NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: For the second time, cancer researchers at Vanderbilt have discovered a protein that--when genetically manipulated to impede it from interacting with a gene responsible for cancer genesis--effectively melts tumors in days. The article, "MYC regulates ribosome biogenesis and mitochondrial gene expression programs through interaction with Host Cell Factor-1," was published in the journal eLIFE on Jan. 8.   more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Jan. 28 -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: Chattanooga State's Michael P. Hennen Hospitality and Culinary Center recently received a beautifully transformative addition to the classroom learning space from friends and partners at The Marriott Springhill Suites Downtown Chattanooga who have donated an entire dining room of furniture. The Michael P. Hennen Center boasts a fabulous state-of-the-art culinary kitchen and learning space   more

LEBANON, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSPer) -- Cumberland University issued the following news on Jan. 27: Cumberland University announced today that head baseball coach, Woody Hunt, will be retiring after the 2021 season. Hunt has spent 41 seasons as the CU head coach. "Life is full of decision and changes, which affects a person's life and those around him," said Coach Woody Hunt. "After months of reflection, prayer and meetings with Cumberland administration, I have decided that 2021 will be my fi  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Jan. 26 (TNSPer) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news on Jan. 25: The latest episode of From the Locker Room video series features an interview with ETSU President Dr. Brian Noland. From the Locker Room launched in 2020 and is hosted by Dr. Richard Sander, Director of the Center for Global Sport Leadership at ETSU, and Coach Mike Smith. An ETSU graduate, Smith is former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and has been named NFL Head Coach of the Y  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Jan. 24 (TNSAcc) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation (TLEA) Program has granted a third accreditation status to the Department of Public Safety at East Tennessee State University. To achieve accreditation with TLEA, an agency voluntarily submits to a three-year process of enhancing its professionalism and effectiveness utilizing 160 law enforcement standards and participating in a thorough on-site as  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- Endeavor Business Media issued the following news: Endeavor Business Media and the Officer Media Group, are proud to introduce the launch of OFFICER magazine, a new resource providing the latest insights on the products, technologies and innovations impacting the law enforcement sector. Driven by changing needs in the industry, Law Enforcement Technology and Law Enforcement Product News have merged to provide law enforcement professionals with the nation's larg  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Jan. 29 (TNSPer) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Jeffery Blanton, who has served in various leadership roles for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has joined East Tennessee State University as Assistant Vice President for Administration and Director of Emergency Management. Blanton has more than 30 years of law enforcement experience at the local and federal levels. Most recently, he was the supervisory senior resident agent for t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 28 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Lipscomb University's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Department of English and Modern Languages presents a special virtual Landiss Lecture featuring Dr. Steven Moore in a discussion of "The Sun and Clouds Died Today: Reflections on Covid-19 and Race" on Thursday, Feb. 11. The virtual lecture begins at 7 p.m. CST. It is free and open to the public. Register here to receive a link to the seminar. Viewers will  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 29 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: This past fall Lipscomb University debuted the LipscombLEADS Virtual Conversation Series, a virtual forum that convenes national thought leaders who will share their insight on our changing world and the exciting future ahead. Each of the six sessions features an interview with a leading expert who motivates listeners to share ideas, explore future trends and engage with an empowering and inspiring mindset. The nex  more

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Jan. 29 (TNSRep) -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news on Jan. 28, 2021: A new report by the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University finds that college students don't know much about their First Amendment freedoms, but their professors can help address that gap. "Learning About Liberty: Facilitating First Amendment Engagement Among American University Students," researched and written by Dr. Brian Hinote, MTSU's associate vice   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release on Jan. 26: Cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat. These row crops make up the bulk of row crop agriculture across Tennessee and a new certification from University of Tennessee Extension is now available for row crop producers. The Tennessee Master Row Crop certification program, which launched January 4, 2021, is an educational program designed to further improve the profitabilit  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news on Jan. 25: President Brian Noland announced today the launch of the ETSU Research Corporation and that the board has appointed David Golden as the chief executive officer of the ETSU Research Corporation. "With all of the many opportunities in our region to establish partnerships, innovate, and help drive prosperity, I feel strongly that ETSU should play an even greater role in this effort," said ET  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 29 -- Rhodes College issued the following news: Dr. Ross Sowell, assistant professor of computer science at Rhodes College, is the recipient of an $84,657 award funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a research project contributing to advances in robotics and creating appropriate policies governing collaborative robots' deployment in various social situations and public spaces. Sowell is a principal investigator on the project titled "Grounded Reasoning Ab  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A love of stargazing and a desire to meet new people inspired undergraduate student Samantha Bianco to introduce herself to Vanderbilt astronomy professor Keivan Stassun, but she never imagined the educational opportunities that would follow. Stassun invited her to participate in his research, and now, thanks to her passion for astronomy and the mentoring she has received, Bianco is a named co-author on a graduate  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2021: * * * Tennessee Governor Bill Lee released the following statement in coordination with his video announcement. "Tennessee's COVID-19 numbers continue to rapidly improve with almost a 60% decline in cases and nearly a 40% decline in hospitalizations because of the efforts of Tennesseans to wear masks, wash hands and limit gatherings. When case counts were at their highest, we placed t  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: After several years of careful planning, the Climate Office for the state of Tennessee has been officially recognized at East Tennessee State University by the American Association of State Climatologists (AASC). The Tennessee Climate Office (TCO) at ETSU has been fulfilling the basic responsibilities of a state climate office since its establishment in 2016, providing climate data services to state   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 28 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The Tennessee Department of Education announced a new five-year partnership, T-Mobile Tech for TN Students, to provide school districts across the state with access to over 200,000 student connectivity devices, or mobile Wi-Fi hotspot device, to provide directly to families at no cost to them. Through T-Mobile's nationwide initiative, Project 10Million, the department will provide partici  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) announced five school districts- Chester County Schools, Houston County Schools, Lakeland School System, Marion County Schools, and Milan Special School District- have been selected as Tennessee Exemplary ACCESS Districts for their dedication to helping all students succeed. These districts have earned the Exemplary ACCESS designation by ensuring  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: A Tennessee State University computer science professor has received the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Award, the federal agency's most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. Dr. Swastik Brahma's CAREER award comes with a nearly $500,000 grant, which he plans to use to enhance his research in networked systems, signal processing and cybersecurity. "I feel very excited  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release on Jan. 25: Paulo Sergio Da Graca Torres Pereira, '78 music education, is an internationally renowned violinist, conductor and teacher. He has performed more than 4,000 concerts as a concertmaster, soloist and conductor of numerous professional orchestras in the Americas and Europe and has participated in several university and international music festivals. But while Torres has played in conc  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have played a supporting role in the development of COVID-19 vaccines. To examine the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during development, the company needed a way to test the inhibitory effects of the antibodies generated after vaccination on virus infection. However, to work with SARS-CoV-2 requires a Biosafety Lev  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 29 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: In order to better serve the research community at UTHSC, the Office of Research has named Kyle Johnson Moore, PhD, as the new director of the Office of Scientific Writing, as of January 2021. In this role, Dr. Johnson Moore will assist research faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students in the writing of successful research grants and scientific manuscripts. Dr. Johnson Moore   more

