Releases
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MEDIA ADVISORY–Condoleezza Rice to speak at 91ÌÆ²®»¢’s Senior Day: Event to be webcast live
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will speak at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University's inaugural Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 13, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Senior Class Day is an addition to 91ÌÆ²®»¢'s graduation celebrations and is held the day before the University's Commencement exercises. Read MoreApr 23, 2004
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MEDIA ADVISORY–Pringles-can sorter, neonatal breathing apparatus, "Exer-Station" among 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Engineering Senior Design Day projects on display
91ÌÆ²®»¢ engineering seniors will strut their stuff Tuesday, April 27, during the School of Engineering "Senior Design Day." Read MoreApr 22, 2004
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ Kennedy Family Outreach Center celebrates opening
For children and adults with disabilities and their families, finding information and health, developmental, education and other support services can be difficult and time-consuming. The new 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Kennedy Family Outreach Center, which celebrates its opening April 21, helps families navigate the maze of services to find the best treatment, support and research available. Read MoreApr 19, 2004
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Professor discusses failures of integration, America’s struggle with race and class at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University lecture
Georgetown University law professor Sheryll Cashin will give a talk, "The Failures of Integration: America's Struggle with Race and Class 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education," Friday, April 23, at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University. Read MoreApr 19, 2004
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Sewanee and 91ÌÆ²®»¢ sign agreement on collaborations
The University of the South and 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University today announced a wide-ranging agreement that builds on a history of both formal and informal relationships between the schools and establishes official collaborations to expand educational options for students and research opportunities for faculty. Sewanee Vice Chancellor and President Joel Cunningham and 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Chancellor Gordon Gee met to sign the agreement this morning. Read MoreApr 16, 2004
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Storage limits on our visual hard drive
Scientists have discovered the region of the brain responsible for the old adage, "out of sight, out of mind." Read MoreApr 15, 2004
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo by supporting Susan Gray School for Children
Susan Gray School for Children is sponsoring a fiesta featuring food, fun, live music and the chance to bid at auction during its Cinco de Mayo fundraiser benefiting the school's children and programs on Saturday, May 1. Read MoreApr 14, 2004
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ HIV Vaccine Program to Lead Local Efforts
May 18 has been designated HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, a day to educate Americans about the need for a vaccine to prevent HIV. Read MoreApr 13, 2004
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ study shows cold drug ingredient could cause strokes
A common ingredient in over-the-counter decongestants -- pseudoephedrine -- may increase blood pressure and the risk of life-threatening or disabling strokes in susceptible patients, researchers at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University Medical Center have reported. Read MoreApr 13, 2004
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Dance to the big band sounds of The Establishment at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Dyer Observatory’s "Music on the Mountain"
The Nashville community is invited to put on its dancin' shoes and enjoy a stellar outdoor evening at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Dyer Observatory's "Music on the Mountain" on Sunday, May 2, at 6 p.m. Read MoreApr 13, 2004
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ Children’s Doctors Now Using Viagra to Treat Seriously Ill Babies
Doctors at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Children's Hospital have found a whole new use for the popular erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Sildenafil, as it is called by its more anonymous chemical name, may have the power to save babies. Read MoreApr 12, 2004
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National Security Adviser to speak at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Senior Day
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will be the guest speaker at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University's inaugural Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 13, at 10 a.m. Read MoreApr 12, 2004
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Prestigious political science journal moving to 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University
91ÌÆ²®»¢ Professor of Political Science John Geer will become editor of The Journal of Politics, consistently ranked as one of the nation's most influential political science journals, in January 2005. The scholarly journal, which is published quarterly by the Southern Political Science Association, will be housed within the 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Department of Political Science for four years. Read MoreApr 9, 2004
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ band to share music with community in pair of free concerts
Springtime means longer days, warmer weather and the return of outdoor community gatherings, and 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University's Community Concert Band plans to usher in the season with an evening of free music on Tuesday, April 13. Read MoreApr 9, 2004
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Head of 91ÌÆ²®»¢ English department appointed to endowed chair, Jay Clayton to deliver inaugural lecture on April 16
Jay Clayton, chair of the Department of English at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University, has been appointed to an endowed chair as a William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English. Read MoreApr 9, 2004
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Cancer survivor donates $1 million for Hospital Hospitality House
By all accounts, Don Matl was not expected to survive his second bout with melanoma in 1998. He was given less than a 5 percent chance. But he lived.Another recurrence in 2001 yielded a similar inference ó but again he persevered. Now Matl knows why he beat the odds. Read MoreApr 9, 2004
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Hull receives 91ÌÆ²®»¢ School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award
Gerry G. Hull, president and chief executive officer of Automated Logic Corporation, has received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University School of Engineering. Read MoreApr 7, 2004
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ Kennedy Center guest speaker to discuss new possibilities for early identification and intervention for learning disabilities
Do dyslexia, ADHD and speech and language disorders occur jointly in some children because of a shared genetic cause? Bruce Pennington, Ph.D., a world-renowned geneticist, will address this question in a lecture in the series on development and developmental disabilities on Thursday, April 8, at 4 p.m. at the 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Kennedy Center for 91ÌÆ²®»¢ on Human Development. Read MoreApr 6, 2004
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ University Divinity School honors life, work of Nashville religious leader
Members of the 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University and Nashville communities came together March 28 to honor the life and work of Rabbi Randall Falk at an event hosted by the University's Divinity School. Read MoreApr 5, 2004
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ University School of Nursing Involved in Initiative to Improve Bioterrorism Preparedness in Health Care Institutions Nationwide
Vaccines, drugs, diagnostic devices and medical surveillance are all crucial tools in the fight against bioterrorism and emerging infectious disease, but experts say they are not enough, and Congress has asked a group of national experts in the field, which includes the National Center for Emergency Preparedness (NCEP), housed at the 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University School of Nursing, to target new ways to increase the level of personnel preparedness. Read MoreApr 2, 2004