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Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, will speak at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at Benton Chapel on ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University\'s campus. Read More

Poet and novelist Judson Mitcham, the only two-time winner of the Townsend Prize for Fiction, will read from his work at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

Buddy Miller, Jimmy Hall and Ashley Cleveland with Kenny Greenburg are among the performers who will perform gospel blues songs at a concert that is part of a semester-long study of "God in Music City"at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

A central fact of the 2008 nomination process is that many citizens are undecided or have weakly held preferences. Read More

Crossbow Inc., a leading provider of wireless sensor network platforms, has given a research program at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ\'s Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) a gift of $50,000 to help advance the state of the art in wireless sensor networks (WSN). Read More

Obsessively detailed drawings and animations of zombies, sÈances and ghosts will darken the halls of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center this winter, in the form of a dual show by Mark Hosford and Bill Fick. Read More

A multi-disciplinary panel will take up the controversial topic of state-required vaccinations for sexually transmitted disease on Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Flynn Auditorium of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Law School. Read More

Tennessee\'s first-ever Food Security Summit will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 16, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Mayor Karl Dean will address the expected crowd of over 250 farmers, chefs, retailers, health and service providers, gardeners and interested citizens at 10 a.m. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center has received a $4.5 million grant from Seaside Therapeutics to find potential treatments for fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental retardation and the most common genetic cause of autism. Read More

The Last Five Years is the compelling story of Jamie, a nice Jewish boy, and Kathleen, a good Irish Catholic girl, who fall in love, get married and fall apart over the course of five years. It debuts Feb. 15 at Neely Auditorium at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

To mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the United States, ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University is offering a film series examining the war. The entire series is free and open to the public. Read More

Motivating and challenging gifted students in the classroom will be the focus of a free public lecture Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the downtown Nashville Public Library, located at 615 Church St. Free parking is available at the library. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ\'s park-like setting that garnered it the designation of a national arboretum also means a lot of trees: more than 7,500. And all those trees produce a massive amount of leaves that, until recently, were just stockpiled at Natchez Triangle. Read More

Virtual worlds and social networking sites are becoming increasingly more enticing to people who are all too willing to abandon their privacy for escape into alternate worlds on the Internet. Read More

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has expanded and extended its support for the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University-based Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) with additional funding of up to $9 million. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University engineering students will be putting their imaginations to work in some fun and surprising ways as they compete in a series of challenges celebrating National Engineers Week (E-Week) February 18-23. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University students will hold a presidential caucus Friday, Feb. 1, in advance of what has been dubbed "Super Duper Tuesday." Read More

When a person suffers a heart attack, every minute counts. The longer the wait before receiving treatment, the more heart muscle is lost, and the greater the chance of permanent damage or death. Read More

All theology - like all politics - is local. In that spirit, ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Divinity School is planning new emphasis on engaging the creative community in its home city of Nashville. Financed by a $340,000 five-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, the divinity school will soon ring with music and be the site of film screenings. Read More

According to the organization Human Rights Watch, as many as 300,000 children under age 18 serve in government forces or armed rebel groups. Some are as young as 8 years old. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. Read More