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James Robert Wesson, a mathematician at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University and author of an influential algebra textbook, died April 25 at McKendree Health Center. He was 88. Read More

"In the non-legal context, genocide has come to be thought of as the epitome of ’evil,’" writes ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ philosopher Larry May in his new book, Genocide. "Some authors have argued that we should regard genocide as merely a plain fact that should not be further investigated lest we risk that our explanations and conceptual inquiries will be mistakenly seen as forgiveness for the horror of what genocide is." Read More

Children with dyslexia often struggle with reading, writing and spelling, despite getting an appropriate education and demonstrating intellectual ability in other areas. New neurological research from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University has found that these children’s difficulties with written language may be linked to structural differences within an important information highway in the brain known to play a role in oral language. Read More

The head of a charitable foundation, three businessmen and a graduating Ingram Scholar are the newest members of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Board of Trust. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Board of Trust Friday unanimously elected New York businessman Mark F. Dalton as its chairman-elect, to succeed Martha R. Ingram, who will step down in June 2011. Read More

Efforts by Nashville’s civil rights activists were key to the historic national struggle for civil rights. On Friday, April 30, members of Nashville’s movement will gather at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University to discuss their experiences. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ students were given a hands-on crash course in filmmaking under the tutelage of Chilean author/filmmaker Alberto Fuguet during his month-long visit to campus. Fuguet was invited to participate in The Center for Latin American Studies Visiting Resource Professor program, in which notable Latin American scholars and writers spend an intensive month interacting with ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s undergraduates and graduate students. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ is celebrating Earth Day on Thursday, April 22, on Rand Terrace from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Read More

Education policy in Brazil and the United States will be the topic of an all-day event at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University April 26 that will kick off a new collaboration between ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Read More

Homeowners in community land trusts across the nation continue to have substantially lower delinquency and foreclosure rates than owners of market-rate homes, according to survey results released this month by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University researcher Emily Thaden in partnership with the National Community Land Trust Network. Read More

Angela Hsiau-mei Lin, a ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ German professor and musician, has died after a long illness. She was 40. Read More

Three members of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Police Department have been disciplined as a result of their actions after responding to a disturbance call Feb. 7 at the National Pan-Hellenic Council house. Read More

An April 20 reading at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University by poet Ciaran Carson has been canceled because of travel difficulties. Carson was unable to travel to Nashville because of flight cancelations caused by volcanic ash from an eruption in Iceland. Read More

A majority of Hondurans opposed the ouster and exile of President Manuel Zelaya last summer, even though they strongly objected to his attempt to change the nation’s constitution, a recent comprehensive survey of the nation’s population found. Read More

Poet Ciaran Carson will read from his work at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

The global financial system and the world economy are now recovering from a credit crisis which began in the spring of 2007 and continues to this day. The sources of the crisis are many. Now governments are debating how to change the financial system to prevent this from happening again. Read More

Mayor Karl Dean and businessman Cal Turner Jr. will speak at a May 6 breakfast to introduce an online directory of classes and services for the city’s growing foreign-born population. Read More

Although reading and writing have become essential skills for almost every job, the majority of students do not read or write well enough to meet grade-level demands. A new report co-authored by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ researchers Steve Graham and Michael Hebert finds that while the two skills are closely connected, writing is an often-overlooked tool for improving reading skills and content learning. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Peabody College of education and human development was ranked as the best graduate school of education in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for the second consecutive year. Read More

Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development, testified before Congress April 15 on the role that schools of education, like Peabody, play in ensuring that all students have great teachers and great school leaders. Read More