MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 6 -- Alabama Attorney General Steve T. Marshall issued the following news release: Alabama Attorney General announced that Alabama has secured a major victory in the District of Columbia District Court, which ruled Friday that plaintiffs could not force the federal Archivist to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and alter the U.S. Constitution because the deadline to ratify the proposed amendment expired decades ago. In February 2020, Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska, Sou  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 6 -- Alabama Attorney General Steve T. Marshall issued the following news release: Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 21 states in support of the constitutionality of a law requiring a 48-hour waiting period before an abortion. A legal challenge to Tennessee's abortion waiting period law could have an impact on similar abortion laws in other states, including Alabama. "Many states, including Alabama, currently mandate a waiting period before a phys  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 3 -- American Electric Power Corp. issued the following news release on March. 2, 2021: Six major utilities announced a plan to ensure that electric vehicle (EV) drivers have access to a seamless network of charging stations connecting major highway systems from the Atlantic Coast, through the Midwest and South, and into the Gulf and Central Plains regions. The Electric Highway Coalition - made up of American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corporati  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 2 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Six major utilities today announced a plan to ensure electric vehicle (EV) drivers have access to a seamless network of charging stations connecting major highways in the South, Midwest, Gulf and Central Plains regions. The Electric Highway Coalition - made up of Duke Energy, American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Entergy Corporation, Southern Co., and the Tennessee Valley Authority - will enable EV drivers  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 4 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University will offer a minor in Nutrition beginning fall 2021 in order to meet a growing demand in the health care workforce and among its students. The new minor will be housed in the ETSU College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences (CCRHS). Students may choose to pursue the minor in a traditional classroom setting or fully online. To complete the minor, students wil  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 3 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: A French Spring Cooking Course taught by Chef Sheridan is offered this spring by East Tennessee State University's Office of Professional Development. Sheridan Nice will teach this course virtually. Recipes will be provided, so participants may cook along with her, or simply enjoy her show. In this four-part series, Nice will put aside the "comfort foods" of winter and take inspiration from nature,   more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 2 (TNSPer) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Joy Fulkerson of East Tennessee State University has been selected to serve on the board of directors of the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) for a term of four years. A native of Rogersville, Fulkerson currently serves as director of Leadership and Civic Engagement in the university's Division of Student Life and Enrollment. In this role, she provides leadership for community servi  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 2 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Cloud Wise Academy, an affiliate member of the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab, is launching two six-week courses: WordPress for Beginners and Coding for Beginners. Classes begin March 23 and run weeknights from 6-8 p.m. Both courses will be offered at the ETSU Innovation Lab, located at 2109 W. Market Street, and will follow CDC and ETSU health and safety guidelines. Virtual options a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 3 -- Entergy issued the following news release on March 2, 2021: Six major utilities today - including Entergy Corporation - announced a plan to ensure that electric vehicle drivers have access to a seamless network of charging stations connecting major highway systems from the Atlantic Coast through the Midwest and South, and into the Gulf Coast and Central Plains regions. The Electric Highway Coalition - made up of American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 5 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr joined a coalition of 21 states in support of the constitutionality of a Tennessee law requiring a 48-hour waiting period before an abortion. "Tennessee's law is constitutional," said Attorney General Chris Carr. "It protects the lives of the unborn and the health of mothers. We joined this effort because the district court's misapplication of the law could have far-r  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, March 4 -- Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued the following news release on March 3, 2021: Attorney General Daniel Cameron today joined Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and a coalition of 21 states in support of the constitutionality of Tennessee's law requiring a 48-hour waiting period before an abortion. Last month, a divided panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declined to lift a District Court's injunction against Tennessee's wai  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 2 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news on March 1, 2021: When Lipscomb University officials launched the public phase of LipscombLEADS, the largest, most extensive fundraising campaign in institution history, in January 2019 with a vision of reaching $250 million by the end of 2021, little could they have known they would do so in the midst of a global pandemic. In spite of that, Lipscomb President L. Randolph Lowry announced officially today that the un  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 6 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Each year in the United States researchers estimate that 80 billion pounds of food -- or the equivalent of 1,000 Empire State Buildings -- is thrown away and is the single-largest component taking up space inside landfills. Isadora Koch, a junior environmental and sustainability studies major, is passionate about reducing food waste. Determined to reduce that waste, Koch decided to start in her own backyard -- at L  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 6 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt Virtuosi, an album of works composed and performed by faculty and alumni of Vanderbilt Blair School of Music, was released on the Blue Griffin label in February. Molly Barth, associate professor of flute, spearheaded the two-year project, drawing upon the great wealth of performing talent at Blair to showcase the stylistic range of faculty and alumni composers writing contemporary chamber music for wind  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, March 5 -- Union University issued the following news release: R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, will give the fifth annual David and Lanese Dockery Lectures on Baptist Thought and Heritage at Union University March 16. Mohler will address the topic of religious liberty and contemporary Baptist thought in his two lectures. "We are pleased to welcome Dr. Mohler to campus for these significant lectures," said Ra  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 5 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Claire Tomlin is a pioneer in hybrid control systems research, particularly aeronautical applications to address problems in aircraft flight control and collision avoidance. She has developed algorithms to help determine when unsafe conditions may arise as variables and interactions become increasingly complex. Her work includes issues of autonomous control of a team of unmanned aerial vehicles. Her research hol  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 5 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Brandon R. Byrd, assistant professor of history, will deliver the next lecture in Vanderbilt Law School's Dean's Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination. The online event will be Thursday, March 18, beginning at noon CT. All are invited to attend. Register here: https://events.vanderbilt.edu/law/event/31423-1 The Dean's Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination annually convenes scholars and thought leaders to  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 5 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: The Lipscomb University College of Education's annual Lipscomb Literacy: Building Equity and Engagement series is partnering with Nashville Reads to bring renowned children's author and illustrator Yuyi Morales to Nashville. On March 30, Morales will speak to Metro Nashville Public School students about her book Dreamers in a virtual event slated for 9:30 a.m. followed by a session for the general public at 6:15 p.  more

