a.m. degree ceremonies. ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ is granting about 3,500 degrees this year, 1,600 to undergraduates and 1,900 to graduate and professional students. About 3,100 graduates are expected to attend the ceremony. Undergraduates will stay on Alumni Lawn to receive their degrees. Read More

Novelist Khaled Hosseini wished ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ graduates "prosperity" in their post-college lives, but suggested they stay connected to suffering in the world by tithing 5 percent of their time or money to those less fortunate. Read More

More than 3,400 students will receive degrees during ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s Commencement ceremonies beginning 9 a.m. May 14 on Alumni Lawn. Here are two of the many extraordinary students in the Class of 2010. Read More

Two ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University undergraduates had the rare opportunity to present their research findings on the influence of patronage on presidential appointments and government performance at the 2010 Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University is the primary organizer of a film festival in Paris that focuses on the experiences and contributions of blacks in French society. Read More

Khaled Hosseini, author of bestselling books The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, will receive ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal Thursday, May 13, when he will address graduating seniors and their families during Senior Day. Read More

Green printing, paper recycling, reducing plastic bottles and a reusable lunch bag are among the new green initiatives being implemented this year for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s Commencement activities. Read More

Nashville activist, scholar and author Tommie Morton-Young will receive the Distinguished Alumna Award from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s Peabody College of education and human development during Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 14. Read More

Nearly 100 students, staff and faculty members, and even families in town for Friday’s commencement will be working in Nashville Tuesday, May 11, helping victims from floods that overtook the area last weekend. Read More

A special online ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Flood Relief Fund has been established to get resources directed more efficiently within the university community. Read More

Immortality and uncontrolled cell division are the fundamental differences between cancer cells and normal cells. Read More

Nashville Opera and ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Dyer Observatory are joining forces to present a unique evening of operatic music and star-gazing on Saturday, May 15. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. but doors will open at 6. The concert will take place in the observatory’s patio tent and guests are encouraged to bring a picnic basket and beverages. Read More

Tradition and technology will each be a part of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s annual Commencement Week activities, which run May 12-14 with the main Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 14. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will deliver the traditional Commencement address in a ceremony beginning 9 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Graduates are invited to tweet their thoughts during the ceremony and a new text messaging service is available for updates on weather, events and other Commencement issues. Read More

As part of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s broad efforts to assist in Middle Tennessee’s flood recovery, up to two weeks paid leave is being granted to faculty, staff and trainees whose personal residences were destroyed or otherwise rendered uninhabitable on May 1-2. The paid time off will be over and above accrued vacation or personal time. Read More

Many in the Nashville community have been adversely affected by the flood and are in need of resource items immediately. To help, ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University will be hosting a flood relief giveaway of items donated by its employees on Friday, May 7. Read More