NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 2 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Actress Kelly McCreary, best known for her role on the ABC award winning drama series "Grey's Anatomy," will speak to Tennessee State University student leaders Thursday night as part of "VoteHBCU IG Live," a national campaign to mobilize HBCU students to vote. The initiative encourages student organizations at historically black colleges and universities to plan events focused on voter education and engagemen  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Sept. 30 (TNSGra) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Dr. Tosin Ariyo, a member of East Tennessee State University's Center for Applied Research and Evaluation in Women's Health (CARE Women's Health), has been awarded a 2020 Changemakers in Family Planning grant from the Society for Family Planning. Ariyo is a community health scientist and women's health advocate who is dedicated to addressing health disparities in underserved communities. S  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Oct. 1 (TNSJou) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Dr. Brian Maxson, a professor of history at East Tennessee State University, has published an article in the internationally respected journal, Bullettino dell'Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo. Published in Rome, Bullettino features peer-reviewed work on medieval and Renaissance Italy from leading scholars from around the world. Maxson's article, "The Letters of Giannozzo Manetti,"   more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Oct. 1 (TNSGra) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Dr. Candace Forbes Bright of East Tennessee State University is a member of a research team that was recently awarded more than $500,000 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study "The Role of Museums in the Landscape of Minority Representation." Bright, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and a faculty researcher with the Applied S  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 30 -- Endeavor Business Media issued the following news: Endeavor Business Media's CALO (Chief Administrative and Legal officer) Tracy Kane has become designated the company's Data Protection Officer (DPO), and has earned industry recognized CIPP/E and CIPM data compliance qualifications to further the status of Endeavor as a market leading 21st Century B2B Media Company. The Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) delivers comprehensive GDPR know  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 30 (TNSCon) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Preparing students to be leaders in organizations around the world is a priority of Lipscomb's College of Business and the College of Computing & Technology. This preparation includes equipping students with skills specific to their chosen field of study in addition to other knowledge that will put them a step ahead of others in the marketplace. The field of data analytics is growing rapidly and learning  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 3 -- Nashville State Community College issued the following news release on Oct. 2: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake and Nashville State Community College President Dr. Shanna L. Jackson today announced a unique local partnership, "Educating the Blue," that will open a pipeline to an MNPD career for NSCC students and provide MNPD officers the opportunity to earn their Associate's Degree in one year. Ideally, it is a one-plus-one concept, with  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 29 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Michael Eric Dyson, a globally renowned scholar of race, religion and contemporary culture, will join Vanderbilt as Centennial Chair and University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies in the College of Arts and Science and University Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society in the Divinity School on Jan. 1, 2021. Currently a professor of sociology at Georgetown Universi  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Sept. 29 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: It can be hard sometimes to convince people to use something new, even if that something new is just for them. "Just because you provide a service doesn't mean people will use it," said Chandra Ward, assistant professor of sociology, social, cultural and justice studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. That's where she comes in as part of a $3.9 millio  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 29 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: Last week, the U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized seven Tennessee schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020. This recognition is based on a school's overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student groups. "Congratulations to the seven schools from across Tennessee for receiving this high honor and much-deserved recognition. We kno  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 3 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The Tennessee Department of Education has been awarded a five-year, $5.5 million State Personnel Development Grant to strengthen instructional practices for serving students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The State Personnel Development Grants (SPDG) program, administered through the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) within the U.S. Department of Education, ass  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 30 (TNSEco) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Tennessee Tech unveiled initial designs for its new engineering building at the September meeting of the Board of Trustees. Even though construction funding for the project was delayed as the State of Tennessee revised its 2020-2021 budget, Tech had received more than $3 million from the state in a previous fiscal year to begin planning. The building, with an estimated $57 million   more

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 3 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following news: Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III has joined a $39.5 million settlement with Anthem stemming from the massive 2014 data breach. Through the settlement, Anthem has reached a resolution with the 43-state coalition and California. Tennessee will receive $400,556.46 from the settlement. In February 2015, Anthem disclosed that cyber attackers had infiltrated its systems. The attackers harvest  more

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 29 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following statement on Sept. 28: * * * Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III today released the following statement on President Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Judge Amy Coney Barrett is an exceptional jurist and will make an exceptional justice. "She appreciates that a judge's role is not to create the law but to apply the Constitution and the laws of the Un  more

