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To mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the United States, 91ÌƲ®»¢ University is offering a film series examining the war. The entire series is free and open to the public. Read More

Motivating and challenging gifted students in the classroom will be the focus of a free public lecture Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the downtown Nashville Public Library, located at 615 Church St. Free parking is available at the library. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢\'s park-like setting that garnered it the designation of a national arboretum also means a lot of trees: more than 7,500. And all those trees produce a massive amount of leaves that, until recently, were just stockpiled at Natchez Triangle. Read More

Virtual worlds and social networking sites are becoming increasingly more enticing to people who are all too willing to abandon their privacy for escape into alternate worlds on the Internet. Read More

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has expanded and extended its support for the 91ÌƲ®»¢ University-based Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) with additional funding of up to $9 million. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ University engineering students will be putting their imaginations to work in some fun and surprising ways as they compete in a series of challenges celebrating National Engineers Week (E-Week) February 18-23. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ University students will hold a presidential caucus Friday, Feb. 1, in advance of what has been dubbed "Super Duper Tuesday." Read More

When a person suffers a heart attack, every minute counts. The longer the wait before receiving treatment, the more heart muscle is lost, and the greater the chance of permanent damage or death. Read More

All theology - like all politics - is local. In that spirit, 91ÌƲ®»¢ Divinity School is planning new emphasis on engaging the creative community in its home city of Nashville. Financed by a $340,000 five-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, the divinity school will soon ring with music and be the site of film screenings. Read More

According to the organization Human Rights Watch, as many as 300,000 children under age 18 serve in government forces or armed rebel groups. Some are as young as 8 years old. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. Read More

Listen to podcasts from a Jan. 24 panel discussion on "Greening 91ÌƲ®»¢: Find Out What 91ÌƲ®»¢ Is Doing." Read More

President Bush\'s final State of the Union address is likely to be more bipartisan in tone than his previous speeches before Congress, says 91ÌƲ®»¢ University political rhetoric expert Vanessa Beasley. Read More

The visit to 91ÌƲ®»¢ this week by the Iraqi judges who presided over the Anfal genocide proceedings is of particular interest to the Kurdish community here. Many survivors of Anfal live in the Nashville area. Read More

The Ambassador of Iraq to the United States, Samir Sumaidaie, took a break from business in Knoxville to come to Nashville Sunday to visit Amenah, the 2-year-old Iraqi girl who has come to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at 91ÌƲ®»¢ for surgery to correct a life-threatening heart defect. Sumaidaie is from Haditha, Iraq, the hometown of Amenah and her family. Read More

J. Michael Fitzpatrick, professor of computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering at the 91ÌƲ®»¢ School of Engineering, has been named a Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering. Read More

The 91ÌƲ®»¢ News Service was awarded five Emmy Awards at the 22nd Annual Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards Jan. 26 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

A team of pediatric heart specialists at the Monroe Carell Jr. ChildrenÏ€s Hospital at 91ÌƲ®»¢ continues to assess the condition of a 2-year-old Iraqi girl named Amenah (pronounced Ahh -min ñUh). The girl was flown to Nashville from Iraq on Wednesday in hopes of receiving lifesaving surgery. Read More

To influence voters, especially those without strong ideological beliefs, presidential candidates should pay as much attention to their oratorical skills as to their stances on issues, according to research by 91ÌƲ®»¢ University political scientist Christian Grose. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ University\'s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center will announce the winners of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical and Essay Contest Saturday, Jan. 26, at an 11:30 a.m. luncheon for all local students participating in the contest and their families. Read More

The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency this week approved the Certificate of Need for expansion of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at 91ÌƲ®»¢. Read More