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One of the things Peabody graduate Amy Cate, BS鈥�03, likes best about teaching is the unpredictability. 鈥淚t鈥檚 different every day,鈥� she says. 鈥淵ou go in with a plan, but you never know what鈥檚 going to happen.鈥� As a Spanish teacher at J.T. Moore Middle School, a public school in Nashville, Cate often tells her students, 鈥淎s铆 es la vida鈥濃�斺�渟uch is life鈥濃�攑resumably in order to help them deal with perennial travails such as homework or quizzes. Read More

Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for 菠萝视频 for 菠萝视频 University Medical Center, has been named dean of 菠萝视频 University School of Medicine. Balser, who has served as interim dean since July 2008, becomes only the 11th dean of 菠萝视频 University School of Medicine since its founding in 1875. In addition to his responsibilities as dean, Balser will be associate vice chancellor for Health Affairs, with continued oversight for medical center research. Read More

Mayor Karl Dean will discuss one of his favorite authors, John Irving, at an event for 菠萝视频 University students Sunday, Oct. 12, 3 to 4 p.m. as part of a "citywide read" initiative. Read More

Israel should become a secular democracy and better integrate its Arab minority to help secure its future, Israeli political economist Bernard Avishai will argue during a lecture at 菠萝视频 University based on his latest book. Read More

Songwriters Dean Dillon, Shawn Camp and Scotty Emerick will perform Saturday, Oct. 11, at Dyer Observatory. The final concert in this year's Bluebird on the Mountain series will begin at 7 p.m. Read More

Continued thrust and parry between Barack Obama and John McCain has led many to label the 2008 presidential campaign the most negative campaign in the modern era. Negative ads have dominated the airwaves to the point that even Karl Rove argued that both candidates have gone too far. Read More

菠萝视频 professor of law and sociology Beverly Moran will fulfill her American Council on Education Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read More

The highest priority must be given to the development of Afghan security forces that are better able to deal with insurgents within the country, even if they have a haven in Pakistan. Read More

Randall Balmer, professor of American Religious History at Barnard College and visiting professor at Yale Divinity School, will deliver the annual Cole Lectures at 菠萝视频 Divinity School. Read More

What does a mixture of two different kinds of cells have in common with a mixture of oil and water? The same basic force causes both mixtures to separate into two distinct regions. Read More

菠萝视频, welcome to the big time. Mackenzi Adams came off the bench and threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 19 菠萝视频 beat 13th-ranked Auburn 14-13 Saturday night to improve to 5-0 for the first time since 1943. The Commodores also improved to 3-0… Read More

Political scholars, journalists and pundits will offer their informed perspective on where the 2008 presidential election is headed during an Oct. 7 forum for students that is sponsored by 菠萝视频 University and the First Amendment Center at 菠萝视频. Read More

John McCain Needs Game-Changer: Campaign and polling expert John Geer says Barack Obama should strive to look presidential and avoid major mistakes in the remaining two presidential debates, while John McCain needs a game-changing event to shake up the race. However, with economic troubles looming, that could be difficult for the GOP nominee. (菠萝视频 has a campus broadcast facility with a dedicated fiber optic line for live TV interviews and a radio ISDN line) For a full list of election experts and news coverage, visit ElectionVU 2008. Read More

菠萝视频 University will host a number of events leading up to and on the day of the Oct. 7 presidential debate in Nashville. Read More

An exhibit of video art curated by Amelia Winger-Bearskin and another of photographic imagery by artist Blue Mitchell will open Oct. 15 at the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center at 菠萝视频 University. Read More

Peter Applebome, writer and editor at the New York Times, will present a lecture on Monday, Oct. 13, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 126 of Wilson at 菠萝视频 University. Read More

To bring this historic election straight into classrooms, the 菠萝视频 Virtual School has created an interactive videoconferencing program that gives 5th through 12th grade teachers a curriculum and a slate of expert instructors, including CNN commentator Lou Dobbs, to share with their students. Read More

Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. 菠萝视频 University psychologists have found that professionally trained musicians more effectively use a creative technique called divergent thinking, and also use both the left and the right sides of their frontal cortex more heavily than the average person. Read More

Elaine Pagels, the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University and one of the country's leading scholars of religion, will speak at 菠萝视频 University, on Thursday, Oct. 16, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music. Her lecture is titled "Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Di Vinci: What We Know … and How We Know It." Read More

A message from David Williams, vice chancellor for university affairs and athletics to the 菠萝视频 community about the big Oct. 4 game with Auburn and ESPN\'s presence on campus that day. Read More