MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 11 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) face an increased risk of death due in part to cardiovascular problems caused by chronic inflammation. Efforts to reduce this inflammation have tended to target dialysis-related procedures and the accumulation of toxic waste products. These efforts have been largely unsuccessful, and researchers, such as Keiichi Sumida, MD, MPH, PhD, associate   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Lipscomb University's Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation in collaboration with the United Way of Greater Nashville and the Blueprint for Early Childhood Success have partnered to develop comprehensive resources for Pre-K educators across Nashville that are free and easily accessible. This year-long project to develop a robust offering of professional learning resources focuses on the often underserve  more

DYERSBURG, Tennessee, July 7 -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following statement: Statement highlights the College's commitment to equity, inclusion and social justice. In light of recent events over the past few months, Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) has released a statement to support its commitment to equity, inclusion and social justice. Dyersburg State Community College has served the West Tennessee area for 50 years, and will continue a tradition that supports   more

STATESBORO, Georgia, July 11 -- Georgia Southern University issued the following news release: Georgia Southern University theatre professor Lisa Abbott has stepped into a new role as the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) region 4 chair. As chair of region 4, Abbott works with a leadership team that puts together the regional KCACTF festival for Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Puerto Rico and the U.S  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Junior High, Chair and Professor of the College of Education at Lipscomb University, retired this May after a 50-year career in education. A 1970 alumni of what was then David Lipscomb College, High spent much of his career as a teacher and principal before returning to Lipscomb as a professor and later department chair. Despite his unique name, High did not grow up knowing he would work in education. Born in 1948  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 11 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced the federal government is granting his request for Major Disaster Declaration and making federal recovery assistance available to 20 counties impacted from severe weather, flooding, and straight-line winds on May 3 and May 4, 2020. "The devastating severe weather required a comprehensive response and stretched many local jurisdictions to their resource limits," Gov. Lee sai  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 8 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group announced $81 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) funding is available through grants for K-12 schools and higher education institutions to assist with plans for safe reopening. "Reopening our schools, colleges and universities is a key priority and grant funding ensures institutions can make proper accom  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 9 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following remarks on the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust: "The State Capitol Commission will meet tomorrow to take up the issue of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust and its future in our statehouse. Tomorrow's commission meeting has been more than a year in the making as appointments have been made to the Capitol Commission and options for the bust have been evaluated with respect to those who want to see it remain in the statehou  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, July 8 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release on July 7: A recent study published in the journal Sedimentology by Tennessee Tech Earth Sciences assistant professor Lauren Michel and an international team of collaborators has important implications for how scientists think about the environments that early apes inhabited. Michel and the team have been working on Rusinga Island in Kenya, a prominent site for research on early apes, for near  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, July 11 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: The clanking of weights and the splashing of pool water in the new Marc L. Burnett Fitness and Recreation Center are welcomed sounds to students at Tennessee Tech. The new 157,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility is now open to students, faculty, staff, retired faculty and staff and Tech graduates. "The opening of a new building is always thrilling," said Aaron Lay, an agriculture com  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 8 -- Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, issued the following company news: Upon receiving news about the passing of Country Music Hall of Fame musician andbest-selling author Charlie Daniels, Thomas Nelson offers its deepest sympathy for his family and loved ones. Daniels is best known for his legendary country and Southern rock songs including "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". In October 2017, Daniels released his memoir Never Look at   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 8 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University is collaborating with Vanderbilt University in a national initiative to bring engineering to area high schools. Engineering for US All, or E4USA, a National Science Foundation initiative, provides a standardized educational curriculum for pre-college students to learn and demonstrate engineering principles, skills and practices. The curriculum affords students the opportunity to ear  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, July 10 -- The University of Alabama's Huntsville campus issued the following news on July 9: The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) alumnus, Dr. David Elrod, has been tapped to join the board of directors of Ascend Federal Credit Union. Based in Tullahoma, Ascend is the largest credit union in Middle Tennessee, boasting 26 branches, 213,000 members and more than $2.87 billion in assets. Dr. Elrod earned his doctorate in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engine  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 9 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy has partnered with AdhereHealth to help keep underserved communities healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly a dozen student pharmacists participated in a virtual experience aimed at providing outreach to low-income, elderly, disabled, and high-risk patients with chronic conditions who may be in need of additional   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 11 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Abhishek Dubey, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, is applying artificial intelligence (AI) to address how the essential public transit systems of Nashville and Chattanooga - WeGo Public Transit and CARTA, respectively - can maintain social distancing protocols and proactively plan bus routes and schedules in response to COVID-19. Beyond the concerns posed by transit advocates lon  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 11 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt University and more than 50 of the nation's top universities and colleges plan to file a joint amicus brief in support of a lawsuit opposing new federal immigration guidance requiring international students with F-1 visas to leave the United States, or transfer to another school, if their institution offers remote-only instruction in the fall. The brief is expected to be filed early next week. The amic  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Since the start of COVID-19's impact on our community in January, Vanderbilt researchers have focused on pivoting longstanding research directions and capabilities to ending the global pandemic. Vanderbilt's Center for Technology Transfer & Commercialization (CTTC) has accelerated its services to facilitate three option/license agreements, 43 material transfer agreements (MTAs), and the filing of 11 patent applica  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 7 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente recently wrote to members of the Tennessee congressional delegation, urging them to support America's leading research universities as they work through the ramifications of the COVID-19 global health pandemic. Specifically, Diermeier and Wente call on Congress to provide at least $26 billion in additional funding to su  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A webinar discussing federal funding for health disparities research is scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, from 11 a.m. to noon. The webinar will be broadcast remotely. Register here to attend (https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpdumopjIvGNCkFc8yXtGd8jbjlWXasB9b). Experts from Lewis-Burke Associates LLC will discuss existing and emerging funding opportunities to conduct research on health disparities. T  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The proteins Sin3a and Sin3b act as scaffolds for protein complexes that regulate gene expression to control cell differentiation, survival and function. Guoqiang Gu, PhD, and colleagues have assessed the roles of Sin3a/b in the embryonic development and postnatal function of pancreatic insulin-secreting beta cells. They discovered that mice missing Sin3a in endocrine progenitor cells (cells that give rise to pa  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been appointed director of the Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research. The center, a critical component of the Institute for Medicine and Public Health (IMPH), engages with more than 160 scientists and other professionals across VUMC to conduct research and discover, implement and disseminate workable solutions fo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Luis A. Leyva, assistant professor of mathematics education at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, has been awarded a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for his research "Queer of Color: Counter-stories from Engineering, Computing, and Mathematical Science Majors." The fellowship program supports professional development for early-career researchers  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 7 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A fifth-grade school bus trip to an El Paso Symphony Orchestra concert proved to be a transformative experience for Lorenzo F. Candelaria, the new dean of the Blair School of Music. "I made up my mind on that bus ride home that I would learn to play the violin," said Candelaria. "I had no prior background in music, but the violin became my pathway to higher education--and my life's work as a musician, teacher and   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4) recently moved into its new research and administrative home. The state-of-the-art facilities in Medical Center North represent the first phase of research space for VI4, which was created in 2017 as a key initiative of the VUMC Strategic Directions. VI4 provides a trans-institutional framework for building and supporting the community of i  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 9 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Nurse leaders from three prominent nursing schools in Tennessee are conducting a national study to measure the impact of a decision by state leaders to waive physician oversight of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic grew in the U.S., governors in 16 states, including Tennessee, waived select requirements for oversight of APRNs by physicians. Governors   more