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The Southern Economic Association has chosen Stephen G. Buckles, senior lecturer in economics at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, as the recipient of the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award for his outstanding contributions to economics education. Read More

About 75 scholars, artists, art administrators and university leaders will meet at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Nov. 10-11 to explore ways to strengthen interconnections between the arts and college campuses. The aim of the meeting is to produce a national research agenda that addresses these interconnections. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Peabody College of education of human development has created a new endowed chair in honor of one its most influential faculty, Susan Gray. Ann Kaiser, professor of special education and psychology and deputy director of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center‘s ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Program on Families, has been named as the holder of the new chair. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Master of Liberal Arts and Science Program, a graduate degree program for adult learners, is now accepting applications for the Spring 2007 Semester. Read More

Described as a gifted visual historian, Charly Palmer is an award-winning artist who has combined paint and mixed media to explore the black experience in different eras and Native American and Jewish history. His works will be on display at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University‘s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Oct. 20-Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Read More

James Barr, an influential Bible scholar and linguist who challenged the latitude taken by many translators of Scripture, died Oct. 14 in Claremont, Calif. He was 82 Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University invites members of the Nashville community to attend its annual homecoming parade on Saturday, Oct. 21, at 10:30 a.m. Read More

Delays in the shipment of flu vaccine for children may leave them open to getting the flu if the season starts early. Read More

Unlike the two previous winters, when flu vaccine was in short supply or its delivery was significantly delayed, there should be an adequate supply of vaccine on hand this year to combat Middle Tennessee‘s oncoming flu season. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵers have identified a common gene variant that more than doubles the risk of autism. The research, led by investigators at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ on Human Development, provides new insights into the genetic basis of the complex disorder. Read More

A number of activities are planned at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University for Homecoming 2006 leading up to the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Commodores football match-up against the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. central time. Read More

Youth leaders from across Nashville will converge at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Law School Sunday, Oct. 15, for the forum, "Youth Engagement as a Strategy for Youth Development and Community Change." Read More

The recent presidential election in Brazil is the focus of a ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University lead-off lecture in a series that examines Latin American politics. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center faculty members Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D., and Randolph (Randy) Miller, M.D., and professor emeritus of Medicine Alastair J.J. Wood, M.B., Ch.B., have been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, the organization announced this week. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University leaped 61 places in the most comprehensive and respected worldwide rankings of universities, moving to No. 53 on the 2006 World University Rankings by The Times of London. Read More

Twenty-nine high school bands from as far as New York state will converge on ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University's Dudley Field Saturday, Oct. 7, for the 18th annual ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Marching Invitational. Read More

Lawrence Krauss is a theoretical physicist. But Google his name and you don't get a list of scientific publications. Read More

Internationally renowned psychologist Hans H. Strupp, who helped psychotherapy gain legitimacy as a scientific discipline, died Thursday, Oct. 5, at Alive Hospice. Read More

Hundreds of artists, art historians, critics and art educators will converge in Nashville Oct. 25-28 to network, exhibit their creative work, present their scholarship and talk about the future of art. The joint meeting of the Southeastern College Art Conference and the Mid-America College Art Association will be held at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, with more than 100 events planned. Read More

A multidisciplinary exploration of the impact of time and timing on how we learn is the focus of a new National Science Foundation-funded center partially based at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. The Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center was created with a five-year, $15.5 million Science of Learning Center grant from NSF. Read More