CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 13 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Aug. 12: Duke Energy, through its foundation, today announced the recipients of more than $1 million in employee-directed grants to nonprofit organizations committed to social justice and racial equity. Grants will be distributed to 80 organizations across seven states where the company has electric and gas customers - North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. On June 8  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University's College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences (CCRHS) recently announced the appointment of Dr. Bess Sirmon-Taylor as chair of the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Prior to joining ETSU's faculty this summer, Sirmon-Taylor served as associate dean for academic affairs at University of Texas at El Paso, College of Health Sciences. She i  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Aug. 11 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Continuing its focus on promoting a diverse and inclusive student culture, East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy received a grant of over $45,000 to support mentoring, engagement and retention efforts for pharmacy students whose first or best language is not English (E2 students). The project, PEER-E2, stands for Promoting Engagement, Excellence, and Retention for E2 student  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University's Dr. Zhi Q. Yao was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to explore the impact of diabetes on COVID-19 and the impact of COVID-19 on diabetes and related complications. The grant is ETSU's first major funding for COVID-19-specific research. The ADA states that "recent clinical results have shown that people with diabetes are   more

HENDERSON, Tennessee, Aug. 11 -- Freed-Hardeman University issued the following news: The Freed-Hardeman University Board of Trustees added a new member at their July 2020 meeting. Curt Zondervan, Hudsonville, Michigan, is the newest member of the board. Zondervan, a 1996 summa cum laude graduate of Freed-Hardeman, is the owner of Zondervan Recognition LLC in Grandville, Michigan. He is a former member of the Grandville Calvin Christian Schools Board and currently serves on the event board of  more

MILLIGAN, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- Milligan College issued the following news release: The first electric vehicle charging station in Carter County, Tennessee, has been installed on Milligan University's campus in partnership with Elizabethton Electric System and Seven States. "Milligan remains committed to being good stewards of God's creation, and we are grateful that our partnership with Elizabethton Electric System and Seven States provides our campus with a convenient electric charging stati  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- Nashville State Community College issued the following news release on Aug. 11: Today, the Nashville State Community College Foundation announced their 2020-2021 Board of Trustees. Beginning a three-year term, Ashlee Davis, Troy Edwards, Lisa Ferrelli, Andy Marshall, and Sharon Reynolds will join 18 other board members. As Young Leaders Council Intern, Brittaney Baker will serve a one-year term. "As the Board Chair of the Nashville State Community College Found  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: Two transportation projects that involve the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga have received more than $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. One project received a grant of almost $1.9 million to fund the ongoing "MLK Smart Corridor" study being run by the UTC Center for Urban Informatics and Progress (CUIP), which is researching transportation systems to make   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following joint news on Aug. 11: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn announced today the State of Tennessee's continued efforts to assist families, teachers, and districts as the 2020-2021 school year begins. New Dashboard The department released a dashboard that provides information on each school's status as offering in-person learning, virtual learning, or a hybrid. The dashboard is   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 11 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover has announced several new administrative changes, including the appointment of Dr. Michael Harris as the Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Harris, who previously served as dean of the College of Public Affairs, replaces Dr. Alisa Mosley, who has accepted a position at another university. Also appointed are Dr. Elizabeth Williams, associ  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden's selection of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris to be his running mate will not only further energize young voters, but also renew interest in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). That's what political analysts at Tennessee State University have to say after Biden made the announcement this week. If he wins in November, Harris would become the nation's firs  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Aug. 13 -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release on Aug. 12: University of Mississippi and Middle Tennessee State University faculty and student researchers are collaborating on a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant project involving climate change, conservation practices and helping train the next generation of environmental scientists and engineers. The three-year, $271,555 USDA grant is a research eff  more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, Aug. 12 -- The University of Miami's School of Nursing and Health Studies issued the following news: SONHS introduces incoming associate dean and other faculty from posts in Tennessee, Toronto, Texas, and Miami. Associate Dean for Health Studies Arsham Alamian, PhD, MSc, FACE, a noted epidemiologist with expertise in chronic diseases research and public health systems, came onboard at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies (SONHS) on August 1 as an  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Aug. 15 [TNSp] -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: Kimberly Thomas has been named the new director of the Joseph F. Decosimo Success Center in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Gary W. Rollins College of Business. She comes to UTC after serving as dean of students at the University of Nevada in Reno. Thomas began work on Aug. 14, with Sue Culpepper - who announced her retirement in July--supporting the transi  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has named Robert C. Williams as head of the Department of Food Science. Williams is currently a professor of food microbiology at Virginia Tech with more than 18 years of service to academia and the food science industry. "We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Williams back to Tennessee," said Scott Senseman, interim dean o  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 15 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Despite a plethora of treatment options, the burdens of cardiovascular and kidney disease still pose significant challenges to public health and the economy. Efforts to reduce cardiovascular and kidney disease include scientific investigations into the mechanisms that underlie alterations in the function of blood vessels. These efforts include the research done in the laboratory of Adeb  more