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The 2014 ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Founder's Medalists are (l-r): Peter Attwater, Sarah Scott, Susannah Morris, William Marks, Cecilia Page, Debra Perrone, Kasey Hill, Mae Mosley, Kristin Bater and Amanda Palmer. Not pictured is George Williford, Founder's Medalist for Oratory. (²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University) The 2014 ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Founder’s Medalists are (l-r): Peter… Read More

Ever in the background, Jerry Parr (far right) with President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan. (provided by Parr) Retired Secret Service agent Jerry W. Parr, BA’62, received Peabody’s 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award during Commencement May 9. He may be best known as the… Read More

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Sociology Professor Dan Cornfield can comment on efforts to unionize a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. Read More

A ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ researcher says the EPA is being too expansive in how it measures carbon dioxide emissions. Read More

Peabody is peeling away the hyperbole and doom-saying on the Common Core debate. Read More

Rachel Moser is fulfilling her passion for service through her nonprofit organization, The Uplifting Project. Read More

2014 Commencement (²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ) Twenty retiring faculty members were recognized during ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s Commencement ceremony May 9, when the university honored them for their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Among the recipients were Daniel… Read More

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Jessica Harthcock was paralyzed in a diving accident at age 17. She never gave up, even when doctors said she'd never walk again. Read More

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Implementation of Common Core has been much more difficult than anyone imagined, leaving students caught in a political tug of war. Peabody faculty weigh in on the Common Core dilemma. Read More

There are few programs in place to nurture the intellectually precocious child. Is there a cost to society for ignoring the gifted? Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ history professor Moses Ochonu can comment about the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Read More

Listening with charity is central to the mission of the New Jersey-based Reeves Foundation. Read More

The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Alumni Association Board of Directors is pleased to announce new leadership and the addition of eight new members. Patti White, BA’76, is president and Perry Brandt, BA’74, JD’77, is president-elect. New members include Ryan Grant, BS’01; Eileen C. Hart, BA’10, MSN’12; Larkin Martin, BA’85; Kate Morgan, BS’06; Alex Quintana, BA’05, MSF’06; Tim Warnock, BA’84; Valerie Williams, BE’95; and Justin Wood, BA’03, JD’06.

James W. Barker, PhD'11, has been awarded the 2014 Paul J. Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship. Barker, a visiting assistant professor of religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, was honored for his essay "Ancient Compositional Practices and the Gospels: A Reassessment." Read More

Christopher Serkin of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Law School has the "startling" opinion that government entities should be held legally responsible if they fail to make laws protecting the rights of property owners. Read More

Members of the classes of 2004 through 2013 have once again made ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ history by rising to the university’s challenge specifically for graduates of the last decade—the GOLD Challenge 2.0—and helping to secure another $100,000 gift to Opportunity ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ. Opportunity ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ is the university’s initiative to replace all need-based undergraduate… Read More

Two ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ engineers participated in the SmartAmerica Challenge EXPO in Washington D.C. Read More