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What if kids taught their parents to eat fruits and vegetables instead of the other way around? A program that flips traditional family dynamics to incorporate healthy eating habits into homes culminates in an April 28 event where teen participants cook for their families and caregivers. Read More

A number of exciting projects are among the 74 design projects featured at the School of Engineering’s annual Design Day, including zero-energy home designs and a solar-powered desalination system. Read More

Many of Donald Trump’s supporters share a view of the world as a chaotic, threatening place that is changing too rapidly, says a political scientist at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, and this authoritarian outlook may be what’s drawing them to the strong rhetoric of Trump. Read More

A future generation of atomically thin optoelectronics devices, including transistors, photodetectors and solar cells, is a step closer because of an advance in the art of epitaxy made by scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) with an assist from a pair of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ physicists. Read More

For international student Rani Banjarian, differences are what make him feel a part of the university community. Read More

The Nashville Elementary School Debate Consortium takes place April 9 at J.E. Moss Elementary School in Antioch. Read More

The latest research will be presented by faculty from ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s Peabody College at the American Educational ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Association’s annual meeting. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos discussed the implementation of the university’s Academic Strategic Plan, the university and Medical Center transition to two separate legal and financial entities, groundbreaking research, and the university's examination of what community looks like at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ in his Spring Faculty Assembly address. Read More

When children have a choice of how they interact with educators, they may learn more efficiently. Read More

Graduate students devise a unique study to teach an aspiring pizza chef with autism to follow recipes. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos issued the following statement after learning of the deaths of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ alumni Justin and Stephanie Shults as a result of a terrorist bombing in Brussels, Belgium March 22: We are saddened to learn that the deaths of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ alumni Justin and Stephanie Shults have… Read More

A survey released while President Obama visited Argentina showed that the public there still mistrusts the U.S. government. Read More

Mona Frederick, director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, and Steve Wernke, associate professor of anthropology, recently attended the National Humanities Alliance’s annual meeting and advocacy day in Washington, D.C. and met with members of Tennessee’s congressional delegation. Read More

Christoph Zeller, associate professor of German, writes: "Looking back at the protest movement in Germany reveals parallels that help to understand the present."

Jonathan Metzl, director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, writes: "Again and again, people with whom I spoke raised concerns, not just about the lethal potential of firearms, but about the ways that allowing guns into previously gun-free communal spaces might impact a host of commonplace civic encounters as well."

The Monday after daylight saving time takes effect doesn’t have to be a heart-stressed, mad-dash, car-crash kind of a day. Read More

Chancellor Zeppos offers his condolences on the behalf of the university to President Garrett's family and the Cornell community. Read More

When Latinos hear tough talk about immigrants and immigration from politicians, their level of political trust is reduced and they start identifying more with their ethnic group than other qualities such as class or religion. Read More

A ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University student and entrepreneur is spearheading a social media campaign aimed at helping people be more authentic. Meet Larissa May and #halfthestory. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University athletics will present the Next Steps at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ program with the Perry Wallace Courage Award on Tuesday. Read More