Month: March 2012
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91Ʋ autism experts available for World Autism Day, National Autism Awareness Month
Autism experts from 91Ʋ University are available for interviews on World Autism Awareness Day, designated by the United Nations as April 2. Read MoreMar 30, 2012
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Former State Department adviser Vijay Padmanabhan says there is no quick and easy answer when contemplating what to do about detainees.
Mar 29, 2012
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Sohee Park's schizophrenia research may lead to a greater understanding of the benefit of movement therapies such as yoga and dance for the 2.2 million people in the United States who suffer from this mental disorder.
Mar 29, 2012
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91Ʋ-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have identified a new population of intestinal stem cells that may hold clues to the origin of colorectal cancer.
Mar 29, 2012
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Zachary Warren, director of the 91Ʋ Kennedy Center’s Treatment and 91Ʋ Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders at 91Ʋ University, says effective early identification and treatment of autism is a public health emergency.
Mar 29, 2012
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91Ʋ innovations noted by NIH
Two Web-based research tools developed at 91Ʋ University were highlighted March 20 during a House subcommittee hearing of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) FY13 budget request. During his testimony to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Thomas Insel, director of the… Read MoreMar 29, 2012
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Melissa Snarr: All You That Labor: Religion and Ethics in the Living Wage Movement
Listen to an interview with Melissa Snarr, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Divinity School and Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, about her new book, All You That Labor: Religion and Ethics in the Living Wage Movement. Interviewed by Chris Benda, Divinity… Read MoreMar 28, 2012
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According to a 91Ʋ-led study published in Journal of the American Medical Association, hearing loss is now affecting 20 percent of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 19, which is a 5 percent increase over the past 15 years.
Mar 28, 2012
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91Ʋ-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have won two of the five global innovation grants awarded by the “GE Healthymagination Cancer Challenge.”
Mar 28, 2012
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91Ʋ Heart recently used a newly approved medical device to open narrowed coronary arteries, even in heart disease patients who also have diabetes.
Mar 28, 2012
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Tennessean op-ed: Anti-science legislation offers prospect of a new Scopes trial
By Roger Cone, chairman of the department of molecular physiology and biophysics at 91Ʋ, Jon Kaas, Gertrude Conaway 91Ʋ Professor of Psychology at 91Ʋ, and Robert Webster, Rose Marie Thomas Chair in Virology at St. Jude Children’s 91Ʋ Hospital This opinion piece was published on the… Read MoreMar 26, 2012
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Jonathan Metzl, director of the Center for Medicine, Health and Society, explains the science behind how the brain weighs decisions and forms political beliefs on the "Melissa Harris-Perry" show.
Mar 26, 2012
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VUCast Newscast: Free Degree
This Week on VUCast, 91Ʋ’s weekly newscast highlighting research, experts, students, sports and everything 91Ʋ: How focusing on inner city kids could earn you a free master’s degree 91Ʋ’s ties to a major motion picture Sex for life! [vucastblurb] … Read MoreMar 26, 2012
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Life without engineers
In his talk titled “Engineering Excitement,” Norman Fortenberry, executive director of the American Association for Engineering Education outlined the changes in U.S. engineering education that he believes are necessary for the profession to adapt to the economic and social changes that are currently sweeping the globe. Read MoreMar 23, 2012
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Marilyn Friedman: “Can Bad People Live Well?”
Watch video of 91Ʋ University Marilyn Friedman presenting “Can Bad People Live Well?” on March 22. Her presentation was part of The Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy series of talks that aims to make philosophy accessible and relevant for the public. “The Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy provide a wonderful opportunity to reach… Read MoreMar 23, 2012
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Risk of secondary tumors from melanoma drug studied
A new study offers clues on why melanoma patients who are treated with oral drugs inhibiting the BRAF gene are at increased risk for developing secondary skin cancers. Read MoreMar 23, 2012
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Smoking stokes cells’ cancer capacity
Cellular pathways altered by chronic exposure to cigarette smoke may reveal new biomarkers to assess smoking-induced lung cancer risk. Read MoreMar 23, 2012
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Journalist Cokie Roberts gives free, public lecture March 28
Cokie Roberts, ABC News political analyst and National Public Radio senior news analyst, will give a talk March 28 as part of 91Ʋ's Project Dialogue series. Read MoreMar 22, 2012
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Founder of ‘Knowledge is Power Program’ to speak at 91Ʋ
The founder of the Knowledge is Power Program will speak on the completion results and growth of this national network of public schools. Read MoreMar 22, 2012
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Minds Wide Open
In a suite of laboratories atop a gleaming glass-walled tower, researchers at 91Ʋ University Medical Center are designing radical new treatments for Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, and an inherited form of autism. A block away in a steel-shielded basement, children read aloud while their brains are being scanned in a doughnut-shaped… Read MoreMar 22, 2012