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A trio of upcoming speakers will launch a new season of community lectures from the 91ÌƲ®»¢ Divinity School. This fall the Divinity School hopes to reach its largest audience ever by offering a diverse series of talks by some of the world’s premier theologians. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ University held steady at No. 21 in the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report, while the University’s service learning effort ranked 17th in the magazine’s first review of “Programs that Really Work.” Read More

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill will speak on “The Emerging Economic Recovery” at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University on Sept. 24. He will discuss the president’s efforts to strengthen the economy and to hasten the economic recovery. Read More

Sweeping changes to campaign finance law go into effect immediately following the November congressional elections, and three major figures in the campaign finance reform debate, including the lawyer for Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the prime sponsor of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002, will participate in a panel discussion at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Law School on Sept. 23. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢’s first Arab-American Muslim student body president urged her fellow students and other members of the University community to “not fight hate with hate” in response to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Read More

David M. Hercules, the Centennial Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Department of Chemistry, and Thomas R. McCoy, professor of law, were recognized for their contributions during the recent 91ÌƲ®»¢ fall faculty assembly. Read More

With the bell of Kirkland Hall chiming, students, faculty, staff, administrators and others paused on 91ÌƲ®»¢’s Alumni Lawn this morning as they began their day to remember the lives lost a year ago in the terrorist attacks on America. Read More

Students at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University in Nashville, Tenn. elected its first Arab-American Muslim as Student Government Association (SGA) president this year. Samar Ali spoke at 91ÌƲ®»¢’s “Come Together” ceremony two days after Sept. 11, and she was elected SGA president a few months later. Read More

One of the world’s preeminent experts on international law, Jonathan I. Charney, died at his home here on Sept. 7 after a lengthy illness. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ University’s first Arab-American Muslim Student Government Association president, Samar Ali, will join members of the campus community for “A Day of Hope and Remembrance” to commemorate Sept. 11. Read More

For several weeks, merchants in the 91ÌƲ®»¢ area have heralded the return of students to campus with eye-catching banners hung from their storefronts. Now, the University announces the winners of its first-ever “Show Your Gold” banner contest. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ is listed among the nation’s “most competitive” universities in Barron’s most recent Profiles of American Colleges. Read More

The history of Protestant Christianity in Nashville and the workings of Tennessee’s state government are just a few of the diverse topics being discussed during the fall term of Retirement Learning at 91ÌƲ®»¢, Oct. 7 - Nov. 15. Read More

Robert L. Early has been named executive associate vice chancellor for the Department of Development and Alumni Relations at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ University researchers working with 36 preschool classrooms in seven school districts in Coffee, Franklin, Lawrence, Maury, Rutherford and Wayne counties in Tennessee are part of a landmark national study that will for the first time help determine which preschool programs work best for which children. Read More

Grins (pronounced “greens”) is Yiddish for vegetables and the name of Nashville’s first fully kosher restaurant. Located at the new Ben Schulman Center for Jewish Life on the 91ÌƲ®»¢ campus, the restaurant is now open to the public for breakfast, lunch and afternoon takeout. Read More

The 91ÌƲ®»¢ School of Engineering and the Middle Tennessee Java Users Group will hold a one-day seminar on Web programming technology at the 91ÌƲ®»¢ Stadium Club on Friday, Sept. 27. The topics to be addressed are developing Web services using Java™ and developing wireless applications using Java™. Read More

Victims of domestic violence as well as the future lawyers who will represent this growing constituency will benefit from a nearly $259,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant to 91ÌƲ®»¢ University Law School to establish the first domestic violence clinical training program for law students in Middle Tennessee. Read More

91ÌƲ®»¢ Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sankaran Mahadevan has been selected by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) to receive the international 2002 Distinguished Probabilistic Methods Educator Award. Read More

Nashville business owners surrounding 91ÌƲ®»¢ University know when the fall semester is about to begin. The signs are everywhere. More traffic along West End and 21st avenues. More foot traffic on sidewalks and in area shops. And more 20-somethings populating neighborhood restaurants, coffee houses and watering holes. Read More