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²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center will embark on a phase one clinical trial of a new product that could be used in children to protect them from hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ will be the only site in the country testing this new product. Read More

George W. Bush‘s best efforts to rally public support for Social Security privatization have met with failure. Although more people now perceive a problem, few perceive a crisis. Worse for the president, two months of salesmanship have actually lowered his approval rating on the issue. People do not seem to want private accounts if it means fundamental changes to a program that has a strong track record of success. Read More

Journalists are invited to a special screening May 11 of a new PBS documentary highlighting the problems of youth who age out of the foster care system. Read More

The new Bluebird on the Mountain concert series begins at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Dyer Observatory on Saturday, May 14, the first of five shows this summer and fall offered by the observatory in collaboration with the Bluebird CafÈ. Read More

Learning to read is a struggle for one in five children. The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Reading Clinic is currently accepting applications for two summer sessions. The first session will be June 6-30, and the second session will be July 11-Aug. 4. Read More

Professor of Law John Goldberg has been named associate dean for research, a new position at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Law School. Read More

William T. Spitz, vice chancellor for investments and treasurer at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, has been named the recipient of the 2005 Award for Investment Leadership given by the investment firm Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. Read More

Reginald W. Coopwood, M.D. has been named the next CEO of the Metro Hospital Authority which inclues Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, Bordeaux Long Term Care and Knowles Assisted Living Facility and Adult Day Care. Read More

Democrats need to redefine themselves to win the White House in 2008. The Party‘s leadership change is an opportunity to develop a bold platform that restores the American Dream to working families left behind by the Bush Administration. Read More

Public reaction to news such as the recent studies showing America‘s elementary and secondary schools‘ students do not know math, science and other subjects as well as their counterparts in other nations is predictable. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University has been awarded the 2005 Tennessee Pollution Prevention Partnership Green Schools Award for recycling by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ engineering seniors will display their innovations Tuesday, April 26, during the School of Engineering‘s Senior Design Day. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ reported April 20 at a meeting of the American Physical Society reveals that the early universe may have behaved like a liquid in the first few microseconds after the Big Bang. Physicists from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University were part of a prestigious international team that made the surprising findings. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Chancellor Gordon Gee presented five faculty members with annual awards when ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ‘s Spring Faculty Assembly convened April 4. Read More

Richard Davidson, a psychologist who studies adults and young children who have or are at risk for emotional disorders, autism and other developmental disorders, will speak at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ on Human Development on Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University professors Lynn Fuchs and Doug Fuchs are the recipients of the Special Education ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Special Interest Group of the American Educational ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Association (AERA) 2005 Distinguished ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Award. Read More

Members of Expressions, the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Community Outreach Partnership Center‘s after-school dance program for local teens, will perform "FUSION" April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Tennessee State University‘s Recital Hall. Read More

There aren‘t many people who can pull a fighter jet weighing more than 14,000 pounds 47 feet in 60 seconds. There aren‘t many people who have a 3.1 grade point average with a major in chemical engineering. There aren‘t many men, much less women, who can claim to have accomplished both difficult feats. ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Junior Kara Mann has achieved both and is a strong woman in every sense of the word as she defies stereotypes on a daily basis. Read More

U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn is the featured speaker for the April 25 annual meeting for Retirement Learning at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ. Blackburn, who represents Tennessee‘s 7th District and is a member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, will discuss findings from her recent trip to Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel. Read More

Disparities in health care based on race and culture will be discussed during a three-day conference at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University that will bring participants from the United States, Canada and Europe to campus. Read More