NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 16 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The Center for Teaching has partnered with instructional design firm iDesign to provide faculty with additional instructional design support as preparations continue for online and hybrid teaching this fall. iDesign's concierge-level support supplements and extends the resources already offered by the CFT and helps faculty harness the potential of emerging technologies to design courses that make an impact. "Rece  more

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July 15 -- Sam Houston State University issued the following news: The Board of Regents of the Texas State University System unanimously confirmed Alisa White, Ph.D., as president of Sam Houston State University during a special called meeting. Dr. White will officially assume the presidency Aug. 10. Dr. White, a Texas native, has served as president of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, since 2014. She previously served as vice president for academic af  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee., July 15 -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: Dusty M. York, MAEd, CNMT, PET, ARRT(N)(CT), associate professor and clinical coordinator of the nuclear medicine program at Chattanooga State Community College in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been elected as the 2020-21 president-elect for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS). The new slate of officers was introduced during the Society of Nu  more

DYERSBURG, Tennessee, July 16 -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following news release: Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) President Karen Bowyer has announced the appointment of Dr. Joshua Filtz as the new dean of the Jimmy Naifeh Center at Tipton County. "We are very fortunate to attract Dr. Filtz to Dyersburg State Community College," stated Dr. Bowyer. "His experience will be a huge asset as we continue to develop programs and increase enrollment at the Jimmy Naifeh Cen  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, July 16 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The Center for Academic Achievement at East Tennessee State University has earned International Tutor Training Program Certification (ITTPC) from the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). The Center for Academic Achievement (CFAA) is home to Learning Services, which provides tutoring and supplemental instruction, and Testing Services for ETSU. The Learning Services division offers tutoring  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, July 14 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Athletes spend months and often years preparing for a major competition. In the final weeks leading up to an event, is it best to keep the training going full speed, or is tapering off training the right thing to do in order to reach peak performance? That's the question Dr. Caleb Bazyler, a researcher at East Tennessee State University, hopes to answer in a new study funded by the National Strength   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 16 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Jeffrey A. Baughn, a veteran of the financial services industry and transformational leader, has been appointed senior vice president of finance and technology at Lipscomb University, L. Randolph Lowry, Lipscomb president, announced. For more than 30 years, Baughn has served in various leadership roles in the financial service industry at IBM, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Andersen Consulting. In his new role at Lipsc  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Traditionally, the summer season at Lipscomb University is full of fun and learning for the Nashville community, families, and incoming and prospective students. However, these events hosted on campus such as Summer Scholars, Advance and Summer Celebration were cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure incoming freshmen receive the same level of engagement and introduction as previous years, Lipsc  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 16 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Internationally renowned archaeology scholars Dr. Steven Ortiz and Dr. Tom Davis have founded the Lanier Center for Archaeology at Lipscomb University. The Lanier Center for Archaeology is the first of its kind that is part of a university instead of a seminary setting. The center will offer academic programs and field research projects as well as bring extensive resources and artifacts to Lipscomb University. The   more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 -- Nashville State Community College issued the following news release: Nashville State Community College's Clarksville campus is now offering programs in the high-demand career fields of Paralegal Studies and Healthcare Management with a Medical Coding concentration. Fall 2020 registration is open and classes begin Aug. 24. "Seeing how both programs are in high-demand fields, we are excited to bring them to our Clarksville campus," said Karen Stevenson, Dean of  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 16 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Botanic Garden and the American Public Gardens Association have partnered to offer immediate support to established urban agriculture and other urban food-growing programs at public gardens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, the organizations awarded $378,000 to 28 public gardens across the United States, including the Helping Hands Kitchen Garden at the U  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 16 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: There are 86 billion neurons, or cells, in the human brain. Of these, an infinitely small portion of them handle cognitive flexibility - our ability to adjust to new environments and concepts. A team of researchers with interdisciplinary expertise in psychology, informatics (the application of information science to solve problems with data) and engineering along with the Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI) gained   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 17 