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Hospital patients who face difficult decisions sometimes turn to a chaplain or pastor and ask, "What should I do?" or "Why is this happening to me?" Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's first robotic surgical procedure was performed in mid May by Dr. Joseph A. Smith Jr., William L. Bray Professor and Chair of Urologic Surgery. Smith used VUMC's new $1 million-plus Da Vinci Surgical System, built by Intuitive Surgical, to perform a radical prostatectomy. Read More

Divinity School Dean James Hudnut-Beumler announced that John S. McClure will lead one of the most unique programs in the country for educating and placing future professors of preaching and worship the beginning with the fall semester. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and Meharry have been collaborating with NIH for several years on research involving HIV/AIDS, which is spread primarily by sexual contact and intravenous drug use. The goal of the new grant is to encourage further collaboration between the schools, and train new investigators to advance AIDS treatment and prevention. Read More

Arguments for and against genetically altering plants, fruits and vegetables continue. Read More

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a grant establishing the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Sloan Center for Internet Retailing at the Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Directors of publicly traded companies will gather at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Law School in June to address the issues directors now face as a result of recent regulatory changes in a climate of investor uncertainty. Read More

The eminent astronomer David Weedman, who is a Nashville native and graduate of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ, will be delivering a free public lecture on Tuesday evening, May 27. Read More

Plans for the Monroe Carell Children's Hospital will highlight a kickoff event for the Eve of Janus Ball on Sunday, June 1, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., in the lobby of the Frances Williams Preston Building on the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ campus. Read More

Tort reform has come to Washington, D.C. with a vengeance. Congress, with the White House's blessing, has begun to propose a dizzying array of federal laws designed to change the way lawsuits are handled in the 50 states. Read More

The newly created Center for the Americas at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ will provide innovative perspectives on American history, culture and society by bringing together a powerful group of scholars whose research and teaching cuts across the political and geographical boundaries of North, Central and South America. Read More

Dale A. Johnson and Dennis C. Dickerson have been elected president and president elect of the American Society of Church History. This is the first time someone from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ has served in this role for the national organization and the first time faculty from one university have served back-to-back terms. Read More

Imagine a single, star-like object that burns with as much energy as billions of stars in hundreds of galaxies combined. Such objects exist. They are called quasars and are just one of the nearly unimaginable astronomical objects that eminent astronomer David Weedman will describe in the free public lecture, “Seyfert Galaxies, Quasars and the Edge of the Universe.”, on May 27. Read More

Sound and text of Chancellor Gordon Gee's Commencement address Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's top scholars in nine undergraduate and professional schools received Founder's Medals during Commencement exercises on May 9. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s Peabody College honored alumnus Hal R. Ramer, of Nashville, with its Lifetime Service Award at the College’s commencement ceremony Friday, May 9. He is the first recipient of the award. Read More

Peabody College honored H. Dean Propst, chancellor emeritus of the University System of Georgia, with its 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award during commencement Friday, May 9. Read More

Approximately 2,400 students, including one of the largest undergraduate classes in the history of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ, will receive diplomas at the University’s Commencement May 9 on Alumni Lawn. Read More

The recent rainstorms have forced ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ to move its main Commencement ceremony from Alumni Lawn to Memorial Gym Friday, May 9. Read More

Approximately 2,400 students will receive diplomas at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s graduation exercises Friday, May 9. Read More