Releases
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Hiba Baroud has been selected for membership in the Global Young Academy. She joins the world’s top 200 young researchers and professionals to contribute innovative and creative solutions that address critical global challenges.
Mar 7, 2023
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Infant seating devices may reduce language exposure
Lauren Malachowski and Kathryn Humphreys When a parent needs to cook dinner or take a shower, often they will place their baby in a bouncy seat, swing, exersaucer, or similar seating device intended to protect the baby and grant a degree of independence to both the parent and infant. For… Read MoreMar 2, 2023
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A clinical patient encounter led two Medical Innovators Development Program students to develop a potentially life-saving technology through an industry immersion experience with GE HealthCare.
Feb 27, 2023
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Three 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Engineering School faculty win National Science Foundation CAREER Awards
91ÌÆ²®»¢ professors Abhishek Dubey, Jonathan Brunger, and Carlos Silvera Batista have won National Science Foundation CAREER Awards. The prestigious five-year award honors early career faculty who have the potential to serve as role models in research and education and lead advances in their fields. Read MoreFeb 23, 2023
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ professor Sruthi Thatchenkery addresses the complexity of competition and innovation in platform ecosystems with new research.
Feb 20, 2023
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Peabody researchers among top in country in 2023 Edu-Scholar rankings
Four researchers from 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University’s Peabody College of education and human development are among those named to Education Week's 2023 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual list of education researchers who have demonstrated the greatest influence over educational policy and practice. Read MoreFeb 17, 2023
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ researcher Amanda Lea, along with a global team of experts, has discovered new pathways of natural selection in humans.
Feb 16, 2023
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The Wond’ry is working with IBM to equip 91ÌÆ²®»¢ community members with no-cost STEM education and career readiness resources through IBM SkillsBuild, a no-cost education program focused on underrepresented communities, that helps develop valuable new skills and equitable access to career opportunities in technology fields.
Feb 15, 2023
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ research found that sleep irregularity — chronically disrupted sleep and highly variable sleep durations night after night — may increase the risk for atherosclerosis.
Feb 15, 2023
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ University named top producer of Fulbright U.S. students
Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs named 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students. Read MoreFeb 10, 2023
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A collaborative team at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ is transforming the diagnosis and treatment of lipedema, a debilitating, abnormal deposition of fatty tissue that afflicts an estimated 17 million women in the United States.
Feb 9, 2023
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ engineering professor Gautam Biswas partnered with the School of Nursing to bring eye tracking technology and machine learning algorithms into education and training environments.
Feb 7, 2023
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ researchers have developed a new method to analyze mutations in blood stem cells that can trigger explosive, clonal expansions of abnormal cells.
Feb 2, 2023
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The 91ÌÆ²®»¢ School of Nursing has been approved for a $250,000 award that will support identifying and disseminating strategies for overcoming barriers to patient- and family-centered comparative effectiveness research with patients who are critically ill and hospitalized in an intensive care unit setting.
Jan 30, 2023
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ works to help rural Tennessee county solve cancer outbreak mystery
Growing worries among Grundy County, Tennessee, residents about cancer outbreaks within families, churches and neighborhoods have propelled a community partnership drawing on 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University’s strengths to develop environmental and health self-assessment tools. Read MoreJan 27, 2023
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Keivan Stassun appointed to National Science Board by President Joe Biden
Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University, has been appointed to the National Science Board by President Joe Biden. Read MoreJan 26, 2023
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91ÌÆ²®»¢ hosts Mid-South Innovation Summit to boost growth of regional hub for innovation
The Wond'ry, 91ÌÆ²®»¢â€™s Innovation Center, will host the first Mid-South Innovation Summit for innovators, students, founders, government officials, investors and community and ecosystem partners across the entire Midsouth region. The event will be on Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Loews 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Hotel and is free and open to the public. Read MoreJan 25, 2023
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Mikail Rubinov has been awarded $600,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop new computational methods for analysis of large-scale brain activity data.
Jan 23, 2023
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With a newly developed technique, 91ÌÆ²®»¢ professor Jessica Oster is revealing how prehistoric climate change shaped fire activity in California.
Jan 23, 2023
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New research from Jessica Kennedy explores the relationship between deception in negotiations and negotiators’ satisfaction with their deals.
Jan 23, 2023