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91ÌƲ®»¢ University Medical Center‘s vice chancellor for Health Affairs, Harry R. Jacobson, M.D., has announced the creation of the Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair to be held by Pat Levitt, Ph.D., the director of the 91ÌƲ®»¢ Kennedy Center for 91ÌƲ®»¢ on Human Development. Read More

A 91ÌƲ®»¢ student has won a prestigious Marshall Scholarship to study in England.John Jumper hopes for placement at the University of Cambridge, where he would use the scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics. The senior in the College of Arts and Sciences has already taken enough of the graduate curriculum in physics to gradate with a master‘s degree. Read More

Nattaly Perryman, a junior majoring in African American and Diaspora Studies at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University, is the first recipient of the Global Leaders scholarship from American Airlines. The scholarship is a partnership between the 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Study Abroad Office and American Airlines. Read More

A 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Medical Center (VUMC) LifeFlight helicopter touched down at Arnold Engineering Development Center‘s (AEDC) airfield recently as part of a training effort to conduct airborne emergency evacuation familiarization training. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ University Medical Center has achieved designation as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Read More

Much like the electrical wiring in your house, the nerves in your body need to be completely covered by a layer of insulation to work properly. Instead of red, white or black plastic, however, the wiring in the nervous system is protected by layers of an insulating protein called myelin. Read More

Arnold W. Strauss, M.D., has been named the 2006 recipient of the American Heart Association‘s Basic Science 91ÌƲ®»¢ Award. Read More

An international student adviser and a professor from 91ÌƲ®»¢ University were awarded Fulbright Scholar grants for the 2006-07 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ University community members who want to "think locally and act globally" have a new resource on campus — the 91ÌƲ®»¢ International Office (VIO). The office opens officially on Nov. 15 — during International Education Week (Nov. 13-17). Read More

The 91ÌƲ®»¢ Owen Graduate School of Management has established a Board of Visitors, an advisory group of leading corporate executives, to further strengthen its connection and ensure relevance to the national and international business communities, Dean Jim Bradford announced. Read More

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, best known for playing Meadow Soprano on HBO‘s Emmy-award winning drama The Sopranos, has cancelled her speaking engagement at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Read More

Best-selling author John M. Barry will speak Thursday, Nov. 30, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music on the 91ÌƲ®»¢ University campus. Read More

Election outcome helps put to rest one of the oft cited pieces of conventional wisdom about negative campaigning -- that attack advertising depresses turnout, says John Geer, professor of political science. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ University students are hosting a "mini marathon" event Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 3 p.m. to generate excitement about and participation in Dance Marathon, a 14-hour student-run fundraising event held each February. Money raised through Dance Marathon benefits the Children‘s Miracle Network, which directly benefits local network member the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at 91ÌƲ®»¢. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ ranks fourth among the nation‘s top universities in the percentage of African Americans who make up the current freshman class, according to a survey by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Read More

Acclaimed poet Mary Leader will read from her work this month at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University.Leader, author of the award-winning collections Red Signature and The Penultimate Suitor, will read at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Room 101 of Buttrick Hall on the 91ÌƲ®»¢ campus. The reading is free and open to the public. Read More

Jon H. Kaas, 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Centennial Professor of Psychology, has received the 2006 Karl Spencer Lashley Award from the American Philosophical Society in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of neurobiology. Read More

Parents of young children with autism need cutting-edge information and high-quality support. 91ÌƲ®»¢ Kennedy TRIAD (Treatment and 91ÌƲ®»¢ Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders) has established a new program for parents of young children who have, or are suspected of having, an autism spectrum disorder. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ Owen Graduate School of Management and the Center for Nonprofit Management will hold an information session Thursday, Nov. 9, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. regarding how to apply for an annual tuition sponsorship of an area nonprofit executive to attend the 91ÌƲ®»¢ Executive MBA (EMBA) program. Read More

Watch video by 91ÌƲ®»¢\'s student video bloggers Brittany Adkins and Kris Bahlke about The Commons, a new residential living experience which will bring together all first-year students in a community of 10 residence halls to be known as "houses" on 91ÌƲ®»¢\'s Peabody College campus. Read More