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 30 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following news on Sept. 29: The Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, along with the Federal Trade Commission and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, today announced a nationwide law enforcement and outreach initiative to protect consumers from phantom debt collection and abusive and threatening debt collection practices. The initiative, called Operation Corrupt Collector, includes   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on Sept. 29: As a National State of Emergency remains in place, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced today the State of Emergency in Tennessee will continue through October with adjustments made to previous executive orders. "Tennessee's response continues to be one of the most targeted in the country and a continued State of Emergency ensures we have access to additional federal funds, ensure our health c  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 3 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on Oct. 2: In accordance with the current scientific understanding of COVID-19, Tennessee's Economic Recovery Group issued updated guidance today for businesses and other activities under the Tennessee Pledge. The updates follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and maintain emphasis on key preventative measures such as mask wearing, social distancing and frequent disinfection. The  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 1 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 30: Tennessee first lady Maria Lee announced today her Tennessee Serves initiative has partnered with tech nonprofit Purposity to streamline how Tennesseans can serve individuals, families and students in need. With the free Purposity app, Tennesseans can now see the needs of neighbors in real time and can choose to meet those needs directly from their phone. After a need is met, mos  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, Sept. 30 (TNSGra) -- Union University issued the following news release: A concept developed by a team of Union University students at the 2020 Hub City Innovation Cup in March has resulted in a sizeable grant from the AARP to the city of Jackson to improve its bus transportation system. Carly Bryant, Grace Ingram, Lauren Kinzinger, Callie Wright and Sydney Zemke proposed an idea for a mobile app for the Jackson Transit Authority that would track the location of buses in re  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 3 (TNSGra) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: The University of Memphis Herff College of Engineering has been awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to establish the Mid-South Advanced Automation and Robotics Center (AARC), an automation and robotics training center of excellence. Memphis is home to a high concentration of jobs in sectors like transportation and logistics that are increasingly becoming automated. The A  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 1 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: The votes are in, and the people of the political science community have spoken. Michelle Deardorff, an Adolph S. Ochs professor of government and head of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Political Science and Public Service, has been chosen as one of the 2020-2021 vice presidents of the American Political Science Association (APSA), the leading  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Thomas Ng, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, came to Memphis earlier this year to build the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Toronto, Canada, Dr. Ng was recruited to UTHSC's College of Medicine by David Shibata, MD, FACS, FASCRS, chair of the Department of Surgery, to be a key player in the development of the univ  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 3 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: Good news usually doesn't come at 1 a.m. Phone ringing or text dings! at that time of night usually conjure thoughts of: "Oh no, something's terribly wrong." Not the case with Chyanne Smith. Back in October, she had applied for a Graduate Research Fellowship Program grant (GFRP) from the National Science Foundation. The grant provides a graduate student $34,000 in re  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 2 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: The stress level in rural communities is off the charts. Farm and ranch closures, land forfeitures, labor issues, and more contribute. According to a 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--a full five years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit--rates of suicide in rural communities measured twice that of urban areas. To address this desperate problem, the USDA is creating the F  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 1 (TNSJou) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center working with colleagues at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have found that some antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are more protective than others, when it comes to reinfection. This information, discovered from the joint study and published online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation  more

TULLAHOMA, Tennessee, Oct. 2 (TNSMon) -- The University of Tennessee Space Institute issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) is one of eight universities to receive $500,000 12-month awards from The Department of Defense (DOD) designed to accelerate the transition of cutting-edge technology to new hypersonic flight capabilities. "Hypersonics is a top modernization priority for DOD. We are mobilizing government, industry, and academia to provide real  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 2 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Whether an animal senses a predator's approach or a day trader reacts to market fluctuations, decisions are made by processing various amounts of sensory information. But scientists are split over the underlying mental mechanics: Are decisions made after accumulating a critical mass of information, or are they governed by a relative sense of urgency? Vanderbilt University researchers Jennifer Trueblood, a  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 29 (TNSGra) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The university has announced the Vanderbilt Strong Faculty Grant Program to support faculty's work to further Vanderbilt's mission of learning and discovery. The program will help faculty continue to make progress in their teaching, research, scholarship and creative expression efforts during the constraints imposed on activities required by the COVID-19 pandemic. "It is imperative that we provide our f  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 30 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt University engineers have determined that their back-assist exosuit, a clothing-like device that supports human movement and posture, can reduce fatigue by an average of 29-47 percent in lower back muscles. The exosuit's functionality presents a promising new development for individuals who work in physically demanding fields and are at risk for back pain, including medical professionals and f  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 2 (TNSAwa) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Shihong Lin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University, has won the 2020 Paul L. Busch Award from The Water Research Foundation for his leadership in developing innovative water separation techniques. Since 2001, the award has provided more than $1.9 million in funding to up-and-coming researchers who are making major breakthroughs in the water quality industry. "  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 29 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: It's no coincidence that this year's protests against racial violence have focused around the deaths of individuals: Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others. There's a long tradition in U.S. race relations--from Sam Hose to Emmitt Till to Mike Brown--where major legal reforms or social movements are sparked by high-profile murders. Yet, Black women in America have experienced a long histo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 3 (TNSGra) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news on Oct. 2: One of the challenges of drug delivery systems is to optimize their targeting properties so therapeutic compounds used in smaller amounts reach only a specific area of the body and result in little or no side effects. The ability to engineer the content of extracellular vesicles and target these EVs to specific sites offers the potential to develop a new class of cellular therapeutics that have   more