Releases
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Seven ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ teams ranked in Top 25
Seven ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ teams are ranked in the top 25 for their sports nationally. Baseball leads the group with ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ‘s first ever No. 1 ranking for a men‘s sport. Women‘s basketball is ranked 12th and men‘s basketball is ranked 17th, both by the Associated Press. Women‘s tennis, golf, bowling, and lacrosse are also ranked in the top 25 nationally. Read MoreFeb 23, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ-Ingram clinic space expanding to meet needs of patients
When the dust settles on a new renovation project involving ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ-Ingram Cancer Center‘s Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic, waiting room space and exam rooms will nearly double to help meet the needs of an ever increasing number of cancer patients in Middle Tennessee and beyond. Read MoreFeb 23, 2007
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2007 Ingram Scholars chosen
Thirteen incoming freshmen have been chosen from a record more than 600 applicants as the newest members of the Ingram Scholarship program. Read MoreFeb 23, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ-Ingram Cancer Center Receives Highest Level of Approval
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ-Ingram Cancer Center has received a three-year accreditation with commendation, the highest level of approval, from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS). Read MoreFeb 22, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ creative writing symposium focuses on cultural interplay; Kwame Dawes, Francisco Goldman and Lorna Goodison among visiting writers
Acclaimed writers Kwame Dawes, Teresa de la Caridad Doval, Lorna Goodison, Francisco Goldman and critic J. Edward Chamberlin will all visit ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University in March to take part in a creative writing symposium. Read MoreFeb 22, 2007
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Fact Sheet: Employment Issues at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University
This fact sheet provides information about ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ employment policies and ongoing labor negotiations between the university and the Laborers International Union of America, which represents approximately 600 ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ employees in the custodial, grounds, food service and skilled crafts categories. Read MoreFeb 20, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Center for Human Genetics ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ investigators join international team of experts to find genetic links to autism; Results published in Nature Genetics
A team of ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Center for Human Genetics ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ investigators and colleagues from around the world are releasing findings from the largest study to date seeking to identify genes that might increase the risk of autism. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University students to dance the night away for a good cause; 14-hour event to benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital
More than 500 ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University students will dance the night away to benefit the health and well-being of area children during Dance Marathon, a 14-hour student-run event to raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ and Children‘s Miracle Network. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Center for Human Genetics ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ investigators join international team of experts to find genetic links to autism
A team of ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Center for Human Genetics ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ investigators and colleagues from around the world are releasing findings from the largest study to date seeking to identify genes that might increase risk of autism. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Student engineers work hard at play during E-Week
In a series of challenging but fun competitions, the engineering students at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University will display their ingenuity and inventiveness to celebrate National Engineers Week February 19-24. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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New group launching to create food security for Middle Tennesseans; Event at Country Music Hall of Fame to feature mayor, state ag. commissioner
A new organization with a goal of making healthy food reliably available to all Middle Tennesseans will publicly launch Friday, Feb. 23 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Country Music Hall of Fame in downtown Nashville. The event is free and open to the public. Read MoreFeb 16, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ economist James Foster to be honored in Mexico
Anti-poverty expert to get honorary degree on February 23 Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ joins United Way Million Dollar Circle
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University was welcomed Thursday into the Million Dollar Circle of the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, in recognition of generosity during the 2006 United Way campaign. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ engineer wins NSF award for innovative Internet system
Professor Yi Cui has gotten recognition - and funding - for his novel idea that could give YouTube a run for its money. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ‘s David Williams II named fellow of Tennessee Bar Foundation
David Williams II of ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University has been elected a fellow by the Tennessee Bar Foundation. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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“Breaking the Color Barrier” ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ videoconference features Vice Mayor Gentry; Students to learn about life in one-time segregated Nashville
Nashville Vice Mayor Howard Gentry Jr. will share stories with middle and high school students across the nation about growing up in a segregated Nashville when he is a presenter for the ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Virtual School on Feb. 15. "Breaking the Color Barrier" will be a step back in time to a very different life for African-Americans in the 1950s and even ‘60s, according to Patsy Partin, director of the Virtual School. Read MoreFeb 14, 2007
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New CD features Ugandan music used to combat HIV/AIDS; Singing for Life compiled by ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ medical ethnomusicologist Greg Barz
A new album of uplifting music from Uganda compiled by a ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University ethnomusicologist is being released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings as part of the effort to combat HIV/AIDS. Read MoreFeb 14, 2007
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TIPSHEET: EDUCATION EXPERTS AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS REAUTHORIZATION OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University Peabody College of education and human development experts are available to discuss various aspects of No Child Left Behind as Congress considers its reauthorization in 2007. Read MoreFeb 13, 2007
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ alumni form health care association
A group of graduates from the ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Owen Graduate School of Management, who now work in the health care industry, has created an association to advance Owen‘s successful health care MBA program. Read MoreFeb 13, 2007
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State Trauma Hospitals Announce Education Campaign
Operating without direct funding, Tennessee‘s trauma center network is at a critical crossroads, said health professionals today, who launched a statewide education campaign aimed at raising the profile and sounding the alarm bells regarding the system. Read MoreFeb 12, 2007