Releases
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Seven ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ teams ranked in Top 25
Seven ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ teams are ranked in the top 25 for their sports nationally. Baseball leads the group with ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´‘s first ever No. 1 ranking for a men‘s sport. Women‘s basketball is ranked 12th and men‘s basketball is ranked 17th, both by the Associated Press. Women‘s tennis, golf, bowling, and lacrosse are also ranked in the top 25 nationally. Read MoreFeb 23, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´-Ingram clinic space expanding to meet needs of patients
When the dust settles on a new renovation project involving ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´-Ingram Cancer Center‘s Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic, waiting room space and exam rooms will nearly double to help meet the needs of an ever increasing number of cancer patients in Middle Tennessee and beyond. Read MoreFeb 23, 2007
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2007 Ingram Scholars chosen
Thirteen incoming freshmen have been chosen from a record more than 600 applicants as the newest members of the Ingram Scholarship program. Read MoreFeb 23, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´-Ingram Cancer Center Receives Highest Level of Approval
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´-Ingram Cancer Center has received a three-year accreditation with commendation, the highest level of approval, from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS). Read MoreFeb 22, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ creative writing symposium focuses on cultural interplay; Kwame Dawes, Francisco Goldman and Lorna Goodison among visiting writers
Acclaimed writers Kwame Dawes, Teresa de la Caridad Doval, Lorna Goodison, Francisco Goldman and critic J. Edward Chamberlin will all visit ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ in March to take part in a creative writing symposium. Read MoreFeb 22, 2007
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Fact Sheet: Employment Issues at ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´
This fact sheet provides information about ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ employment policies and ongoing labor negotiations between the university and the Laborers International Union of America, which represents approximately 600 ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ employees in the custodial, grounds, food service and skilled crafts categories. Read MoreFeb 20, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Center for Human Genetics Research investigators join international team of experts to find genetic links to autism; Results published in Nature Genetics
A team of ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Center for Human Genetics Research investigators and colleagues from around the world are releasing findings from the largest study to date seeking to identify genes that might increase the risk of autism. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ students to dance the night away for a good cause; 14-hour event to benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital
More than 500 ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ students will dance the night away to benefit the health and well-being of area children during Dance Marathon, a 14-hour student-run event to raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ and Children‘s Miracle Network. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Center for Human Genetics Research investigators join international team of experts to find genetic links to autism
A team of ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Center for Human Genetics Research investigators and colleagues from around the world are releasing findings from the largest study to date seeking to identify genes that might increase risk of autism. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Student engineers work hard at play during E-Week
In a series of challenging but fun competitions, the engineering students at ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ will display their ingenuity and inventiveness to celebrate National Engineers Week February 19-24. Read MoreFeb 19, 2007
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New group launching to create food security for Middle Tennesseans; Event at Country Music Hall of Fame to feature mayor, state ag. commissioner
A new organization with a goal of making healthy food reliably available to all Middle Tennesseans will publicly launch Friday, Feb. 23 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Country Music Hall of Fame in downtown Nashville. The event is free and open to the public. Read MoreFeb 16, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ economist James Foster to be honored in Mexico
Anti-poverty expert to get honorary degree on February 23 Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ joins United Way Million Dollar Circle
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ was welcomed Thursday into the Million Dollar Circle of the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, in recognition of generosity during the 2006 United Way campaign. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ engineer wins NSF award for innovative Internet system
Professor Yi Cui has gotten recognition - and funding - for his novel idea that could give YouTube a run for its money. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´‘s David Williams II named fellow of Tennessee Bar Foundation
David Williams II of ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ has been elected a fellow by the Tennessee Bar Foundation. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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“Breaking the Color Barrier” ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ videoconference features Vice Mayor Gentry; Students to learn about life in one-time segregated Nashville
Nashville Vice Mayor Howard Gentry Jr. will share stories with middle and high school students across the nation about growing up in a segregated Nashville when he is a presenter for the ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Virtual School on Feb. 15. "Breaking the Color Barrier" will be a step back in time to a very different life for African-Americans in the 1950s and even ‘60s, according to Patsy Partin, director of the Virtual School. Read MoreFeb 14, 2007
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New CD features Ugandan music used to combat HIV/AIDS; Singing for Life compiled by ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ medical ethnomusicologist Greg Barz
A new album of uplifting music from Uganda compiled by a ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ ethnomusicologist is being released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings as part of the effort to combat HIV/AIDS. Read MoreFeb 14, 2007
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TIPSHEET: EDUCATION EXPERTS AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS REAUTHORIZATION OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Peabody College of education and human development experts are available to discuss various aspects of No Child Left Behind as Congress considers its reauthorization in 2007. Read MoreFeb 13, 2007
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ alumni form health care association
A group of graduates from the ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Owen Graduate School of Management, who now work in the health care industry, has created an association to advance Owen‘s successful health care MBA program. Read MoreFeb 13, 2007
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State Trauma Hospitals Announce Education Campaign
Operating without direct funding, Tennessee‘s trauma center network is at a critical crossroads, said health professionals today, who launched a statewide education campaign aimed at raising the profile and sounding the alarm bells regarding the system. Read MoreFeb 12, 2007