MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 19 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, dean of the College of Pharmacy and professor in the Department of Surgery in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine, has been appointed a UTHSC Distinguished Professor. The title represents recognition of extraordinary contributions to UTHSC, which have resulted in distinction and respe  more

DYERSBURG, Tennessee, Sept. 16 (TNSGra) -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education announced that Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) has received renewal for two federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grants and approval for funding for its fourth year of a 5-year grant for TRIO Upward Bound. The SSS grants will serve 268 students and are funded for five years for a total of $2,618,880, while the Upward Bound grant totalin  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Sept. 15 (TNSPer) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The College of Business and Technology at East Tennessee State University has filled two endowed chair positions, each charged to provide expertise to academic programs and assist in fulfilling the strategic mission of the college while building regional and international partnerships. David Golden has been named professor of practice and Allen and Ruth Harris Chair of Excellence in Busines  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news on Sept. 18: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Hamilton Eye Institute (HEI) will host a continuing medical education symposium called Vision 2020 at HEI on Friday, October 9, and Saturday, October 10. The symposium is the first major event under the leadership of Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, FARVO, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and director of HEI. T  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 15 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: In collaboration with Australian and Italian geneticists, Vanderbilt University researchers Mukhtar Ahmed, research assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, graduate student Christian de Caestecker and Ian Macara, professor and chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, have illuminated a biological process that enables proteins to move between cellular compartments. Critic  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 15 (TNSPer) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news on Aug. 14: Dr. Quincy Byrdsong, a veteran health care and higher education leader, has been appointed vice provost for health affairs at Lipscomb University, W. Craig Bledsoe, Lipscomb provost, announced today. For more than 25 years, Byrdsong has served in various leadership roles at health systems and medical schools and universities across the country. In his new role at Lipscomb, Byrdsong will oversee  more

GLENVILLE, West Virginia, Sept. 17 (TNSPer) -- Glenville State College issued the following news release: Dr. Mari Clements has joined the staff at Glenville State College (GSC) as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Clements comes to Glenville State after most recently serving as Provost at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Before her academic career, she was a girl from Bowmantown, Tennessee, a small town outside the TriCities. "I grew up in the foothills of  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 16 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: The University of Memphis in partnership with the Greater Memphis Chamber, has announced a new economic development partnership dedicated to the growth of the Memphis economy. Ted Townsend will serve as chief economic development officer and will focus on this partnership full time. "We believe that the alignment and strength this partnership creates will accelerate our efforts to attract and grow comp  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on Sept. 17: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group (FSAG) proactively invested Coronavirus Relief Fund dollars into the state's unemployment trust fund, protecting employees and businesses across the state. Based on newly-released projections from the University of Tennessee's Boyd Center, the tax premiums paid by the state's employers would have increased by at least 3  more

FLORENCE, Alabama, Sept. 17 (TNSGra) -- The University of North Alabama issued the following news release: The University of North Alabama has been awarded $116,835 from the National Science Foundation Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation program to establish a partnership with the University of Tennessee-Martin, Mississippi University for Women, East Mississippi Community College, and Northwest-Shoals Community College. The primary goal of this three-state project is the develop  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: More than 500 people registered for the UTHSC Coronavirus Online Symposium: Clinical Care, presented via Zoom Sept. 15 by the Colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The program sought to lay out best practices and the most up-to-date research for practitioners caring for patients who have COVID-19. "We are so pleased that we could  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has been awarded a $500,000 grant from USDA to address a common problem faced in Tennessee agriculture: how to effectively transition grain cropping systems to organic systems while decreasing the dependence on intensive tillage. "Organic crop systems typically depend on intensive and frequent tillage operation  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 19 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: UT Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Safety and Chief of Police Troy Lane was sworn in Thursday as president of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police (TACP). He is the first campus police chief to hold the position. The ceremony, held at the UT Police Department, was administered by David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and a TACP past president. The Tennesse  more

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 15 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute for Public Service issued the following news: Rural law enforcement officers will see the benefits of a $1.3 million grant awarded to the University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation Center (LEIC) by the United States Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). LEIC plans to use the funds to establish a rural law enforcement training center, which will launch this fall.  more

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 16 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute for Public Service issued the following news: The Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS), in collaboration with two fellow University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service (IPS) agencies, will offer two new training and technical assistance programs in 2021 with help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA Tennessee State Director Jim Tracy and USDA Area Director for Rural Development Marisol T  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 17 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Ramesh Narayanan, PhD, professor in the Department of Medicine and the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a $455,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute for a two-year study of the underlying cause of the development of aggressive prostate cancer in African American men. Approximately 174,000 men in the Un  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 19 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Siamak Yousefi, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and the Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received two grants worth more than $600,000 combined to further develop artificial intelligence (AI) to help diagnose and monitor glaucoma. Dr. Yousefi is the recipient of $451,139 fro  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 16 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has been awarded a $300,000 grant to create instructional resources and develop a self-sustaining professional development program -- the UT Agribusiness Academy -- for current Tennessee secondary agriculture teachers. The project team, comprised of faculty from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Econom  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 (TNSGra) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A $2.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation and a $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will provide funding for Vanderbilt researcher Abhishek Dubey, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, to reimagine regional transit systems using cutting-edge data science techniques through a group of projects called Smart Transit. Both grants will fund proj  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 16 (TNSMon) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Gabor Karsai, professor of electrical engineering, computer science and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University, is leading a $2.5 million project to develop advanced software to manage microgrids, the relatively small energy systems that rely on local energy generation and storage. This latest effort marks the continuation of an earlier project with the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Researc  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 15 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Former athletic directors and distinguished college administrators Tommy McClelland and Dr. Kristene Kelly have joined Vanderbilt Athletics as deputy athletic directors, Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director Candice Lee announced today. "We are fortunate to have Tommy and Kristene join our Vanderbilt team," said Lee. "Both are highly regarded leaders, have extensive   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 19 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Mixing chemistry, biology and engineering, Frances Arnold tweaks enzymes found in nature to perform new tricks by altering their DNA. Arnold, a Caltech chemical engineer with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, scads more awards and honors, and research citations through the roof, delivered a rousing virtual lecture to some 700 listeners--almost twice. "You missed a really great lecture," Arnold said and smiled  more