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The proposed trip of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the Middle East will undoubtedly encourage many to draw parallels to Henry Kissinger's famed shuttle diplomacy after the Yom Kippur War in October 1973, according to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Professor of History Thomas Alan Schwartz. Read More

Singer-songwriters Victoria Shaw, Jim Photoglo and Don Henry will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, as part of the Bluebird on the Mountain concert series at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Dyer Observatory. Read More

Three ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ political scientists are available to discuss the 2006 Tennessee U.S. Senate race. Read More

People who suffer from severe ulcerative colitis may find relief from a new drug that is being tested at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center researchers, in collaboration with investigators at Johns Hopkins University, are beginning a Phase I trial to test a new vaccine against the West Nile virus. Read More

As the number of foreign-born health care workers in the United States has risen, so has the potential for transmitting tuberculosis in health-care settings. Read More

The launching of several missiles by North Korea on July 4 could prompt Japan's leaders to increase defense and military spending, something China and North Korea would not like to see, according to James Auer, director of the Center for U.S-Japan Studies and Cooperation at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

The study that led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its recommendations for giving flu shots to children is published in the July 6 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵers at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center are attempting to short circuit the progression of Parkinson's disease by implanting stimulation devices into the brains of Parkinson's patients earlier on in the course of their disease. Read More

Every year, around the Fourth of July, experts at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ see fireworks-related injuries -- everything from burns and abrasions to serious eye damage, and even blindness. This year, doctors say, they hope parents will opt for a professional fireworks show rather than something in the back yard, put on by amateurs. National statistics show 10 percent of firework injuries are sustained by toddlers and injuries are most likely when children have fireworks without adequate supervision. Read More

Sten H. Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., the director of The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Institute for Global Health and a Pediatric Infectious Disease research epidemiologist at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ has been selected as the primary investigator to lead the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) for the newly restructured HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Owen Graduate School of Management has announced four new faculty members to join the full-time teaching staff this fall. Read More

The Tennessee High School Press Association is transferring its archives of awards, records and student achievement to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University after spending the last 60 years under the authority of the University of Tennessee's College of Communication. Read More

After treating five children for near-drowning in the last two weeks, ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Children's Hospital experts are asking parents to review safety tips. Tom Abramo, M.D., director of the Emergency Department at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Children's, says most of the incidents have involved children under the age of 5. Read More

For many ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ students and faculty, learning, teaching and service don't end when classes conclude in May, but continue throughout the summer, often in far-flung locations. Two ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ groups are blogging about their adventures and work this summer in China and in Uganda. Read More

Treasured television news specials broadcast from 1968 to 2003 will become more accessible to the public, thanks to the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Television News Archive receiving new funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read More

The next time you hear a political candidate blast his or her opponent in a negative political advertisement, your natural inclination may be to grab the remote and change the channel. ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ political scientist John Geer contends, however, that you may want to leave the remote alone. Read More

A ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University physics professor is one of 13 young scientists named a 2006 Cottrell Scholar, a $100,000 fellowship designed to encourage early-career science researchers who show promise. Read More

Singer-songwriters Tony Mullins, Kent Blazy and Monty Holmes will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 8, at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Dyer Observatory as part of the Bluebird on the Mountain concert series. Read More

Children who stutter often face greater challenges managing their behavior and emotions than other children, researchers have found, offering new insight into how to help these children in a more holistic way. Read More