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Unnoticed by the nearby residents of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in the area have just provided some of the clearest evidence yet that environmental factors play a major role in the formation of new species. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ business school students can access the same rigorous leadership training as corporate executives thanks to a new partnership between the Owen Graduate School of Management and Korn/Ferry International. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ on community issues such as housing and urban development, education and health care will be discussed Friday, Oct. 30, at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Center for Community Studies Fall Conference. Read More

A developer of the Rock Band video game will speak at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University as part of the Curb Creative Leadership Series, followed by a Rock Band competition for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff. Read More

A new marketing textbook by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ professor Dawn Iacobucci launched this semester is among the first graduate level texts to utilize digital tools to enhance learning, according to the publisher, 4LTR Press. Read More

The Chef James Bistro, a 2,000-square-foot student dining facility located within Rand Hall at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, has received certification by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Commercial Interiors (CI) program of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Read More

While longer-term options are being developed, individual households can reduce overall carbon emissions by implementing a series of small changes, such as lowering the temperature on water heaters and regularly performing maintenance on cars and air-conditioners, according to an article published today. Read More

Four years after its creation and only a year and a half after granting degrees to its first class, the MFA Creative Writing program at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University was named a Top 20 program in the country by Poets & Writers magazine. Read More

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, which debuts Nov. 6 at Neely Auditorium at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, explores the destructive relationship between a cantankerous, domineering mother and her lonely, troubled daughter as they endlessly repeat a bitter daily battle of wits and wills. When a local bachelor offers the daughter a chance for romantic happiness, a series of shocking and irrevocable events ensues. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University announced Oct. 21 that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Associate Professor of Chemistry David Wright and Professor of Biomedical Engineering Rick Haselton, titled "Coffee Ring Stain Diagnostics for Malaria." Read More

Figuring out how biological clocks evolved and extracting clues to environmental factors that cause cancer from electronic medical records: These are the goals of two projects that have been funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program. Read More

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, long known for its "hands-off" regulatory policy, appears to be changing course toward greater intervention in markets. New research by professors at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Owen Graduate School of Management finds that when it comes to index investors, more intervention is a mistake. Read More

Rosanna Warren, a renowned poet and critic and daughter of writers Robert Penn Warren and Eleanor Clark, will visit ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University this month as the guest of the Warren Center, named for her father. Read More

Kim McMillan, former majority leader in the Tennessee House of Representatives, is the second in a series of Tennessee gubernatorial candidates to address students in ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University's "Introduction to American Government and Politics" class. Read More

How do you know what is normal gifted behavior versus a clinical syndrome? Psychologists, counselors, social workers, educators, administrators and parents are invited to register for a one-day workshop Friday, Oct. 30, at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University's Peabody College to get answers to this difficult question. Read More

School choice experts from across the nation will convene at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Oct. 25-27 to discuss the latest research surrounding high-profile education issues such as charter schools, magnet schools, vouchers, student achievement, teacher qualifications, funding and more. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ engineering alumni Carl E. Adams Jr., George E. Cook and Charles E. Fields Jr. each received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's School of Engineering during the Engineering Celebration Dinner held Oct. 15 at the university's Student Life Center. Read More

Five ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University alumni who have distinguished themselves through a variety of careers – including public servant, journalist and humorist – and have made significant contributions as staff members of the university's student media – will be inducted into the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Student Media Hall of Fame on Oct. 16, 2009. Read More

Since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law in February, it has given a significant boost to scientific and medical research at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University and ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center. Read More

Performance pay for teachers continues to gain momentum nationally despite the absence of a clear understanding of its impact on students, teachers and schools. A new book from the National Center on Performance Incentives at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University brings together the latest research on the topic to offer guidance for researchers, policymakers and practitioners seeking deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding this issue. Read More