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²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's emergency physicians are urging the public to take precautions in the extreme heat. Corey Slovis, M.D., chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center, and medical director for Metro-Nashville Fire Department EMS and Nashville International Airport, said prolonged heat day after day can lead to dehydration. "Having several days of high temperatures can lead to dehydration," Slovis said. Read More

Cheap electricity and gasoline fueled Tennessee's prosperity over the last several decades. But Tennessee now ranks first in the nation in per-person residential electricity consumption, much of which is generated from coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, and Tennessee drivers rank among the highest in the number of vehicle miles traveled per person. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University experts are available to comment on the issues and policies addressed by the reauthorized Higher Education Act, expected to be finalized by Congress in the next several days. Read More

Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak about "The State of the Humanities" at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, on Friday, Sept. 5, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music. Read More

The new university registrar at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University is Cheng H. Khoo. He begins work immediately. Read More

Vin Weber, former Minnesota congressman and one of Washington's most respected political strategists, will join the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University faculty as an adjunct political science professor. Read More

William Spitz, former treasurer of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, has been named the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Winner by Foundation & Endowment Money Management. Spitz retired from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ last year. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Peabody doctor of education graduate Jonathan Eckert has been selected by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings for a Teacher Ambassador Fellowship with the U.S. Department of Education. Eckert is a seventh-grade science teacher at Poplar Grove Middle School in Franklin, Tenn. His selection was announced by Spellings July 10.www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/index.html Read More

Not all recovering alcoholics smoke cigarettes, but almost all of them drink coffee, according to a new ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ study suggesting that healthy consumatory behaviors could help addicts kick their habit. Read More

The South is known for many things: hot, steamy summers, iced tea laced with sugar and friendly people with a tendency to welcome strangers. But beneath the veneer of Southern hospitality and gracious living lurks a silent killer: cancer. ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have their own name for the southern region of the United States: the "cancer belt." Read More

Summertime activities can be fun but they can also place your eyes at an increased risk for long-term damage from the sun, or perhaps worse. Read More

Lari White, Buddy Cannon and John Barlow Jarvis will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 19, as part of the 2008 Bluebird on the Mountain series at Dyer Observatory. Read More

The struggling state of the arts in America and the consequences of that struggle for the nation\'s culture were the focus of an event July 15 at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. featuring Bill Ivey, director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Video of the event is available. Read More

Dr. Levi Watkins Jr., whose passionate advocacy for racial equality and diversity was shaped by his early exposure to the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders, has been named the university's 2008 Distinguished Alumnus. The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Alumni Association will honor Watkins, a noted cardiac surgeon, at an Oct. 22 dinner at the Student Life Center. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Medical Center\'s technological savvy continues to garner national acclaim, as evidenced by the institution once again being named among the nation\'s 100 "most wired" hospitals and health systems. Read More

If anyone has the right stuff to set up a system to manage the new wave of federal export control regulations that is crashing down on ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and the nation's other research universities, it is Marcia E. Williams. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Behavior Analysis Clinic, which serves families who have a child with an intellectual or other developmental disability and who also engage in challenging behaviors, is now working with children as young as 3 years old. Read More

Pediatricians can help prevent future violent behaviors in their patients with a brief, one-time office intervention during a routine exam, according to a new study published in the July issue of Pediatrics. Read More

U.S. News & World Report is listing ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Medical Center on its "Honor Roll" of hospitals – an honor reserved for a select group of institutions labeled by the magazine as the "best of the best." Read More

Connie Vinita Dowell, a ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University graduate with three decades of experience working in academic libraries, including two senior leadership positions, has been named dean of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ. Read More