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Part love song, part wake-up call to the world, Our Town, which debuts Oct. 3 at Neely Auditorium at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, explores regret, renewal and eternal hope in the details of living set against the stars. Read More

Singers, artists, journalists and others will share insights into popular music and religious identity during a semester-long lecture series at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Divinity School. Read More

Three generations of the family of the late Monroe Carell Jr. have pledged a gift of $20 million to the fundraising effort for a new facility to care for children and mothers. The Campaign for Children and Mothers, with a goal of $45 million, will support the building of a 400,000-square-foot facility, slated to open in 2012, adjacent to and connected with the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ. Read More

Grammy award-winning singer Judy Collins will make a rare Nashville appearance at Dyer Observatory at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20. A Read More

A session on life as an Arabic-speaking Jew and another on a premier archaeological site in Israel are the topics of the Fall 2008 Community Breakfasts sponsored by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Divinity School. Read More

The attacks of September 11, 2001 killed citizens from more than 80 nations and stunned the world by their scope and savagery. The quintessentially American ethos of national invulnerability was forever altered. The President declared, to thunderous applause, that, "we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has turned to anger and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done." Read More

Two ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University political scientists will mark federal Constitution Day with a discussion about how the role of the American president has changed since the beginning of the United States. Read More

Four people intimately involved in the historic trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will talk about their experiences at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Law School on Sept. 29 at 3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Learning Sciences Institute researchers Stephen N. Elliott, Peter A. Beddow and Ryan J. Kettler have developed a decision-making instrument called the Test Accessibility and Modification Inventory (TAMI) to address the issue of accessibility for students with special needs. Read More

James J. Yee, Army captain and former chaplain at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was falsely accused of espionage and arrested and imprisoned for nearly three months before charges were dropped, will bring his story to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Monday, Sept. 22. Read More

Curious about the impact the digital revolution is having on the battlefield? Maybe you would like to meet Betty, the computer character that middle school students are asked to teach about various science subjects, a process that teaches them how to learn? Or perhaps you would be interested in discovering how the latest software can improve the way that hospitals manage infectious diseases? Read More

Latin American author and journalist Alma Guillermoprieto will address "How to Be a Mexican" in a Sept. 23 lecture sponsored by the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Center for Latin American Studies. Read More

E. Ann Kaplan, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies and director of the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook University, will present a lecture on Monday, Sept. 15, at 4:10 p.m. in the auditorium of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University expert available to talk about images of women in media Read More

The man credited with making ‘Must See TV' one of the most popular and recognizable promotional themes in television history is coming to the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Three of Nashville's most respected songwriters will appear onstage at Dyer Observatory in the fifth concert of the 2008 Bluebird on the Mountain series. Read More

Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University placed No. 42 on an academic ranking of the top 500 world universities by China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which compiles one of the leading international indexes of major universities. Read More

Alex Espinoza, whose first novel was described as an interesting mix of whimsy and uneasiness by the Los Angeles Times, will perform a reading at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

The mixed-media Mexican folk art exhibit Retablos: Miracles on the Border will be on display at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Sarratt Art Gallery Sept. 4-30, with an opening reception and lecture by Latin American anthropologist Jorge Durand on Sept. 11. Read More