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²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University officials and invited guests will dedicate the new $13 million E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center at a 5 p.m. ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 2. ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Chancellor Gordon Gee; Nicholas Zeppos, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs; Richard McCarty, dean of the College of Arts and Science; and E. Bronson Ingram's daughter and a major contributor to the project, Robin Ingram Patton, will be on hand to celebrate the official opening of the 48,000-square-foot facility. Read More

The Dan Marino Foundation has pledged $1.2 million over three years to establish the Marino Autism ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Institute at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center's Treatment and ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders and the University of Miami Center for Autism and Related Disabilities. Read More

November offers several opportunities for members of the Nashville community to learn more about developmental disabilities, emotional temperament and art at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ on Human Development. The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center is located at the corner of 21st Avenue South and Edgehill Avenue. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Law School has received $2.9 million from the settlement of a class action lawsuit to which it was not a party. The award will fund the school's new civil litigation and dispute resolution program, designed to produce graduates with the experience and necessary competencies to make them more productive from their first day at work. Read More

The 17th annual ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Marching Invitational, one of the premiere marching band competitions in the Southeast, happens Oct. 29 on Dudley Field. Read More

The C.I.A. leak case has brought renewed scrutiny of the Bush administration's decision to go to war in Iraq, and there are historical parallels to the Reagan administration's foreign policy during the Iran-Contra scandal, according to ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Professor of History Thomas Alan Schwartz. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center is enrolling volunteers in a study to test a new vaccine that targets avian flu, the first such vaccine against the virus. The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ trial, led by Kathryn Edwards, M.D., will test the new vaccine in nearly 100 individuals 65 years of age and over. It is the second phase of a national study led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Read More

A delegation of leaders from South China Normal University, one of the top 10 education colleges in China, will visit Nashville the week of Nov. 7 to formalize a partnership to train both American and Chinese principals in effective leadership, education and management skills. Read More

Recent changes to TennCare, a program launched in 1994 to expand Medicaid coverage to uninsured and uninsurable Tennesseans, will be discussed Nov. 1 during a public forum at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center. Read More

Roberta Goodman, a well respected health care analyst, will join the faculty of the Health Care MBA program at the Owen Graduate School of Management at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University in January. A perennial favorite on lists of top analysts in financial publications including the Wall Street Journal and Institutional Investor, Goodman is now a principal with Nashville-based Health Care Analytics, a strategic consulting firm specializing in the health care services industry. Read More

Devoting American dollars to democracy building in more than 100 foreign nations has resulted in significant increases in democratic governance around the globe, according to a new study by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University and University of Pittsburgh professors. The study was presented Oct. 27 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Read More

Laurie Anderson, one of the most versatile and important artists of the last 25 years, 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. Read More

The rescue of the work of three Fisk University scholars who researched the lives and music of people in the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s will be celebrated with a reception, panel discussion and musical performance at Fisk. Read More

Marcelo Kfoury Muinhos, head of the research department at the Central Bank of Brazil, will deliver the McGee Lecture on "Monetary Policy in Brazil" on Nov. 3 at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

Two ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ LifeFlight nurses have been recognized by their industry peers and been named national flight program director of the year and national flight nurse of the year and were recognized at award ceremonies in Texas held this past week. Read More

The Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University a grant of $207,000 to support a dissertation seminar in the humanities entitled "The Souls of Brute and Stupid Things." The seminar, which will be led by English Professor and Mellon Chair of Humanities Jonathan Lamb, is in response to a proposal prepared and submitted to the foundation by Lamb. Read More

Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio's award-winning legal affairs correspondent, will talk about "The Supreme Court and its Impact on You" Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

The Vine Hill Community Clinic, operated by the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University School of Nursing's University Community Health Services, is offering flu shots and FluMist to the general public starting Oct. 24. Read More

Nashville residents tired of seeing abandoned vehicles, overgrown lots and dilapidated housing in their neighborhoods will have an opportunity to learn how to take action to clean up these eyesores Tuesday, Oct. 25 at a special presentation on Metro Codes. Read More

The Bluebird on the Mountain concert series will conclude its successful second year at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Dyer Observatory with a show featuring Tim Nichols, Rivers Rutherford and Rebecca Lynn Howard. Read More