CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: Chattanooga State Community College was the recent recipient of a $738,525 Tennessee Coronavirus Relief Fund Grant awarded through the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) to help defray the expenses of delivering instructional support to students at the main campus, as well as at the Dayton and Kimball sites. Chattanooga State found that more than 1,100 students, including 71% fro  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Faculty in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at East Tennessee State University's Quillen College of Medicine have received more than $7 million in extramural funding so far this year to conduct research ranging from substance misuse to kidney disease. The grant proposals were funded by agencies such as the National Institutes of Health; the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Sept. 2 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Researchers from East Tennessee State University are part of an international team of scientists from Europe, South America and the United States who have published a paper on new insights to how the human immune system recognizes the pathogenic fungus Candida auris. Candida auris, which first surfaced in 2009, is resistant to many standard anti-fungal therapies and is not easy to diagnose. It has b  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 2 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news on Sept. 1: The Austin Graduate School of Theology (AGST) located in Austin, Texas, will merge with Lipscomb University, officials from both institutions announced today. Under the terms of the merger agreement, AGST will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lipscomb. Both institutions have been in existence for more than a century, share a common faith heritage and are accredited by the Southern Association of Colle  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: The Lipscomb University College of Computing & Technology Bachelor of Science degree programs in Information Security and Information Technology have been accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, the recognized accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering and engineering technology. ABET accreditation provides assurance that a college or university pr  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- Rhodes College issued the following news: When Rhodes College switched to remote teaching and learning in March, Dr. Shana Stoddard, assistant professor of chemistry, wanted to continue creating meaningful labs for her first-year Foundations of Chemistry course. Instead of showing videos, she decided to charge her students with designing and testing possible therapies for coronavirus. Many of her lab students enjoyed the lab work so much that they continued as par  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following joint news on Aug. 31: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Department of Revenue announced today a new digital eligibility tool for small business owners to determine if their business may be eligible for a Tennessee Business Relief Program payment. "The COVID-19 pandemic has placed an enormous strain on Tennessee's small businesses, and we're hopeful these relief payments will help alleviate that burden as busi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University has demonstrated to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) that the institution is in compliance with the Principles of Accreditation. The accreditation agency announced Thursday that the sanction has been removed based on the successful report that TSU submitted which addressed one part of the eighty-five standards. In June of 2019, the un  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 2 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Community college students looking for a future in engineering will have a home at Tennessee State University, thanks to a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The TSU College of Engineering received the funding recently to recruit minority transfer students from regional community colleges in Middle Tennessee who are interested in pursuing degrees in engineering, mathematical sciences or co  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Tennessee Tech University officials announced that externally funded research topped $20 million for the second consecutive year. "Despite all of the disruptions we faced this year, Tech researchers continued their work, which enabled us to reach this level again," said Tech President Phil Oldham. "This is a testament to how outside organizations value Tech's expertise." Tech researchers sa  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: In 2018, one-half of the Nobel Prize was awarded to Arthur Ashkin, the physicist who developed optical tweezers, the use of a tightly focused laser beam to isolate and move micron-scale objects (the size of red blood cells). Now Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Vanderbilt University, has developed the first-ever opto-thermo-electrohydrodynamic tweezers, optical nanotweezers that   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University is using a $20,000 donation from Tractor Supply Company to help fulfill the needs of students, particularly during the pandemic. The funds will be used by TSU's College of Agriculture to help "students in need of financial support," says Dr. Chandra Reddy, the college's dean. "We are very excited and are very thankful to Tractor Supply Company for this support," says Reddy. "We ha  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: The Board of Directors of UMRF Ventures has announced the hiring of Pierre Landaiche to become the company's new CEO, and to lead the continuing growth of this University of Memphis student-centered company. Pierre was the vice president and general manager of the Renasant Convention Center, the Cannon Center and most recently led the start-up of the new Memphis Sports Experience and Hall of Fame. He re  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- Union University issued the following news release: The Union University Auxiliary hosted "An Evening with Abby Johnson" in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Johnson is a pro-life advocate and author of the award-winning book, "Unplanned," which has been adapted into a movie of the same title. "Unplanned" chronicles both Johnson's experiences during her eight-year career at Planned Parenthood and her dramatic exit in 2009 after assisting with a  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: Dr. Christos Papadopoulos was recently appointed and joined the UofM in August as the Sparks Family Chair of Excellence in the Department of Computer Science. This chair of excellence, housed in the University's Division of Research & Innovation, will provide flexibility to focused and/or interdisciplinary areas of research excellence to contribute toward the University's strategic research goal of atta  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: Dr. Ranganathan Gopalakrishnan, University of Memphis assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received a $363,782 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science for his research project, "Langevin Dynamics modeling of gas-phase ion-ion recombination." "In addition to supporting cutting edge theoretical research and promoting collaboration with leading experimente  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Brian Peters, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Pharmacy, has been awarded the First Tennessee Endowed Chair of Excellence in Clinical Pharmacy. The appointment comes from College of Pharmacy Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP FASHP, FAST, and UTHSC Cha  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Liza Makowski, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine-Hematology-Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Joseph F. Pierre, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics-Obesity at UTHSC, have received $2.1 million from the National Cancer Institute for a five-year study to examine how the microbiome impacts the immune system and response to  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was recently chosen as the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) newest partner in a national network to help students pursuing a career in microelectronics. The Scalable Asymmetric Life Cycle Engagement Consortium (SCALE) is a national network of private and public agencies and universities--including Vanderbilt and Purdue--focused on incre  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Researchers from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and Arizona State University have received a grant for $477,131 to examine consumer preferences for U.S. beef and to estimate beef import demand in select countries within Asia, Europe and Latin America. Results from this research will also provide insights regarding economic implications of changes in tr  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A Vanderbilt astrophysicist played a key role in discovering an entirely new breed of black holes that presents far-reaching and fundamental questions about how we understand the universe. With close to a thousand scientists around the world working together through the Laser Interferometry Gravitational Wave Observatory Scientific Collaboration (LSC) and the Virgo Collaboration, Vanderbilt research assistant pro  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The August 2020 opening of Nicholas S. Zeppos College marks a milestone in the transformation of Vanderbilt's West End Neighborhood, while a completed renovation on the Peabody College campus strengthens its learning community. "It is exciting and gratifying to see significant progress with our Academic Strategic Plan through these building and renovation projects," said Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic A  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news on Sept. 4: Ethnocentric concerns about the growing political power and social influence of immigrants, African Americans and Latinos are undermining Republicans' commitment to long-held democratic norms, according to new research by Vanderbilt University political science professor Larry Bartels. The findings, published Aug. 31 in the research article (https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/08/26/2007747117) "Et  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: When it comes to creating successful business interactions, exchanges between buyers and sellers with similar emotional abilities may lead to more lucrative outcomes than an animated or ambitious employee alone. Erick Mas, a postdoctoral fellow at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, and his research partners studied how differing levels of deep-level interpersonal similarity using emo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: More than half of all African American women in the United States report having at least one family member who is incarcerated, causing higher levels of depressive symptoms and psychological distress than previously understood. The findings come from a new paper in the Journal of Marriage and Family (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12699), whose lead author, Evelyn J. Patterson, associate professor of sociology an  more