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The University Working Group on Schools and Childcare has announced that the new Vanderbilt caregivers online forums launched this week for VU community members to connect and exchange ideas and resources regarding child care solutions and arrangements beyond Vanderbilt's campus. "We wanted to first provide a tool to aid our community in connecting with each other regarding low-cost, flexible, community-based opt  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 14 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Tennessee's Economic Recovery Group, in partnership with the Tennessee Entertainment Commission, released new Tennessee Pledge guidelines with safety measures for media production. The new guidelines were created to address needs unique to the film, TV and music industry like filming on location, working with cast and crew, equipment, transportation and more. The guidelines follow CDC and OSHA guidelines, a  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, July 17 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Tennessee Tech provost Lori Bruce is accustomed to giving lectures. One of the distinguished lecturers of the geoscience and remote sensing society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Bruce normally has a few hundred to speak to at an event Earlier this week, however, her research reached thousands. Bruce gave an online presentation "Hyperspectral Remote Sensing with Ap  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 17 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Alex Dopico, MD, PhD, professor and Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology, and Anna Bukiya, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology, have been awarded $2.4 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to explore how cholesterol interacts with the mechani  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: An entomologist well known to row crop producers throughout the South, Scott D. Stewart, has been named by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture as the next director of the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Stewart, who currently serves in Jackson as a UT Extension specialist in integrated pest management and professor in the Departme  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 17 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Producers and farmers in West Tennessee can now benefit from the expertise and guidance of a new member of University of Tennessee Extension. As of July 1, Christopher R. Narayanan has been hired as a UT Extension area farm management specialist and will serve West Tennessee families as they work to make their farms, families and communities stronger. A proud Texas Aggie,   more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, July 15 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: The prescription drug hydroxychloroquine has been in the news in recent months, thanks to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Hydroxychloroquine has been used successfully to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and to prevent and treat malaria by killing the parasites that cause that disease. Since the drug has been beneficial in fighting off other viral illnesses, there was some t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A bold engineering approach by a Vanderbilt University researcher to sort breast cancer cells based on their behavior first has produced compelling data that show less migratory cells create more metastases, contradicting the prevailing hypothesis on how cancer spreads. Expanding this ambitious research by Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, to other highly metastatic and lethal   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Science has proven that biodiversity is essential for healthy ecosystems and that diverse thinking yields better decision making in business. To follow the logic, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Awards program to build more diverse talent pools within undergraduate students. Vanderbilt is among a select number of universities with a signifi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 14 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt University has joined more than 50 of the nation's top universities and colleges to stop a new federal directive that would force international students to leave the United States if their institution offers remote-only instruction in the fall. The institutions filed an amicus brief today in support of a lawsuit brought by Harvard and MIT against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) polic  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 16 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Longtime NFL executive and Vanderbilt Law School alumnus Adolpho Birch III has been named as chair of a new Board of Trust ad hoc committee that will partner with university leadership to evaluate and recommend policies around equity, diversity and inclusion. Birch, who received his J.D. in 1991 and joined Vanderbilt's Board of Trust in 2014, was appointed to head the new group following a pledge made by universi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 17 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Nicholas S. Zeppos, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chancellor Emeritus, has been appointed to the board of McLean Hospital, a world leader in the treatment of psychiatric disorders and the top-ranked freestanding psychiatric hospital in the United States. McLean Hospital, located in Belmont, Massachusetts, is the largest psychiatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a member of the Mass General Brigham Healthcare Sys  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Stalagmites from Lake Shasta Caverns (LSC) - located in northern California within an important transitional climate zone between the Pacific Northwest and southwestern United States - hold geochemical clues to help researchers understand how climate changed during the end of the last ice age (14,000 - 37,000 years ago) and predict what may happen amid climatic changes in modern times. A type of speleothem, stala  more