FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, issued the following news: Gov. Andy Beshear announced $2,998,892 in grant funding for four projects in Eastern Kentucky for utility improvements, economic development and tourism advancements that will create economic opportunities in the region. The grant funding is through the Department for Local Government (DLG). Those receiving funds, from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Region  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 11 (TNSCXX) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: The Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation, an extension of Lipscomb's College of Education, is part of a partnership that is supporting rural school districts in Tennessee. This school year, the Ayers Institute, along with the Ayers Foundation, the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) and the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) recently announced that they are p  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 11 (TNSRes) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: After an eye-opening encounter with a professor of African American Christianity at the end of a presentation on his book, Myths America Lives By, author Richard Hughes was inspired to revise his book, which he became convinced had left out the most important of all American myths: the myth of white supremacy. Hughes, one of the foremost Church of Christ scholars in the nation who came to Lipscomb in 201  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 12 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A new $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health is enabling Vanderbilt University chemist Rena A.S. Robinson to expand her research on racial disparities in Alzheimer's and other diseases. Robinson, an associate professor of chemistry and Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor Faculty Fellow, is the co-principal investigator on the R01 grant, which is designed to develop and test recrui  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on Sept. 10: Today Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced recommendations from the State's Law Enforcement Reform Partnership to strengthen policing policies, improve information sharing around disciplinary actions and increase officer training. In addition to enhanced policies, a total of $300,000 in CARES Act funding will be utilized for 90 additional cadet scholarships for the Tennessee Law Enforcement Tra  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 12 -- The Tennessee Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Mary Mancini: "19 years later, the agonizing pain of that fateful day still reverberates. We refuse to forget the collective pain we all felt and we know the world joins us in honoring the thousands who lost their lives, the brave first responders who ran headfirst into unimaginable danger, and the families and communities who sacrificed so much. Nearly two decades later, we can also see th  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 12 (TNSMon) -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Landing a job at a Fortune 500 company usually means earning a sizable salary and enjoying perks like a big signing bonus and paid moving expenses. Tennessee State University 2020 graduate Malik City recently had that experience. The Nashville native and computer science major was hired by Bank of America as a software engineer. City will earn $94,000 his first year, which includes a $10,000 signi  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, Sept. 11 (TNSCon) -- Union University issued the following news release on Sept. 10: The Union University Department of Music is offering a new commercial music program that began in the fall 2020 semester. The Bachelor of Music in commercial music will offer four emphases: performance; composition and arranging; recording, engineering and production; and songwriting. The purpose of this new program is to prepare commercial musicians for career opportunities in the music in  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 8 (TNSRes) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: A group of healthcare-savvy entrepreneurs in the UMRF Research Park at the University of Memphis has developed and launched a digital tool to allow orthopedists and rheumatologists to recruit, retain and communicate with patients. The tool, MiCare Path, was recently acknowledged by Healthcare Tech Outlook as a Top 10 Patient Monitoring Solution of 2020 - a bittersweet reward in the year of COVID  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 10 (TNSPar) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has signed a memorandum of understanding with a major teaching hospital in the capital city of Zambia to create an academic, clinical, and research partnership. Denis Foretia, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at UTHSC, said the affiliation between UTHSC and Levy Mwanawasa Medical University (LMMU), a unive  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 9 (TNSMon) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: University of Memphis has received a $606,000 bequest from the estate of the late Dr. Hugh T. Keenan, a 1958 UofM alumnus and distinguished professor emeritus of English at Georgia State University. The bequest will be applied to the Hugh T. Keenan Acquisition Fund for the University of Memphis Libraries - an endowment Keenan established in 2013 to support students and faculty members of the Dep  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 12 (TNSGra) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: As the Arctic Ocean becomes less icy as a result of a warming climate, it could prove to be a viable--and more convenient--shipping route for global logistics companies. To determine the feasibility of navigating the challenging Arctic environment, Hiba Baroud, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Ralf Bennartz, professor of earth and environmental sciences, in collaboration w  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 10 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A Vanderbilt University laboratory led by Marija Zanic, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, has demonstrated for the first time how microtubules--filaments that are essential to many of a cell's functions--move around in a process known as treadmilling. Microtubules are critical in functions ranging from cell division to a cell's ability to retain its shape. Understanding the process   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 12 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Reports of COVID-19 deaths do not often provide a full explanation of patterns, tending to focus on people's race or ethnicity, where they lived and with whom, whether they were affluent or poor, elderly or young, women or men--one factor at a time. According to Derek Griffith, professor of medicine, health and society and founding director of the Center for Research on Men's Health, such information ma  more

GALLATIN, Tennessee, Sept. 9 (TNSPer) -- Volunteer State Community College issued the following news release: Volunteer State Community College has named Cassie Koester as the new dean of Nursing. She will supervise the Vol State RN Nursing associate of applied science (AAS) degree program. It's a two-year degree to prepare students to apply to sit for licensure as a Registered Nurse, held on the Gallatin and Livingston campuses. "I love the area and I love the community college setting, espec  more