WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: New models predict there could be nearly 400,000 COVID-19 deaths if the U.S. doesn't implement any new COVID-19 restrictions, and more if states continue to ease measures. And yet, instead of implementing mask mandates and other life-saving, common-sense COVID-19 policies, GOP governors - like Missouri's Mike Parson, North Dakota's Doug Burgum, South Dakota's Kristi Noem, and Tennessee's Bill Lee, Georgia's   more

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 21 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following joint statement: * * * Attorneys General from the states of Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Tennessee, New York, North Carolina, and Utah released the following statement regarding today's antitrust filing by U.S. Department of Justice and the multistate investigation into Google: "Over the last year, both the US DOJ and state attorneys general have conducted separate but parallel investigations into Google's an  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 22 -- Fox News Channel, a business unit of Fox, issued the following news release: Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum to Co-Anchor Special Debate Coverage * * * FOX News Channel (FNC) will present special live programming surrounding the final presidential debate on Thursday, October 22nd between incumbent President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Coverage will be available across  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 21: Today, Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) and the Tennessee Department of Education, in collaboration with Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, announced the launch of a new K-3 Book Delivery program to deliver 580,000 books to 58,000 kindergarten through third grade students and teachers across the state. Over 50 school districts a  more

CLEVELAND, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Lee University issued the following news: Lee University's political science department will host guest lecturer Dr. Vincent Munoz for its fifth annual symposium on politics and philosophy. The two-day symposium will begin Friday, Oct. 23, at 12 p.m. and end the following day at 3:30 p.m. The symposium discussion sessions and keynote lecture will be held in person in the School of Nursing Building on Lee's campus. Attendees will be required to pass the campus h  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 (TNSPer) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Nashville has one of the highest immigration rates in the country, a phenomenon that has only increased since the year 2000. The Nashville Office of the Mayor shares that 12% of the city's population was born outside of the United States, and nearly half of this segment entered the country within the last 20 years. On Sept. 9, Mohamed-Shukri Hassan was named full-time director of the Office of New America  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Lipscomb University's Rural Leadership Scholars Program is making an impact in rural communities in Tennessee with the support of three major sponsors from across the state. The Ayers Foundation, Farm Credit Mid-America and the Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation have each made financial investments in the Rural Leadership Scholars Program, housed in Lipscomb's College of Leadership & Public Service, the place where   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Lipscomb University's Department of Visual Arts presents a special virtual lecture featuring fashion designer, Prophetik founder and Franklin, Tennessee, native Jeff Garner on Monday, Oct. 26. Garner is known around the world for his distinctive, sustainable, eco-friendly fashion. The virtual lecture begins at 6 p.m. CST. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required to access the event link. Regi  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 21 -- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued the following news on Oct. 20: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has launched an investigation into a Tennessee-based private security company that was reportedly recruiting military veterans to perform services in Minnesota in connection with the November 3 election. Attorney General Ellison sent a civil investigative demand -- that is, formal requests for information -- to   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 24 -- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued the following news on Oct. 23: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office has won a written assurance from Tennessee-based security company Atlas Aegis that it is not recruiting and will not recruit or provide private security at or near polling places in Minnesota in conjunction with the November 3 election. The company admits that its statements that it was doing so are incorrect. Att  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Oct. 20: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein, along with the Attorneys General of Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Tennessee, New York, and Utah, released the following statement regarding today's antitrust filing by the U.S. Department of Justice and the multistate investigation into Google. "Over the last year, both the US DOJ and state attorneys general have conducted separate but parall  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following joint statement on Oct. 20: * * * New York Attorney General Letitia James and the attorneys general of Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an antitrust lawsuit against tech giant Google: "Over the last year, both the U.S. DOJ and state attorneys general have conducted separate but parallel inve  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 21 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following joint statement on Oct. 20: * * * Attorneys General from the states of Iowa, Colorado, Tennessee, New York, North Carolina, Utah and Nebraska released the following statement regarding today's antitrust filing by U.S. Department of Justice and the multistate investigation into Google: "Over the last year, both the DOJ and state attorneys general have conducted separate but parallel investigations into G  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Artificial intelligence (AI) has steadily become a part of our everyday lives. Over the past several years, AI is increasingly being applied to biomedical research and in clinical care, however current methods being used in developing AI for biomedical research and clinical decisions may generate new health care disparities. In the paper published recently in Nature Communicatio  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- Rhodes College issued the following news: Carly Goeman and Kelsey Hope, both attorneys and members of the Rhodes Class of 2011, participated in mock trial while students. Goeman captained teams, and Hope even went on to compete during law school. Now the two have relied on relationships formed during their college mock trial experiences to get a new video series off the ground, branded as Ask The Experts. "Our goal is to provide thoughtful academic commentary to   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 20 (TNSResB) -- Rhodes College issued the following news: * * * 'World War II you've never heard before' by Jeffrey H. Jackson * * * Rhodes College Professor of History Dr. Jeffrey H. Jackson describes his new book as the "World War II you've never heard before." Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis (Algonquin Books, 2020) tells the story of Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe, who drew on their skills as Parisian avant-garde artists to us  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 21: Today, the Tennessee Department of Education announced Leneda Laing of Cleveland Middle School is the 2020-21 Tennessee Principal of the Year. Out of nine finalists representing Tennessee's eight CORE regions, as well as the Shelby County-Municipals area, Laing was selected as the 2020-21 Tennessee Principal of the Year. Laing served as a classroom teacher, math coordinator and  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: Yesterday, the Tennessee Department of Education announced Kay Martin of Rutherford County Schools is the 2020-21 Tennessee Supervisor of the Year. Out of nine finalists representing Tennessee's eight CORE regions, as well as the Shelby County-Municipals area, Martin was selected as the 2020-21 Tennessee Supervisor of the Year. She has served in the education profession for over two decad  more

