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An April 28 incident involving a Metro Nashville police officer and a suspect he was attempting to apprehend in a garage adjacent to the 91ÌƲ®»¢ campus involved no one affiliated with 91ÌƲ®»¢. The incident was confined to the garage of the 2525 West End office building and ended quickly with the suspect being taken into custody. 91ÌƲ®»¢ police responded to assist the Metro police in containing the scene. Read More

As the Obama administration researches candidates to succeed retiring Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens, 91ÌƲ®»¢ experts are ready to weigh in on Justice Stevens, the Supreme Court and the list of potential nominees. Read More

A poet at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University was named one of "Forty Favorite Poets" by Essence magazine in honor of its 40th anniversary. Stephanie Pruitt, who will receive her Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing May 14 at 91ÌƲ®»¢’s Commencement ceremonies, was listed alongside such luminaries as Maya Angelou, Lucille Clifton, former Poet Laureate Rita Dove, Marilyn Nelson and Gwendolyn Brooks. Read More

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James Robert Wesson, a mathematician at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University and author of an influential algebra textbook, died April 25 at McKendree Health Center. He was 88. Read More

"In the non-legal context, genocide has come to be thought of as the epitome of ’evil,’" writes 91ÌƲ®»¢ philosopher Larry May in his new book, Genocide. "Some authors have argued that we should regard genocide as merely a plain fact that should not be further investigated lest we risk that our explanations and conceptual inquiries will be mistakenly seen as forgiveness for the horror of what genocide is." Read More

Children with dyslexia often struggle with reading, writing and spelling, despite getting an appropriate education and demonstrating intellectual ability in other areas. New neurological research from 91ÌƲ®»¢ University has found that these children’s difficulties with written language may be linked to structural differences within an important information highway in the brain known to play a role in oral language. Read More

The head of a charitable foundation, three businessmen and a graduating Ingram Scholar are the newest members of the 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Board of Trust. Read More

The 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Board of Trust Friday unanimously elected New York businessman Mark F. Dalton as its chairman-elect, to succeed Martha R. Ingram, who will step down in June 2011. Read More

Efforts by Nashville’s civil rights activists were key to the historic national struggle for civil rights. On Friday, April 30, members of Nashville’s movement will gather at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University to discuss their experiences. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ students were given a hands-on crash course in filmmaking under the tutelage of Chilean author/filmmaker Alberto Fuguet during his month-long visit to campus. Fuguet was invited to participate in The Center for Latin American Studies Visiting Resource Professor program, in which notable Latin American scholars and writers spend an intensive month interacting with 91ÌƲ®»¢’s undergraduates and graduate students. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ is celebrating Earth Day on Thursday, April 22, on Rand Terrace from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Read More

Education policy in Brazil and the United States will be the topic of an all-day event at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University April 26 that will kick off a new collaboration between 91ÌƲ®»¢ and the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Read More

Homeowners in community land trusts across the nation continue to have substantially lower delinquency and foreclosure rates than owners of market-rate homes, according to survey results released this month by 91ÌƲ®»¢ University researcher Emily Thaden in partnership with the National Community Land Trust Network. Read More

Angela Hsiau-mei Lin, a 91ÌƲ®»¢ German professor and musician, has died after a long illness. She was 40. Read More

Three members of the 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Police Department have been disciplined as a result of their actions after responding to a disturbance call Feb. 7 at the National Pan-Hellenic Council house. Read More

An April 20 reading at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University by poet Ciaran Carson has been canceled because of travel difficulties. Carson was unable to travel to Nashville because of flight cancelations caused by volcanic ash from an eruption in Iceland. Read More

A majority of Hondurans opposed the ouster and exile of President Manuel Zelaya last summer, even though they strongly objected to his attempt to change the nation’s constitution, a recent comprehensive survey of the nation’s population found. Read More

Poet Ciaran Carson will read from his work at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University. Read More

The global financial system and the world economy are now recovering from a credit crisis which began in the spring of 2007 and continues to this day. The sources of the crisis are many. Now governments are debating how to change the financial system to prevent this from happening again. Read More