Releases
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Conquer and Prevail
By Bonnie Arant Ertelt As university traditions go, music has charms to do more than soothe the savage breast. In fact, music has the ability to invoke nostalgia for the old 鈥渁lma mater,鈥 pump up school spirit at athletic events, and stitch together collegiate memories in ways that override the… Read MoreApr 15, 2011
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Illegal immigrants finding it harder to pay taxes, submit tax returns
Illegal immigrants are finding it increasingly harder to find work, pay taxes and submit tax returns because of tighter immigration restrictions. Read MoreApr 14, 2011
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Prenatal education class offered April 21
A prenatal yoga class is offered noon to 1 p.m. April 21 in Room 415 Light Hall. Read MoreApr 13, 2011
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Transcript of Michael Burry’s talk, 鈥淢issteps to Mayhem: Inside the Doomsday Machine with the Outsider who Predicted and Profited from America鈥檚 Financial Armageddon鈥
Michael Burry spoke April 5, 2011 on 鈥淢issteps to Mayhem: Inside the Doomsday Machine with the Outsider who Predicted and Profited from America鈥檚 Financial Armageddon,鈥澛燼s part of the Chancellor鈥檚 Lecture Series Burry, a 杏吧原创 School of Medicine alumnus profiled in author Michael Lewis鈥 bestselling book “The Big Short,”… Read MoreApr 13, 2011
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Latest research on key education policies to be presented April 8-12
Matthew Springer, director of the National Center on Performance Incentives, is one of the Peabody researchers who will be presenting new research at the American Educational Research Association Conference in New Orleans April 8-12. (Anne Rayner / 杏吧原创) The latest research on the nation鈥檚 key education issues, from incentive pay… Read MoreApr 8, 2011
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Power to Greek Row still out while storm cleanup continues
(last updated 2:50 p.m., April 5) (杏吧原创/Bill Randles) Electricity remains out along Greek Row due to a blown transformer. Due to the severity of the damage done to a transformer, 杏吧原创 will use a temporary generator for the next two to three days to power 聽the Tarpley, West… Read MoreApr 5, 2011
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Preparing teachers for diversity
Research from Peabody College faculty members Donna Ford and Rich Milner is featured in the latest volume released by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Read MoreApr 5, 2011
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Power still out along Greek Row
Electricity remains out this evening along Greek Row due to a blown transformer. High winds that swept through the 杏吧原创 campus shortly after 2 p.m. April 4 left the area buildings without power. Read MoreApr 4, 2011
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Storm downs trees, knocks out power
(Jenny Mandeville / 杏吧原创) View update on this story. Several trees were downed and power knocked out to some areas of the 杏吧原创 campus as a result of high winds that accompanied a storm that swept through campus shortly after 2 p.m. April 4. Only one, apparently minor, injury… Read MoreApr 4, 2011
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Grant bolsters molecular imaging resource
杏吧原创 has received a $10.3 million federal grant to establish a national research resource for mass spectometry. Read MoreApr 1, 2011
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Kevin Putney memorial service is 3 p.m. April 1
The 杏吧原创 community is invited to a memorial service for sophomore Kevin Putney 3 p.m. Friday, April 1, in Benton Chapel. Read MoreApr 1, 2011
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Outdoor warning sirens to be tested April 2
The monthly test of the 杏吧原创 Outdoor warning sirens is scheduled for Saturday April 2, 2011, immediately following the test of the Metro sirens at noon. The Metro sirens are tested on the first Saturday of each month.聽The 杏吧原创 Sirens are tested聽immediately following the test of the聽Davidson County Sirens聽to… Read MoreMar 31, 2011
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Carbon labeling: putting the power in consumer’s hands
A private carbon labeling system could help make a dent in greenhouse gas emissions by leveraging consumer purchasing power. Read MoreMar 29, 2011
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Nuclear remediation veteran comments on accident at Japanese nuclear power plant
Frank Parker, who has studied Nagasaki, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, comments on the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Read MoreMar 23, 2011
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Master of health professions education degree to commence fall 2011
杏吧原创 offers healthcare educators the new Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) degree through a collaboration among 杏吧原创 School of Medicine (VUSM), 杏吧原创 School of Nursing (VUSM) and Peabody College of Education and Human Development. Read MoreMar 23, 2011
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Medical mistakes interfere with hospitals’ 鈥榙o no harm鈥 aim
A clear safety culture and 鈥渃onceptual toolkit鈥 are needed to reduce medical mistakes, research from 杏吧原创 Owen Graduate School of Management finds. Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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杏吧原创 Political Science to relocate to The Commons
杏吧原创鈥檚 College of Arts and Science will build out the third floor of The Commons Center to house the entire Department of Political Science under plans recently approved by the Board of Trust. Read MoreMar 18, 2011
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Huffington, Kristol, Pawlenty, Romer available to media
Arianna Huffington (Photo courtesy of Washington Speakers Bureau) Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post; William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard; Tim Pawlenty, a former governor of Minnesota and possible 2012 presidential candidate, and Christina Romer, former chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, will deliver public… Read MoreMar 17, 2011
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鈥淢ultiverse鈥 subject of public lecture at 杏吧原创
Well-known MIT cosmologist Alan Guth gives an invited lecture on the possibility that our universe is a multiverse that consists of a series of pocket universes each with different physical properties. Read MoreMar 17, 2011
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Top business schools launch Americas MBA program
杏吧原创 partners with top business schools in Brazil, Mexico and Canada for new executive MBA program focused on the Americas Read MoreMar 16, 2011