Releases
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91ÌƲ®»¢ Law School names new head of development and alumni relations
Jeffrey A. Ulmer, a 15-year veteran of higher education development, has joined 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Law School as assistant dean for Development and Alumni Relations. Read MoreJul 3, 2003
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Noted colonial American historian at 91ÌƲ®»¢ passes away
Douglas Edward Leach, a professor of history, emeritus, at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University who was nationally recognized for his books on colonial American military history, passed away July 1 at his Nashville home. Leach, 83, had battled leukemia for many years. Read MoreJul 2, 2003
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91ÌƲ®»¢ names Clark senior director of Human Resources
Agenia Clark has been named senior director of Human Resources at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University. Clark, who previously was a director with Nortel Networks, began work at 91ÌƲ®»¢ June 2. Her responsibilities include payroll, budget, insurance cost recovery, claims adjustment and the benefits appeals process. Read MoreJul 2, 2003
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91ÌƲ®»¢’s Owen School announces administrative changes
NASHVILLE, Tenn.óThe Owen Graduate School of Management at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University has announced several new staff members in the MBA admissions office, Career Management Center and corporate relations office. Read MoreJul 1, 2003
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Op-ed Carol M. Swain: Affirmative action ruling makes it easy for elites
The victory that affirmative action's proponents scored in the University of Michigan Law School decision is a loss for our nation, and it may well prove to be the death knell for amicable race relations in the future. Read MoreJul 1, 2003
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Robert McGaw, prominent 91ÌƲ®»¢ administrator, dies
Robert Armistead McGaw, who created many of 91ÌƲ®»¢'s most enduring traditions and served in the University's administration for more than 30 years, passed away June 30 after a battle with cancer. The author of two popular historical books about 91ÌƲ®»¢ was 89 years old. Read MoreJun 30, 2003
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Media advisory – Small Pox vaccination training
91ÌƲ®»¢ University School of Nursing Welcomes Members of the Metro Public Health Department to Train First Year Students in Smallpox Vaccination Friday, June 27, 2003. Read MoreJun 26, 2003
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Green, black tea extracts found to lower cholesterol
A clinical trial testing a theaflavin-enriched green tea extract is the first human study to find that a tea product lowers cholesterol. Read MoreJun 24, 2003
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University reaction to affirmative action rulings
91ÌƲ®»¢ University responds to high court's decisions on race and admissions. Read MoreJun 23, 2003
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Law School dean’s reaction to affirmative action rulings
91ÌƲ®»¢ Law School dean Kent Syverud applauds Supreme Court's decisions on affirmative action in admissions. Read MoreJun 23, 2003
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91ÌƲ®»¢ summer research program takes a new approach to learning
Boring lectures and "cookbook" labs are not part of a creative science research program at 91ÌƲ®»¢ this summer. Read MoreJun 23, 2003
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Migratory ability of cancer cells examined
91ÌƲ®»¢ers are working to understand the process of how cancer cells develop the ability to migrate from their original location, settle and begin growing in another distant organ. Read MoreJun 23, 2003
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91ÌƲ®»¢ engineer receives national award for computer animation research
Robert E. Bodenheimer, assistant professor of computer science at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University, has received the NSF's Faculty Early CAREER Development Award to develop a program that reinforces and tests what a student has just learned by requiring the student to teach an animated character. Read MoreJun 20, 2003
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Indian Fulbright scholars to study at 91ÌƲ®»¢ Law School
A new Fulbright program just announced by 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Law School will provide future law teachers from India the opportunity to study various approaches to clinical legal education in the United States. Read MoreJun 19, 2003
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91ÌƲ®»¢ Psychiatrist Studying Fog Associated with Chemotherapy
Laurel Brown, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, is the principal investigator of a pilot study currently underway in The 91ÌƲ®»¢ Ingram Cancer Center, in conjunction with the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology to uncover the cause of cognitive deficits many breast cancer patients experience after being treated with chemotherapy, often referred to as "chemo brain" or "chemo fog." Read MoreJun 17, 2003
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91ÌƲ®»¢-Ingram researchers speak to world at national cancer conference
A team of 91ÌƲ®»¢-Ingram Cancer Center physician-scientists gathered with their colleagues here earlier this week to hear, discuss and present some of the latest advances in care for patients with cancer. Read MoreJun 12, 2003
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Blumstein named University Professor
James F. Blumstein, Centennial Professor of Law, has been named University Professor of Law and Medicine. Read MoreJun 9, 2003
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Tennessee General Assembly remembers Jonathan Charney
Legislation memorializing Jonathan I. Charney, 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Law School professor and one of the world’s preeminent experts on international law, was signed into law by Gov. Phil Bredesen on May 27. Read MoreJun 9, 2003
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Hoffman and Novak named ‘Distinguished Graduate Alumni’
Donna L. Hoffman and Thomas P. Novak, professors of marketing at the Owen Graduate School of Management at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University, have been named Distinguished Graduate Alumni by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read MoreJun 6, 2003
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Op-ed Guess Who’s Coming to Study
A Wall Street Journal opinion piece written by James Blumstein, Centennial Chair in Law, regarding the case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging admissions policies at the University of Michigan Read MoreJun 5, 2003