TULLAHOMA, Tennessee, March 11 -- The University of Tennessee Space Institute issued the following news release: Ragini Acharya brings a wealth of academic and industry experience to her role at the UT Space Institute (UTSI), where she joined in August of 2020 as an associate professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering. Her addition to the UT hypersonics team strengthens programs for students, industry partners, and the community. Her recent years in industry found her establishing a hom  more

BRISTOL, Tennessee, March 9 -- Alpha Metallurgical Resources, formerly Contura Energy, issued the following news: Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc., (NYSE: AMR), a leading U.S. supplier of metallurgical products for the steel industry, plans to announce its fourth quarter 2020 financial results before the market opens on Monday, March 15, 2021. The company also expects to hold a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter 2020 results at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time the morning of March 15. Pa  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 9 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has partnered with East Tennessee State University to create BlueSky Tennessee Institute. This groundbreaking collaboration will provide Tennessee students the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in computing and a job offer at BlueCross - all in just two years. BlueSky Institute's accelerated bachelor's degree will provide a new pathway into one of the fastest-g  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 12 -- Welch College issued the following news release: Welch College Technology Director Charles Wise announced his resignation from Welch College, according to Craig Mahler, Vice President for Financial Affairs. Wise, a 1995 Welch graduate who has served as Technology Director since 1999, will be taking a position close to his childhood home in North Carolina. He and his wife Stephanie, a 1994 Welch graduate, will relocate soon after he completes his service at Wel  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 9 (TNSGra) -- Christian Brothers University issued the following news: The NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science (including engineering and computer science) teachers. The grant, in the amount of $74,801 (thus far), is to support the development of a new program in which CBU STEM majors can graduate as credentialed   more

LEBANON, Tennessee, March 9 -- Cumberland University issued the following news: The Cumberland University Office of Advancement announced the completion of the Cumberland Portrait Preservation Project, totaling 11 renovated portraits. As of February 2021, 11 portraits, each over 100 years old, have been cleaned, restored and preserved. The portraits of Robert Caruthers, Andrew B. Martin and Nathan Green, Jr. have been restored over the past 18 months by Mr. Terry Boyle of the Collector's Art G  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 13 (TNSPer) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: Doug Edwards has been named Chairman of the University of Memphis Board of Trustees. Edwards succeeds David North, who has completed a two-year term. Edwards is a UofM graduate and a previous member of the University's Board of Visitors. In 2018, he was awarded the University's Distinguished Alumni Award. He is currently president of the Edwin M. Jones Oil Company and was previously CEO of Mor  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 10 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: More than 11,800 East Tennessee State University students are being notified this week they will be receiving financial assistance from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II). Approximately $5.5 million in HEERF II funding is being dispersed to eligible ETSU students. The funding from the U.S. Department of Education is made possible through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supp  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 12 (TNSGra) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University's College of Nursing recently received a $121,069 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant to enhance clinical and educational opportunities for patients and students. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development and Rural Utilities Service. "This grant will allow our college to improve the delivery of care to our communities  more

HENDERSON, Tennessee, March 10 (TNSPer) -- Freed-Hardeman University issued the following news: John Law, recently retired Farm Bureau Insurance executive, has joined the Freed-Hardeman University advancement team as vice chancellor. Law graduated from FHU in 1989 and began his 32-year career with Farm Bureau Insurance shortly after. Beginning as a local agent, he rose through the ranks to become Chief Operating Officer of Property and Casualty Operations. He retired in 2020. Having lived in   more

CLEVELAND, Tennessee, March 9 -- Lee University issued the following news: Lee University's Bateman Team recently launched its campaign for the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Bateman Competition. The campaign project is raising awareness about civility in the workplace, titled "Unity Through Civility." The team consists of junior public relations major Carolyn Russel and senior public relations majors Amulya Chalapathy, Amy Harrison, Savannah Jones, and Chandler Redding. T  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 12 (TNSPer) -- The University of California issued the following news release: Lin Zhan, currently dean of the University of Memphis Loewenberg College of Nursing and an expert on health equity for the vulnerable, will be the new dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, effective Aug. 1. Zhan is the chief academic officer for the college's programs on two campuses in Memphis and Jackson, Tennessee. Prior to her appointment at the University of Memphis in 2010, Zhan se  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 10 (TNSPer) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Lipscomb University's College of Leadership & Public Service has named former Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) executive director Mike Krause its first leader-in-residence. "We are honored and excited to announce Mike Krause as our first leader-in-residence for the College of Leadership & Public Service," said Steve Joiner, dean of the college. "As a leader in both Governor Bill Lee and former  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 13 (TNSPer) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news on March March 12, 2021: Former Tennessee Supreme Court staff attorney Kimberly McCall has been appointed academic director of Lipscomb University's Fred D. Gray Institute for Law, Justice & Society. The Fred D. Gray Institute for Law, Justice & Society is home to a rigorous and challenging undergraduate academic program that is one of the few in the nation taught from a justice and civil change point of v  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 11 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A new genome-wide CRISPR screening technique conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University is offering new insights about how tumors in 80 to 90 percent of all cancers grow. This novel approach developed by Maria Fomicheva, a graduate student in the lab of Ian Macara, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of cell and developmental biology, detected a genetic switch that induces continuous cell   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 13 -- Welch College issued the following news release: Dr. Ronald Callaway, longstanding Program Coordinator of Intercultural Studies at Welch College, will retire at the end of the spring semester, according to Provost Dr. Matthew McAffee. Callaway has served as Program Coordinator of Intercultural Studies for eighteen years, assuming the position in the fall of 2003. Before coming to Welch, Callaway and his wife Linda served as missionaries in Spain, Panama, and C  more