MARTIN, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee's Martin Campus issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee at Martin launched a new mobile safety app called LiveSafe for students and employees on the main campus to easily communicate with the UT Martin Department of Public Safety to share emergency and non-emergency information. The university will continue to use RAVE Alerts to send emergency messages campus wide. "The LiveSafe app is going to do a lot o  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Jan. 26 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: Matt Matthews is now officially vice provost for the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, having had the word "interim" removed from the job title he's had since 2018. "In a search last year that was put on hold, Matt was tapped by the search committee as the top candidate in an exceptional group of finalists. His regular appointment is overdue," Provost Jerold Hale s  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Jan. 29 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: A safer city from the pedestrian perspective is the promise of a new partnership between the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Center for Urban Informatics and Progress, the Chattanooga Department of Transportation and two global leaders in traffic monitoring and managing technology. Seoul Robotics, a Korea-based, worldwide developer of software that interacts with lidar-  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: You could say Melissa Mueller and Ben Trussel are good at the kind of stock analysis portfolio managers rely on for making investment decisions. If you're the national Equity Research Report Challenge, you say Mueller and Trussel are among the best worldwide. Mueller and Trussel won the 2020 competition--sponsored by NASDAQ, Channelchek and Noble Financial Capital Mar  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: Claudia Williamson understands that people might consider her a trailblazer, but she has never seen herself that way. But as the first woman named Scott L. Probasco Jr. Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise in the chair's history, there is a bit of blaze in her trail. She also is the only fourth person awarded the prestigious designation in the endowed faculty appoin  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 29 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news on Jan. 28, 2021: Vanderbilt University has joined the Leap Health Breakthrough Network, a global group of leading academic and research institutions committed to solving the world's most serious health challenges--such as cancer and infectious diseases--at record speed. Wellcome Leap is a U.S. nonprofit organization with $300 million in initial funding. Wellcome Leap was founded by the Wellcome Trust, a U.K.-based  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: That's how an individual quoted in the Wall Street Journal last summer described the sudden collapse of a retirement portfolio comprised largely of leveraged exchange-traded products (ETPs) amid the market turmoil of March 2020 caused by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a new paper featured by the Financial Analysts Journal, Robert Whaley, Valere Blair Potter Chair, professor of management and dire  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt researchers are prolific and resolute in their pursuit of transformative research and innovation. During the Research Ramp-up process, more than 3,000 Vanderbilt research personnel have returned to in-person research activities, while many others have continued remotely through perseverance and ingenuity. On campus and at home, they are making discoveries that advance knowledge and improve live  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Barney Ellis-Perry, an accomplished higher education advancement leader, will join Development and Alumni Relations as associate vice chancellor for alumni engagement and annual giving. He starts Feb. 1. "Barney brings extensive experience building collaborative partnerships and inspiring high-performing teams," said John Lutz, interim vice chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations. "He will work w  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A chemical probe molecule--a "first gen" molecule that can be used for drug development--that targets a host cell's protein quality control pathways can dramatically reduce infection by Dengue and Zika viruses. The research led by Lars Plate, assistant professor of chemistry and biological sciences, is a significant step toward host-directed antiviral therapeutics that act on host cells and not the virus   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Author Alice Randall, writer in residence in African American and Diaspora Studies, will discuss her new book, Black Bottom Saints, during a virtual event on Thursday, Feb. 4. The talk, titled "Characters and Character Count," will introduce a few of the book's more than 50 characters who were real-life figures during Black Detroit's heyday from the Great Depression era through the 1950s. The event, open to all f  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 26 -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following news release on Jan. 25: Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a lawsuit against the collegiate sorority Alpha Omicron Pi for unlawfully charging University of Washington (UW) students more than $6,000 in rent even though the students could not access or live in sorority housing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alpha Omicron Pi, a national, Tennessee-based sorority, also illegally charged late f  more