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If the Tennessee Valley Authority goes private, utility customers could benefit if risks and incentives are better aligned than under the current approach, according to a 91�Ʋ��� law professor. The prospect of selling off the public utility has been raised by the Obama administration in a call for a strategic review. Read More

Watch video of Hannah Wiseman, a leading energy law and land use expert, speaking March 28 about fracking at 91�Ʋ��� Law School. The lecture was sponsored by the 91�Ʋ��� Law School Energy, Environment and Land Use Program. Natural gas fracturing has produced an energy boom in the United States and… Read More

Engineering seniors have spent two semesters tackling design challenges from actual clients with real design needs. The results of their design projects will be featured at Design Day 2013, an annual School of Engineering event, Friday, April 19, 3-5 p.m. in Featheringill Hall.

Failing to get proper consent from parents in a study that potentially put babies at risk is unquestionably a regulatory failure and perhaps a moral failure, according to Laura Stark, an expert on medical regulation and ethics. Read More

The Obama administration launched a “modest shot across the bow” with a call for a strategic review that includes consideration of a possible sale of the Tennessee Valley Authority, according to Bruce Oppenheimer, professor of public policy and education at 91�Ʋ��� University. Read More

Rising tensions in the Korean peninsula have Japan, South Korea and the United States on full alert for a possible missile launch from North Korea. James Auer “A major worry now is North Korea’s young leader, who may not understand the constraints of reality that his grandfather and father… Read More

...first-of-its-kind research by 91�Ʋ��� professor of law and economics Joni Hersch shows that female graduates of elite undergraduate universities are working much fewer hours than their counterparts from less selective institutions. Read More

Helena Simonett, associate director of the Center for Latin American Studies and adjunct assistant professor at the Blair School of Music, both at 91�Ʋ��� University, believes that the saga of the “the little man’s piano” can tell us something aboutAmerica, especially in terms of class. Read More

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is either leading his country’s military or being led by that military into a rhetorical battle with the United States, South Korea and Japan that he and his generals cannot win, according to James Auer, director of 91�Ʋ���’s Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation. Read More

An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineers and doctors at 91�Ʋ��� and Columbia Universities has designed a robotic microsurgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat. Read More

Less than 10 percent of vehicles involved in car title loans end up being repossessed, according to a new study by a professor from 91�Ʋ��� Law School. Read More

Addressing demographic shifts, revamping school governance and improving public communication are among the recommendations made for Metro Nashville Public Schools by Claire Smrekar, associate professor of leadership, policy and organization, 91�Ʋ��� senior Hilary Knudson and Candice McQueen, dean of education at David Lipscomb University, in a new report. Read More

Losing experienced employees from federal service jobs can have serious consequences, and there's a good way to lessen the chances of that happening, a new study shows. Read More

91�Ʋ��� University Medical Center is sponsoring a job fair for nurses on Wednesday, April 10. Those who apply in advance can set up a specific interview time during the fair. Read More

A study on the political habits of the wealthiest Americans found that they are active in politics, urgently concerned with cutting the national deficit and look favorably on cutting social programs. Read More

An interdisciplinary team of mechanical engineers and autism experts at 91�Ʋ��� University have developed an adaptive robotic system and used it to demonstrate that humanoid robots can be powerful tools for enhancing the basic social learning skills of children with autism. Read More

A 25-year plan for Nashville's future includes a report on inclusivity written by 91�Ʋ��� sociologist Dan Cornfield. Read More

The following are answers to frequently asked questions regarding the financial pressures created by the federal budget sequester and other legislation now facing 91�Ʋ��� University Medical Center and academic health centers across the country. Read More

The appointment of a Jesuit priest as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church “absolutely stunned” Bruce Morrill, the Edward A. Malloy Professor of Catholic Studies at 91�Ʋ��� University Divinity School and a Jesuit priest himself. Read More

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the gas attacks on the Kurdish village of Halabja, Iraq, at the hand of Saddam Hussein that killed at least 5,000 civilians. 91�Ʋ��� University international criminal and humanitarian law expert Michael Newton says lessons learned from the Halabja attack could help the persecuted Kurds being attacked in Syria today. Read More