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, March 6 (TNSGra) -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news: If youngsters can't go to the farm during the COVID-19 pandemic, MTSU will help take the farm to the youngsters. The university's Center for Health and Human Services has received an $816,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support the proposed "STEMsational Ag: The Virtual Farm" project. The grant comes from USDA's Rapid Response to Novel Coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) and is   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 5 (TNSPer) -- Rhodes College issued the following news: Rhodes College President Marjorie Hass will depart the college this summer to become president of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), a Washington-based national association of independent colleges and universities that supports leadership development, advances institutional excellence, and enhances the national understanding of private higher education. In this position she will be a leading voice in the n  more

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, March 3 (TNSRes) -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news: An MTSU math faculty member and doctoral student are a part of a national award-winning team. Assistant professor Jennifer Lovett and graduate student Demet Yalman Ozen, both from Murfreesboro, recently earned the 2021 Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators National Technology Leadership Initiative award. The team included doctoral candidate Nina Bailey and associate professor Allis  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 3 (TNSRes) -- Rhodes College issued the following news: Political economy major Connor Lambert '22 was a runner-up in last year's John Quincy Adams Society's student foreign policy essay contest. The 2021 competition is currently underway and open to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students attending institutions in the United States. Published in The National Interest in April 2020, Lambert's essay addresses the ability of a U.S. President to initiate military   more

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 5 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following news: Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, the Secretary of State's office, along with the Federal Trade Commission and multiple state agencies, has stopped a massive fundraising operation that collected more than $110 million through deceptive robocalls. Associated Community Services (ACS) and a number of related defendants have agreed to settle charges by the FTC and state agencies. The compl  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 6 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on March 5, 2021: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced today $14.9 million in broadband accessibility grants that will expand service to support 17,800 unserved Tennesseans in 7,120 homes and businesses. "Every Tennessean should have access to the same high-speed broadband, no matter what zip code they live in," said Gov. Lee. "Our cont  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, March 3 (TNSRes) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Ahmad Vaselbehagh has always had an interest in physics. An assistant professor at Tennessee Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Vasel found fluid mechanics to be an engineering discipline that is close enough to physics to be the focus of his research. "I found fluid mechanics as basically this kind of sweet point between fundamentals and applications," said Vasel. "My research is basi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 4 (TNSRes) -- Trevecca Nazarene University issued the following news: For Trevecca's Dr. Judy Brown, research generally begins with a question. A key component of the scientific method, the hypothesis is the starting point for research that can change lives, something Brown knows well. As a doctoral student at Vanderbilt, Brown--who joined Trevecca's faculty in 2018--started her research with a simple question: What triggers the onset of celiac disease? "At Vanderb  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, March 4 -- Union University issued the following news release: DiAnne Malone answered the questions, "What does the gospel have to do with Black History Month, and what does all that have to do with discomfort?" during the Black Heritage Month Celebration March 2 in the Carl Grant Events Center. The event was sponsored by the Office of the President and the Great Commandment Collaborative, an advisory committee with collaborative leadership to further racial reconciliation   more

JACKSON, Tennessee, March 3 -- Union University issued the following news release: Trudy Cathy White, international business leader and daughter of Chick-Fil-A founder Truett Cathy, will speak at Union University's Faith in the Marketplace luncheon March 18. White began working for the family business when she was 19 and became the operator of a new Chick-fil-A restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama, making her the youngest operator at that time. She and her husband John served for 20 years with th  more

