Releases
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We Care for Kids Day Set, Trace Adkins Performance Announced
Mark your calendars for the second annual We Care for Kids Day street party and free concert in celebration of Middle Tennessee children. Read MoreSep 12, 2005
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Time changes announced at Middle Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps Warehouse and Vine Hill Community Clinic
New times are announced for the MTMRC Warehouse and the Vine Hill Community Clinic. Read MoreSep 12, 2005
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“Lab-on-chip” technology expert joins ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ as H. Fort Flowers Professor
Dongqing Li -- an international leader in "lab-on-a-chip" biotechnology who is joining ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ as the new H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering -- dreams of creating a miniature, portable laboratory the size of a business card, capable of on-the-scene diagnosis of diseases and rapid detection of biochemical warfare agents. Read MoreSep 12, 2005
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ to bring first Chancellor‘s Artists in Residence to campus, Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman to detail project on Sept. 19
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University will strengthen its commitment to the arts this spring, when Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman spend a semester as the first Chancellor‘s Artists in Residence. Read MoreSep 12, 2005
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ to bring first Chancellor’s Artists in Residence to campus, Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman to detail project on Sept. 19
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University will strengthen its commitment to the arts this spring, when Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman spend a semester as the first Chancellor's Artists in Residence. Read MoreSep 12, 2005
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ continues to respond to victims of Hurricane Katrina
A week after ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University began admitting students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, approximately 100 students from Gulf Coast colleges and universities had registered for classes. ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Medical Center now has treated more than 70 Gulf Coast evacuees, hospitalizing more than 20, and its LifeFlight reserve helicopter and fixed wing aircraft and their medical teams continue to assist in disaster relief and patient transport out of the region. Read MoreSep 9, 2005
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Law professor Yoo to testify at Supreme Court confirmation hearings
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Law Professor Christopher S. Yoo is scheduled to testify at the confirmation hearings next week for John G. Roberts Jr., who has been nominated to serve as chief justice of the United States. Read MoreSep 8, 2005
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Medical ethics professor Larry R. Churchill to address Medicare crisis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Larry R. Churchill, co-director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University School of Medicine, will examine the factors that must be addressed as America confronts the Medicare crisis in the 21st century during a lecture Sept. 13 at Flynn Auditorium in the ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Law School. Read MoreSep 7, 2005
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Should New Orleans rebuild? ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ expert says ‘perhaps not’
Hurricane Katrina has left most of New Orleans a virtual toxic wasteland, and a ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University professor says that perhaps this once great city that is below sea level should not be rebuilt, at least in its present form. Mark Abkowitz, professor of civil and environmental engineering, says "imagine the infrastructure expense required to rebuild the levees that can withstand far more than what was included in the original design, installation of a pumping system with greater capacity and less prone to failure, and add to that the knowledge that the climate change will increase the frequency and severity of hurricanes in the region." Read MoreSep 7, 2005
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MEDIA ADVISORY – ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Chancellor Gordon Gee and Fisk President Hazel O’Leary to celebrate two universities’ science partnership
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University Chancellor Gordon Gee and Fisk University President Hazel O'Leary will lead a celebration Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. of the two universities' Masters-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program partnership to increase the number of minority students pursuing their doctoral degrees in physics, astronomy and the biomedical sciences. Both university leaders will speak, and students who are participating in the partnership will be available for interviews. The event will feature a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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MEDIA ADVISORY – ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ Chancellor Gordon Gee and Fisk President Hazel O‘Leary to celebrate two universities‘ science partnership
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University Chancellor Gordon Gee and Fisk University President Hazel O‘Leary will lead a celebration Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. of the two universities‘ Masters-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program partnership to increase the number of minority students pursuing their doctoral degrees in physics, astronomy and the biomedical sciences. Both university leaders will speak, and students who are participating in the partnership will be available for interviews. The event will feature a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ LifeFlight sends helicopter, nurse team to help with disaster relief, response
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ LifeFlight has dispatched its reserve helicopter and a medical team to Hattiesburg, Miss., to assist in disaster relief efforts after a call for assistance was made to Tennessee EMS officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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Is Constitution Day unconstitutional? New law requires colleges and universities to celebrate the document
When Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) amended a massive spending bill last year to provide that all institutions of higher education receiving federal funds celebrate Constitution Day, he may not have envisioned a discussion about whether the requirement is itself unconstitutional. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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Odd behavior and creativity may go hand-in-hand
A quirky or socially awkward approach to life might be the key to becoming a great artist, composer or inventor. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ School of Nursing opens clinic for hurricane refugees now in Middle Tennessee
In an effort to help displaced hurricane refugees from the Gulf Coast area, the ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University School of Nursing is holding a special clinic for hurricane victims needing health care at the Vine Hill Clinic on Tuesday and Thursday evenings to treat hurricane disaster refugees who have sought refuge in Middle Tennessee. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ-Ingram Cancer Center offering cancer treatment for patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina
Cancer patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath who are in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky and in need of continued treatment can contact the ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ-Ingram Cancer Center for assistance. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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Middle Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps opens warehouse to receive donated materials for hurricane relief assistance
Beginning at 1 p.m. today, the Middle Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps (MTMRC) will open a warehouse within the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, located on James Robertson Parkway in downtown Nashville, to receive personal items as well as medical supplies to assist hurricane disaster relief efforts. Beginning tomorrow, warehouse hours will be 7 a.m.-7 p.m. each day. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ ready to provide financial assistance to its students impacted by Katrina
As ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ began accepting visiting students from Gulf Coast institutions, the university reassured current ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ students from the devastated areas that the university is prepared to help meet their changing educational financial needs. Read MoreSep 2, 2005
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Renowned architect Peter Eisenman to speak at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ
Peter Eisenman, an internationally recognized architect and educator who has designed projects ranging from NFL stadiums to unique private homes, will speak Sept. 23 at ²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ University as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read MoreSep 2, 2005
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Hurricane Disaster Experts
²¤ÂÜÊÓÆµ experts are available to discuss a variety of issues related to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, including emergency response planning, police response, looting, economic impact, impact on universities, mass casualties, infectious disease and medical problems facing children. Read MoreSep 2, 2005