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Tens of thousands of people who experience movement disorders associated with Parkinson's and a variety of other neurological conditions stand to benefit from a new guidance system that uses computerized brain-mapping techniques to significantly improve an increasingly popular procedure called deep brain stimulation. Read More

The monuments, sculptures, jades, and other treasures recovered by the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University and National Geographic Cancuen Archaeological Project are now on exhibit in a museum tour in Europe. Read More

Thirty-one assassinated and dismembered Maya nobles have been found by a team of Guatemalan and American archaeologists in a sacred cistern at the entrance to the sprawling royal palace in the ruins of the ancient city of Cancu√àn, capital of one of the richest kingdoms of the Classic Maya civilization (circa A.D. 300-900), located in the Pet√àn rain forest of Guatemala. The National Geographic Society, ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University and the Ministry of Culture of Guatemala announced the gruesome discovery, which is believed to record a critical moment at the beginning of the mysterious collapse of this great ancient civilization. Read More

Losing one's virginity is among life's most significant experiences, and a new study explores its complexities, from how men and women view the act ñ much less differently than people might think ñ to how the circumstances surrounding virginity loss affect people long term and what it means for young gays and lesbians. Read More

A 15-year-old Coffee County girl is recovering after becoming the first child to receive a simultaneous heart and double-lung transplant at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ on Nov. 8. Read More

Redstone Golf Management has been awarded a five-year contract to manage the operation of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Legends Club, a ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University official announced. Read More

Performance artist Laurie Anderson will discuss her entire repertoire and current project, "The Waters Reglitterized," on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Anderson's work has covered the spectrum of media, from performance, film, music and writing to photography and sculpture. Read More

A ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ international law expert says the threat by attorneys for Saddam Hussein to end all contact with the Iraqi court that will try the former Iraqi president is nothing but "legal maneuvering." Read More

John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group and president of the Bogle Financial Markets ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Center, will speak at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 15, as part of the Owen Graduate School of Management's Distinguished Speaker Series. The event, which will be held in Benton Chapel on the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ campus, is free and open to the public. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ anthropologist Tom Dillehay has spent the past 30 years uncovering the ancient history of Chile and other South American countries, in the process changing our understanding of how and when humans first came to the Americas. His contributions to Chilean culture were recognized this fall by Chile's President Ricardo Lagos with an announcement that his work will be used to symbolize Chile's Sello Bicentenario, or bicentennial, which the nation will celebrate in 2010. Read More

Two former U.S. ambassadors and alumni of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University will discuss diplomacy during a forum that will be part of International Education Week at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ. Read More

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio's award-winning legal affairs correspondent, has cancelled her speaking engagement at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University on Thursday, Nov. 10. Read More

Credited with launching the fields of sustained drug delivery and tissue engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Institute Professor Robert S. Langer will give the John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. Read More

An Auschwitz concentration camp survivor and a member of the Nazi Youth Movement will discuss their "uncommon friendship" as part of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Holocaust Lecture Series Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Law School. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University ranks fifth among the "Best Places to Work in Academia," according to a survey of researchers in the life sciences that will be released Nov. 7 in The Scientist magazine. Read More

Polls have shown that Argentina is one of the Latin American nations with a high level of anti-American sentiment, so one cannot be entirely surprised by the protests surrounding the international summit in Mar Del Plata, says ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University political scientist Mitchell Seligson. There has been a recent political shift to the left among several Latin American countries, with tension between the United States and Venezuela of particular note. A number of Latin Americans feel that the benefits of free trade have not yet "trickled down" to them, and that may be helping to fuel the protests. Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new therapy in almost a decade for pancreas cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Read More

The arts at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ entered a new era with the dedication of the $13 million E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center in the center of campus. "It's not just a place to put an easel, but a lot more. It's a place I can call my own √± my private sanctuary to work out my ideas," said ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ senior Kayla Jones at the Nov. 2 dedication ceremony. Read More

The stars are now much closer for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and Tennessee State University students√≥so close, in fact, that they don't even have to leave their dorm rooms to study them. A new robotic telescope, made possible with funds from NASA and a partnership between TSU and ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Dyer Observatory, will celebrate its "first light" at its Dyer Observatory home at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 7. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center is recruiting healthy volunteers for the second phase of testing of a novel HIV vaccine regimen that also is being studied in AIDS-battered countries around the world. Read More