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 12 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following news: Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced a lawsuit against Defendant Care Services Management (CSM), Marquis Mobile Dental Services LLC (MMDS), and their owners: Mark Napper, Joshua Kilgore, and Daniel Bird for violations of the Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act. In the complaint, the State alleges Mark Napper, through his health services management organization, knowingly caused   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 11 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The Tennessee Department of Education and the Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) at Vanderbilt University launched the 2021 Tennessee Educator Survey across the state. All educators, administrators, and certified school staff in Tennessee are invited to take the survey and share their perspectives and expertise on education issues affecting their classrooms and schools, and reg  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 9 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release on March 8, 2021: The Tennessee Department of Education announced the 48 districts selected to participate in the optional, Pre-K-12 Literacy Implementation Networks, part of the state's Reading 360 initiative to help boost strong reading skills amongst Tennessee students. As part of Reading 360, eight regional implementation networks will consist of 48 districts with the overarching goal o  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 11 -- The Tennessee Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 10, 2021: The Tennessee Democratic Party is excited to welcome and announce key members of our 2021-2022 leadership team. Chair Remus has vowed to build a diverse team that reflects our party's big tent philosophy and that will help us to reimagine democratic politics in Tennessee. Therefore, he has selected Tamara Bates as Director of Political Affairs; Maria Brewer as Director of Party   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 13 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The Tennessee Department of Education announced applications are open for all Tennessee public schools to apply for the new cohort of trauma-informed schools. In Tennessee, there are currently 73 schools that have earned this designation, which recognizes schools for their emphasis on implementing trauma-informed strategies to provide critical supports for students. The deadline for sc  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 10 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University is using a $25,000 donation from Renasant Bank to help fulfill student needs, particularly during the pandemic. Officials say the funds will go toward assisting students in need of financial support, as well as making sure they have the tools they need to complete their coursework. In a letter, Renasant Bank said the financial donation is in support of "student emergency scholarsh  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, March 10 -- Union University issued the following news release: The profession of medicine has lost its way by falling into the secular model of medical professionals as providers of services, Dr. Farr A. Curlin said at Union University March 8. Curlin is Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine at the Duke University School of Ethics. He is also co-director of the Theology, Medicine and Culture In  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 11 (TNSPer) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release on March 10, 2021: Dr. M. David Rudd, the 12th president of the University of Memphis, will be leaving his position in May 2022. He will transition to faculty in 2023 to continue his research, after a year sabbatical abroad. "We are deeply grateful for the tireless service and dedicated leadership President Rudd has given to the University of Memphis, the City of Memphis, the UofM Lambuth campu  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 12 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: A pandemic success story occurred early last month as quick response and collaboration among the University of Memphis, American Esoteric Laboratories (AEL) and the Memphis and Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force helped quell the spread of the UK B.1.1.7 mutant strain in Memphis Athletics. The successful result was no more cases. The strain was isolated to the athletics department while no other UofM st  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 12 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received approval from the Commission on Dental Accreditation to begin an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program at its Memphis campus. The college is accepting four candidates for the inaugural cohort of the one-year program, which will begin July 1. The deadline for application   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 9 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing is now offering a Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse-Midwifery (DNP NMW) option - the only such program at a public university in Tennessee. The UTHSC College of Nursing has received a four-year pre-accreditation from the American College of Midwifery Education and anticipates admitting its first cohort in August. The C  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 11 (TNSRes) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recently awarded Jonathan H. Jaggar, PhD, Maury Bronstein Endowed Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), a $2.3 million grant for his study titled "PKD proteins in endothelial cells." The proposal's goal is to provide a new understanding of how endothelial cells regulat  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, March 11 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: A new partnership between PBS affiliate WTCI-TV, Hamilton County Schools and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Education is intended to reduce learning gap effects of COVID-19 on students in the school system. Students from the School of Education have been putting together and recording lessons to be broadcast on the new WTCI Educate web channel. Through M  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 11 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: The Office of the Provost and Division of Student Success announced a new advisory council to develop recommendations about how the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, can incorporate positive psychology into the undergraduate experience. Over the past year, the university community engaged in developing a new strategic vision, reimagining UT's vision, mission, and goals. A key concept in the strategic vis  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 12 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Vanderbilt University Medical Center a two-year, $3.7-million contract to determine genetic and bacterial factors that may increase the risk for severe illness and death from COVID-19. The "multi-omic" investigation will determine how the severity of COVID-19 disease may be affected by patients' genetic makeup and by the bacteria that  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 9 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and the Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee will co-sponsor a webinar, "Risks of Alzheimer's Disease in Adults with Down Syndrome and Introduction to a Research Study," on Monday, March 29, from 7 to 8 p.m. CT. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigator Paul Newhouse, the Jim Turner Professor of Cognitive Disorders, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, pharmacology   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 12 (TNSJOU) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Examining economies through the lens of Christianity could highlight ways economic structures can be redesigned to better align with Christian values, according to research by Distinguished Professor of Theology Joerg Rieger at Vanderbilt University's Divinity School. This is particularly relevant as policymakers grapple with economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Wall Street movem  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 12 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A team of researchers at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development has been awarded $1.6 million to examine the effects of practice-based coaching at early childhood learning sites. The award is one of three early childhood model demonstration grants funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs. The four-year project, titled Practice-Based Coaching: Data Informed Decision Making, w  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 10 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Growing up, Rebecca VanDiver, assistant professor of history of art, spent afternoons in her father's custom framing shop, running between rows of molding. With one parent in the framing business and the other working in elementary school education, VanDiver jokes that she was "predestined" to become an art historian. VanDiver focuses her research on African American artists--particularly Black female artists of  more