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Two decades of dinner-table conversation between a husband and wife have resulted in a rare grant to an English professor from the National Institutes of Health. Read More

Dr. Andrea Bracikowski, director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, says parents should be aware children are far more likely to suffer injury from a fall, or impact with an auto on Halloween than to have their candy tampered with. Read More

Faculty and staff of the Owen Graduate School of Management at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University will be the first on campus to take part in the Nashville Area Red Cross' "Together We Prepare" training later this week. Read More

Two ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Sokrates T. Pantelides, professor of physics, and Ned A. Porter, professor and chair of the department of chemistry, are among the 300 members of the AAAS to receive the honor. Read More

In September of 1957, a bomb exploded at the Hattie Cotton School as Nashville moved toward desegregating public schools. Five months later, dynamite exploded at the city's Jewish Community Center. Read More

The new business law clinic at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Law School is a classic example of a "win-win" situation: it provides free legal services to small business owners and non-profit agencies who couldn't otherwise afford an attorney while giving law students valuable experience with actual clients. Read More

A new and ambitious intellectual initiative at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University takes a significant step forward on Oct. 30, when the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture introduces itself with an open house. Read More

David Brooks, a columnist for The New York Times and senior editor at The Weekly Standard, will explore "The Geography of Politics" in a ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University address on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The lecture begins at 6 p.m. in Ingram Hall at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Blair School of Music. A reception with Brooks will precede the lecture at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

An expert panel will consider two cases of suspected environmental injustice in Middle Tennessee as part of a continuing series of lunch-hour discussions presented by the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

Members of Metro Council will participate in a public policy seminar this weekend at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ as part of the University's ongoing commitment to civic engagement. Read More

ñ "Is the War on Terrorism Abroad an Assault on Democracy at Home?" is the subject of a town hall forum at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Monday, Oct. 20, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The Trotter Group, one of two national journalists organizations meeting at the University next week, is hosting the free, public event. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ on Human Development will host a Sibshop, an activity-based retreat for children ages 7 through 12 who have a sibling with special needs, this Saturday, Oct. 19, 2003, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The children will work with an education staff member from the Frist Center for the Visual Arts to create a unique quilt that will hang in the new Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ. Read More

The delicate and sometimes ridiculous balancing act of maintaining a relationship has rarely been tackled with the wit and insight displayed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn in his 1975 classic Bedroom Farce. Read More

A dozen ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University students will spend the weekend in Washington, D.C., paying a special visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Read More

The world's foremost historian of fire will deliver the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities Harry C. Howard Jr. Lecture on Oct. 23 at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ School of Nursing has been awarded two separate grants to deliver online emergency preparedness programs to healthcare professionals around the country. Read More

David Brooks, a columnist for The New York Times and senior editor at The Weekly Standard, will explore "The Geography of Politics" in a ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University address on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The lecture begins at 6 p.m. in Ingram Hall at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Blair School of Music. A reception with Brooks will precede the lecture at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and Fisk Universities professors will conduct joint research and train doctoral students from both institutions in the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of nanoscience and nanoengineering as a result of winning a highly competitive, $2.9 million national grant. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University will honor the men and women of the United States Armed Services on Saturday, Oct. 11, during Military Appreciation Day, which will include an F-18 jet flyover minutes before the 1 p.m. CST kickoff of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ-Navy football game. Read More

InsideOut of the (Lunch) Box, sponsored by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, will feature choreographer and dancer Bill Shannon Oct. 16 at War Memorial Auditorium. Read More