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, March 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news on March 2, 2021: Ancient rocks from Tennessee revealed the Earth's rotation and orbit around the Sun controlled the timing of oceanic dead zones in a mass extinction of marine life about 370 million years ago. Led by researchers at The University of Alabama, the findings have important implications for modern oceans. The results of the study were published online today in Earth and Planetary Science L  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 5 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: Dr. Ana Doblas, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (EECE) in the Herff College of Engineering, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in the amount of $593,239 for her project titled, "Three-dimensional super-resolution light microscopy of thick, unprocessed biological samples." Supported by Drs.   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 4 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Cathy Sanchez, MSc, has been named the director of Financial Aid in Enrollment Management for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She will begin her new role this month. Sanchez will provide leadership in the Office of Financial Aid by developing and implementing financial aid programs for students, maintaining the strategic vision for Enrollment Management, and e  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 3 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded two UTHSC researchers over $1.9 million to study the pathogenesis of white matter damage, a main contributing factor to dementia. Francesca-Fang Liao, PhD, and Fu-Ming Zhou, PhD, both professors in the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology, are co-investigators on the project titled "B  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, March 6 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: Eight faculty-led projects spanning multiple departments at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga have been awarded over $700,000 in support from the Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Science and Engineering (CEACSE). A number of the funded proposals are interdisciplinary, with two UTC colleges represented among the eight proposals CEACSE money is awarded ann  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, March 5 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: A new endowment and two new scholarships for African American history, folk music and chemistry have been introduced in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Russell Linnemann Memorial Endowment The Russell Linnemann Memorial Endowment gives $450,000 for the study of African and African-American history along with the story of the blu  more

MARTIN, Tennessee, March 3 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee's Martin Campus issued the following news release: The impact of her 25 years-worth of service and dedication to the University of Tennessee at Martin, its students, the community and to scientific research can be found sitting in baskets on the coffee table in Dr. Paula Gale's home. Each letter and card of appreciation from students, colleagues and friends detailing the influence she had on their lives has brought an unexpected  more

MARTIN, Tennessee, March 6 -- The University of Tennessee's Martin Campus issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee at Martin WestStar Leadership Program hosted 115 high school sophomores from 16 West Tennessee school districts virtually for the inaugural ALStar African American Youth Leadership Summit on March 4. The ALStar Summit provided African American students in West Tennessee the opportunity to learn from businessmen and women, including several UT Martin alumni, w  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 4 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The Office of the Provost has announced two new internal funding programs, Seeding Success Grants and Rapid Advancement Micro-grant Program (RAMP) awards. Both opportunities are designed to simplify funding models and are meant to have a broad reach across schools, departments and disciplines. The Seeding Success Grant is a reinvigoration and expansion of previous programs (replacing the Discovery Grant and Resea  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 3 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Seth Bordenstein, Centennial Professor of Biological Sciences, has been elected to fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group within one of the largest life science societies in the world. "I am honored to join the leadership group of a world-class society composed of distinguished scientists who have long been my scientific heroes; they charted the path of possibi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 4 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Caroline Kennedy, a bestselling author, attorney and former U.S. ambassador to Japan, will receive Vanderbilt University's prestigious Nichols-Chancellor's Medal when she speaks to Class of 2020 graduates and their families at their Graduates Day celebration. "It is fitting that Ambassador Kennedy, with her leadership of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Awards program honoring her late father, will deliver  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 4 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: To most modern listeners, Antonin Dvorak's Symphony no. 9 From the New World is a mainstay of the classical music repertoire. Its evocations of folk melodies, particularly the plaintive English horn solo in the second movement, and themes that preview some of Aaron Copland's 20th century ballet music sound familiar. Yet those who heard it at its 1893 premiere found it confusing: Was it American music? Was  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 2 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A team led by Vanderbilt engineers has achieved the ability to transmit two different types of optical signals across a single chip at the same time. The breakthrough heralds a potentially dramatic increase in the volume of data a silicon chip can transmit over any period of time. With this project, the research team moved beyond theoretical models and demonstrated dual-band optical processing, significa  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 5 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Luis Leyva, assistant professor of mathematics education at Vanderbilt University and director of PRISM (Power, Resistance & Identity in STEM) at Peabody College, led a research team that recently identified mechanisms in undergraduate calculus instruction that contribute to the function of introductory mathematics as a gatekeeper to STEM majors among Black students, Latin* students, and white women. Fin  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 3 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A virtual town hall-style discussion about identity, language and gender will be held on Monday, March 22, as part of Vanderbilt's commemoration of Women's History Month. All members of the university community are invited to participate. Student Access, the Office for Inclusive Excellence and the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center will host the conversation about person-first versus identity-first language from 1  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 6 -- Westwood One, a subsidiary of Cumulus Media, issued the following news release on March 5, 2021: Sony Music Nashville and CUMULUS MEDIA's Westwood One today announce a multi-faceted program to build support for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games to be held June 5-12, 2022 in Orlando. Kane Brown helped launch the collaboration this month; Luke Combs, Adam Doleac, Old Dominion, Ryan Hurd, LANCO, Kameron Marlowe, Maren Morris, Jameson Rodgers, Matt Stell, Mitchell  more