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When the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Commodores squared off on the gridiron against the University of Mississippi last September, members of both teams no doubt had on their most intimidating game faces. The scene was a contrast to just a day before, when ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and Mississippi students congenially worked side by side at various volunteer sites around the Oxford, Miss., community. Read More

One of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center LifeFlight helicopters made a precautionary landing last night at Nashville International Airport after one of the pilots heard a loud noise. Read More

A new drug being tested at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Children's Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit might have the power to cut the hospital stay of tiny premature babies, increase survival rates, and address the growing problem of super germs in the nation's neonatal intensive care units, all at the same time. Read More

Approximately 1,600 ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ freshmen will experience one of their most memorable college days when they move into the University dormitories on Aug. 23. Residence halls for new students will open at 8 a.m. In addition, a series of orientation events is scheduled for the next several days to help smooth the transition to college life for the new students and their parents. Here are a few of the planned activities: Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University advanced two spots and its School of Engineering moved up six places in the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Dyer Observatory presents two upcoming public nights in August focused on Mars. The public night scheduled for Friday, Aug. 22 has a new start time of 9 p.m. The evening will begin with a presentation in the Dyer library entitled "Life on Mars." Read More

From an auto manufacturing plant in Spring Hill to an agricultural center in Milan, from a rural school in Decaturville to a hospital in Jackson, more than 50 ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ faculty members, senior administrators, staff and student leaders will get a chance to experience Middle and West Tennessee Aug. 20-21. Sandwiched in between will be visits in Memphis to Elvis Presley's home, the National Civil Rights Museum, Rhodes College and the Memphis Zoo.Click here to view Daily Register article. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University School of Medicine class of 1945 had no women; the class of 1959 had only one. Over the years, there was a steady increase in the number of women. By 1977, there were nine; by 1981, 20. Each year the gap has slowly closed in the numbers of women and men. Read More

The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy has increased its presence in the nation's capital with the addition of Paula Cleggett as associate director for policy. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University School of Nursing has signed an agreement with Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia (MTSA) to offer graduates of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) Program an early interview and potential acceptance in MTSA's highly competitive Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) program. Read More

In what could be called ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's version of American Idol ñ only without the ill-tempered judge and a recording contract prize ñ University and Medical Center employees will audition Thursday, August 14, for the chance to sing the national anthem at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ-UT Chattanooga football game Saturday, Sept. 6. Dwayne Sagen, ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's director of bands and an assistant dean at the Blair School of Music, will serve as one of the four judges for the audition, along with representatives from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Athletics, Medical Center and University administration. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵers have moved a step closer to finding a "molecular fingerprint" of an individual's cancer. Read More

In an effort to guard patient safety, VUMC is taking a leaf from American aviation, where it's been shown that human error and the harm it poses can be substantially reduced through training to improve communication among members of the flight crew. Read More

Nearly a dozen undergraduate students from around the Southeast have been spending the summer at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University getting a taste of real-life engineering research as part of a summer internship at the Institute for Software-Integrated Systems. Read More

In the near future, when Marine Corps pilots climb into the cockpit for a training flight or an actual combat mission, they will do so with confidence that the possibility of human error in every operational aspect of their mission from aircraft maintenance to flight scheduling has been minimized by the use of customized software developed by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University and the University of Southern California. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Television News Archive, the world's most comprehensive collection of television network news programs, marks its 35th anniversary next week by going digital. Read More

Lynn S. Fuchs and Douglas Fuchs, professors of special education and John F. Kennedy Center investigators at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, will share the Nicholas Hobbs Chair in Special Education and Human Development, a newly endowed faculty chair in the Department of Special Education at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Peabody College of Education. Read More

A research study performed at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Children's Hospital, proving the safety and effectiveness of using automated external defibrillators (AED's) in children, has helped change American Heart Association guidelines. The study will be published in the August 2003 issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine. Read More

Ronald D. Ford has been elected president of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Alumni Association Board of Directors for 2003-04. Read More

The just-published third edition of America's Top Doctors lists 46 VUMC physicians among its rankings, an increase over the 39 cited in the book's second edition, published last year. Read More