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 21 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following joint statement on Oct. 20: * * * Attorneys General from the states of Iowa, Colorado, Arizona, Tennessee, New York, North Carolina, Utah, and Nebraska released the following statement regarding today's antitrust filing by U.S. Department of Justice and the multistate investigation into Google: "Over the last year, both the DOJ and state attorneys general have conducted separate but parallel inves  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on Oct. 20: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee today announced a new ad campaign, "Choices", to promote responsible decision-making by Tennesseans as the state continues to fight the spread of COVID-19. The ad will air across the state on broadcast, cable, and digital media. "The most effective way for us to combat this virus is through individual Tennesseans making responsible decisions for the safety of themselve  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Governor Bill Lee's Unified Command Group will open drive through COVID-19 testing sites in three counties Saturday, Oct. 24 to address rising case rates in Tennessee's rural areas. "We've seen an upward trend in COVID cases in rural Tennessee that are cause for concern," said Commissioner Lisa Piercey, MD, MBA, FAAP, Tennessee Department of Health. "Bringing back weekend drive through testing helps with ac  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University students and faculty from various disciplines presented research this week at a virtual TED Talk organized by the Honors College. The event on Tuesday was held via Zoom this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, there was still strong attendance from the campus community to hear topics that included cancer research, mental health, prison reform, the coronavirus pandemi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University is among a growing number of HBCUs that are getting into the billion-dollar industry of competitive video game playing, or esports. Historically black colleges and universities say it's not all about fun and games, and believe esports is a steppingstone to jobs and internships for students. TSU has launched esports classes, and joined esports organizations and leagues that will al  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: As we head into one of the most critical election seasons in our nation's history, the Hooks Institute presents the sixth edition of its policy papers, "Let Every Voice Be Heard: Protecting the Right to Vote and American Democracy" focusing on voting rights, voter engagement and apathy and tactics to suppress voting. For this edition of policy papers, the Hooks Institute assembled experts on voting righ  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Liza Makowski, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology and a research member of the Center for Cancer Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is one of 10 recipients of $100,000 grants from The Mary Kay Foundation to continue her research into triple negative breast cancer. The cancer research grants are awarded annu  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 22 (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 the University of New Mexico have identified three drugs, already approved for other uses in humans, as possible therapeutics for COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Based on virtual and in vitro antiviral screening that began in the earlier months of the COVID-19 pandem  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- 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 million  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 21 (TNSRes) -- 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 million  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: More than two years of in-the-field research followed by more than two years of in-the-lab work. More than 20,000 different beetles captured. More than 50 species never before found in the Tennessee Valley. That's the work and findings of research conducted by Stylianos Chatzimanolis, Guerry professor in biology, geology and environmental science at the University o  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: In the tropics and subtropics, families and communities frequently rely on bushmeat for food security as well as basic income. So, while the harvest and trade of wildlife are illegal in many locales, the practice is commonplace, and with it comes the potential for transmission of a zoonotic disease among human populations. Even before the emergence of COVID-19, pu  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- The University of Tennessee System issued the following news release on Oct. 23: University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd announced the formation of the Substance Misuse and Addiction Resource for Tennessee (SMART) Policy Network during the Fall Board Meeting, which occurred virtually earlier today. The network aims to assist the countless number of Tennesseans affected by substance misuse each year and transform the University of Tennessee's approach  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is one of seven higher-education schools statewide working to increase the number and diversity of teachers in K-12 schools. As part of the Grow Your Own program from the Tennessee Department of Education, UTC will be given a $100,000 grant to pay the full tuition for a total of 12 current teaching assistants paraprofessional  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has entered into an agreement with the Regeneron Genetics Center, a subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for the company to sequence DNA that has been voluntarily provided and stored as part of a biorepository initiative UTHSC is building in collaboration with its partner teaching hospitals. The collaboration is a key step in ad  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Franklin Ellis Jr. has been named director of the Provost's Office for Inclusive Excellence (OIE), Vice Provost for Academic Advancement and Executive Director of OIE William H. Robinson has announced. Ellis comes to Vanderbilt from Coastal Carolina University, where most recently he served as assistant director of Intercultural and Inclusion Student Services. His career spans more than 20 years in highe  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A Vanderbilt cancer systems biology team has identified the enzymes that keep tumor cells growing in the presence of drug treatment, opening the door to stopping these cells dead in their tracks. An article, "An Integrative Gene Expression and Mathematical Flux-Balance Analysis Identifies Targetable Redox Vulnerabilities in Melanoma Cells," was published in the journal Cancer Research on Oct. 15. Until   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has launched a scholarship program for family nurse practitioner, nurse-midwifery and dual nurse-midwifery/FNP master's students that aims to increase diversity in primary health care providers, particularly in medically underserved areas. Funded by a new $3.2 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration under its Bureau of Health Workforce D  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Craig Lindsley, the William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine and University Professor of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Chemistry, will become director of Vanderbilt University's Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (WCNDD), effective Dec. 1, 2020. Lindsley assumes the director position from Jeffrey Conn, Lee. E. Limbird Chair in Pharmacology and professor of pharmacology. Founded by Conn in 200  more