Year: 2005
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Chancellor to participate in State Department summit
Â鶹´«Ã½ Chancellor Gordon Gee is among 70 college and university presidents invited to a meeting in Washington next week to discuss issues related to international relations and U.S. higher education. Read MoreDec 29, 2005
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Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter to teach at Â鶹´«Ã½; The Wall Street Journal’s Joseph Hallinan to instruct investigative writing course
Joseph T. Hallinan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Wall Street Journal and author of a book examining the growth of the prison system in America, will instruct a writing course at Â鶹´«Ã½ during the spring semester. Read MoreDec 29, 2005
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Tennessee Poison Control Center offers holiday safety advice
Michelle Grant, a poison specialist at the Tennessee Poison Control Center, said many poisonings occur when there is a distraction in the home, and there are plenty of those during the holidays, when decorating, cooking and giving gifts are abundant. Read MoreDec 21, 2005
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Faculty and community discuss values in lunchtime talk at Nashville Public Library
The question "Can our best values betray us?" framed a discussion with Â鶹´«Ã½ philosopher Charles Scott and 300 members of the Nashville community Dec. 7 at the Nashville Public Library. The discussion was part of the Thinking Out of the Lunch Box series, co-sponsored by the library and Â鶹´«Ã½ University. Read MoreDec 17, 2005
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New Â鶹´«Ã½ Law program named for attorney and civic leader Cecil Branstetter, Program offers advanced curriculum in civil litigation and dispute resolution
Â鶹´«Ã½ Law School honored local attorney Cecil D. Branstetter this week by naming its first endowed curricular program "The Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program." Read MoreDec 16, 2005
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Automobile accident takes life of Â鶹´«Ã½ police officer
A Â鶹´«Ã½ police officer died Wednesday evening after losing control of his vehicle while driving to work. Read MoreDec 15, 2005
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James Lawson named 2005 Â鶹´«Ã½ University Distinguished Alumnus
The Rev. James Lawson, a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement and Â鶹´«Ã½ history, has been named Â鶹´«Ã½'s 2005 Distinguished Alumnus. Read MoreDec 15, 2005
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Grammys Bring Little Big Town to Visit Â鶹´«Ã½ Children’s Hospital
Equity Music Group's Little Big Town is coming to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Â鶹´«Ã½ joining the annual visit by members of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (known for the Grammy awards). Read MoreDec 15, 2005
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Annual sponsorship will enable nonprofit executives to earn Â鶹´«Ã½ MBA, unique partnership with Center for Nonprofit Management begins next year
Beginning next fall, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Owen Graduate School of Management and the Center for Nonprofit Management will offer an annual tuition sponsorship to an area nonprofit executive to attend the Owen School's Executive MBA (EMBA) program. Each sponsorship is valued at approximately $70,000. Read MoreDec 13, 2005
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Â鶹´«Ã½ ENGAGE program meets with huge success in its first year, High ability students get early admission to professional or graduate schools
The call went out a year ago to high-ability high school seniors for a new program at Â鶹´«Ã½ through which they could gain advanced admission to any of seven of its professional and graduate schools when they enroll as freshmen. No one expected quite the level of interest that resulted. Read MoreDec 12, 2005
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Â鶹´«Ã½ experts available for 2005 year-in-review features
Â鶹´«Ã½ experts are available to provide insight on 2005's top stories, including the ongoing trial of Saddam Hussein, Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush's appointments to the Supreme Court, the bankruptcy of two major airlines and more. Read MoreDec 12, 2005
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Scopes for Schools workshop postponed
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Scopes for School workshop, scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 13 at the Â鶹´«Ã½ University Dyer Observatory, has been postponed. Read MoreDec 9, 2005
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Niswender named Culpeper Scholar
Â鶹´«Ã½ University's Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of three 2006 Charles E. Culpeper Medical scholars, according to Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships. Read MoreDec 9, 2005
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Masys elected ACMI president
Daniel Masys, M.D., professor and chair of Â鶹´«Ã½'s Department of Biomedical Informatics, is the new president-elect of the American College of Medical Informatics. Read MoreDec 9, 2005
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Â鶹´«Ã½ scientists participate in effort that sets world network speed record
Imagine digitizing the entire printed contents of the Library of Congress and transmitting it to another part of the globe in 10 minutes flat. Read MoreDec 8, 2005
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Noted Heart Surgeon Petracek Joins Â鶹´«Ã½ University Medical Center
Michael R. Petracek, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon currently practicing with Cardiovascular Surgery Associates and the Saint Thomas Heart Institute, and one of Nashville's leading heart surgeons for over 20 years, is leaving Saint Thomas Hospital to join the faculty of Â鶹´«Ã½ University Medical Center as a full-time clinical professor of Surgery in the Department of Cardiac Surgery. Read MoreDec 8, 2005
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Â鶹´«Ã½ experts can speak about Christmas, Kwanzaa
Christians looking to "save" Christmas from creeping secular humanism by threatening lawsuits should give some thought to what the central figure of the holiday would make of the controversy, says John Thatamanil, assistant professor of theology at Â鶹´«Ã½ Divinity School. Read MoreDec 7, 2005
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Â鶹´«Ã½ engineering receives National Science Foundation “CAREER” Award for nano-fiber concrete research
"Cast in concrete" is not all it's cracked up to be. Concrete structures from bridges to condominium complexes are susceptible to cracks, corrosion and other forces of natural and man-made chemical assault and degradation. Aging structures can be repaired, but at significant cost. Read MoreDec 7, 2005
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Musicologist discusses the music of the ‘Little House’ books
Â鶹´«Ã½ musicologist Dale Cockrell discussed \'Happy Land,\' an album of songs mentioned or included in Laura Ingalls Wilder\'s \'Little House\' series. Cockrell conceived and produced the album, which provides a treasure trove of long-lost American music. Read MoreDec 7, 2005
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Tips for staying safe during the holidays
Whether your holiday plans include traveling to destinations near or far, the members of Â鶹´«Ã½ University's Police Department have some tips to help you have a safe and enjoyable holiday season. Read MoreDec 7, 2005