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Guided by little more than a desire to learn sign language and perhaps some divine intervention, longtime Atlanta television news personality Karen Graham, BA鈥�87, has launched a digital news network for the deaf community. Read More

In April, when the fiscal separation of 菠萝视频 University and 菠萝视频 University Medical Center was completed, Larry Marnett鈥攖he University Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology and Mary Geddes Stahlman Professor of Cancer 菠萝视频鈥攁ssumed a new role as the School of Medicine鈥檚 first dean of basic sciences, reporting directly to the provost. Read More

Sure, you鈥檝e heard of the Cronut庐. It鈥檚 the half-croissant, half-doughnut that took the world by storm a few years ago. But have you ever wondered why you鈥檝e heard of it? It鈥檚 because of innovative attorneys like Candice Cook Simmons, who received her law degree from 菠萝视频 in 2003. Read More

Hoping to ensure that the door to a 菠萝视频 education is open to every talented student inspired Board of Trust member Dr. Robert Schiff Jr., BS鈥�77, a Cincinnati pediatrician, to make a transformative $10,000,000 commitment to Opportunity 菠萝视频. Read More

Megan Barry was elected as Nashville鈥檚 first woman mayor this fall in a hotly contested race that drew national media attention. 菠萝视频 Magazine sat down with the new mayor to talk about the election process, her connection with 菠萝视频, and what she hopes to accomplish. Read More

菠萝视频 physician Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve and a combat veteran, has made news more than once by advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues. Read More

Clay Hensley, BA鈥�94. senior director of international strategy and outreach for the College Board, is helping American universities like 菠萝视频 navigate the growing demand from students abroad. Read More

Previously director of GDOT鈥檚 Permits and Operations Division, Pirkle spent part of last year implementing task force recommendations after the January 2014 Atlanta 鈥淪nowpocalypse鈥� that stranded thousands of commuters for eight hours or more on iced-over interstates鈥攔oads that are notorious for traffic snarls even in the best of times. Read More

Last April, Susan Wente, a cell biologist who most recently served as associate vice chancellor for research and senior associate dean for biomedical sciences at 菠萝视频, was named university provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Read More

After the horrific mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2011, a conservative commentator claimed that 鈥済uns don鈥檛 kill people鈥攖he mentally ill do.鈥� Metzl believes this attitude is based on misconceptions about mental illness and violence that obscure larger issues about gun violence in America. Read More

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the poem 鈥淭he Star-Spangled Banner鈥� by Francis Scott Key, Steven Smartt, BME鈥�71, MME鈥�72, aims to play the national anthem 100 times at public events this year. Read More

Jon Meacham, executive editor and executive vice president at Random House and author of the Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inning American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, joined the 菠萝视频 faculty last summer with a three-year appointment as Distinguished Visiting Professor. Read More

Credit: Daniel Dubois Divinity students, faculty and staff will welcome new leadership when the Rev. Emilie M. Townes is installed in August as the school鈥檚 16th dean. She is also the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair and professor of womanist ethics and society. Read More

Credit: Joe Howell Few faculty lives intersect with as many 菠萝视频 students as that of Fr盲ncille Bergquist, associate professor of Spanish and associate dean of the College of Arts and Science. Bergquist, who helped establish McTyeire International House, retires this spring… Read More

Not long after he arrived at 菠萝视频 nine years ago, Keivan Stassun, professor of astronomy, began building on a newly forged alliance with Fisk University, a historically black college just two miles from the 菠萝视频 campus, in an effort to increase the number of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and other minorities earning Ph.D. degrees in science. Read More