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During a Sept. 23 discussion at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Law School, two attorneys who have advised Republicans about campaign finance reform provided sharply contrasting perspectives about a new law scheduled to take effect Nov. 6, the day after the national mid-term elections. Read More

Three ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ professors will join law professor Carol Swain Oct. 1 at 4:15 p.m. in Wilson Hall for a roundtable discussion of her book, The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration. Read More

Renowned filmmaker Claude Lanzmann will discuss both his career as a Holocaust documentarian and his experience as a young French Resistance fighter as ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s Chancellor’s Lecture Series presents “A Conversation with Claude Lanzmann” on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. Read More

One of the biggest issues facing future state leaders is the management of environmental threats to Tennessee’s land, water and air quality, according to three papers by ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ researchers. Read More

Translation of recently unearthed hieroglyphic stairs on an ancient Maya pyramid in Guatemala provides dramatic evidence that two great Maya city-states and their allies were locked in a brutal superpower struggle that may have set the stage for the later collapse of the classic Maya civilization. Read More

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ has designated residence hall “Confederate Memorial Hall” as simply “Memorial Hall.” The new name is intended to honor the men and women who have lost their lives in this country’s armed conflicts. Read More

Dick Grasso, chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, will speak about “Recovery of New York—Post-September 11, 2001 and Investor Confidence: NYSE Perspective” at 1 p.m. on Sept. 25 in Flynn Auditorium of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Law School. His speech is part of the Owen Distinguished Speaker Series and is free and open to the public. Read More

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ molecular biologist Ellen Fanning is one of 20 research scientists nationwide who will each receive $1 million over the next four years from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in a new program intended to encourage researchers to put as much creativity into undergraduate education as they have into research. Read More

Candidates for the U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee will square off in a live debate at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, sponsored by the NewsChannel 5 Network, The Tennessean and ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m. Read More

About 150 students and the chancellors of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ and the University of Mississippi will set aside their team loyalty and join together in Oxford, Miss., on Sept. 20 to kick off “Sports and Service: A Winning Tradition.” Read More

A trio of upcoming speakers will launch a new season of community lectures from the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Divinity School. This fall the Divinity School hopes to reach its largest audience ever by offering a diverse series of talks by some of the world’s premier theologians. Read More

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ held steady at No. 21 in the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report, while the University’s service learning effort ranked 17th in the magazine’s first review of “Programs that Really Work.” Read More

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill will speak on “The Emerging Economic Recovery” at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ on Sept. 24. He will discuss the president’s efforts to strengthen the economy and to hasten the economic recovery. Read More

Sweeping changes to campaign finance law go into effect immediately following the November congressional elections, and three major figures in the campaign finance reform debate, including the lawyer for Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the prime sponsor of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002, will participate in a panel discussion at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Law School on Sept. 23. Read More

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s first Arab-American Muslim student body president urged her fellow students and other members of the University community to “not fight hate with hate” in response to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Read More

David M. Hercules, the Centennial Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Department of Chemistry, and Thomas R. McCoy, professor of law, were recognized for their contributions during the recent ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ fall faculty assembly. Read More

With the bell of Kirkland Hall chiming, students, faculty, staff, administrators and others paused on ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s Alumni Lawn this morning as they began their day to remember the lives lost a year ago in the terrorist attacks on America. Read More

Students at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ in Nashville, Tenn. elected its first Arab-American Muslim as Student Government Association (SGA) president this year. Samar Ali spoke at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s “Come Together” ceremony two days after Sept. 11, and she was elected SGA president a few months later. Read More

One of the world’s preeminent experts on international law, Jonathan I. Charney, died at his home here on Sept. 7 after a lengthy illness. Read More

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s first Arab-American Muslim Student Government Association president, Samar Ali, will join members of the campus community for “A Day of Hope and Remembrance” to commemorate Sept. 11. Read More