NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 22 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing issued the following news: Associate Professor Terrah Foster Akard, PhD'08, MSN'01, FAAN, has been named director of the PhD in Nursing Science program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Akard, a Vanderbilt University Chancellor's Faculty Fellow and noted scholar in pediatric palliative care, had been co-director with Professor Sheila Ridner, PhD'03, MSN'00, FAAN, the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of N  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 27 (TNSpro) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Centriworks, a locally-owned company and nationally recognized business technology leader, recently donated access to KnowledgeWave software to East Tennessee State University's Project EARTH (Employing Available Resources to Transform Health), a part of the ETSU College of Public Health. Housed at the ETSU/Eastman Valleybrook campus, Project EARTH prepares public health graduates to work i  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee., March 23 -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: Macy Tidmore, a Hamilton County Collegiate High and Global Scholar student at Chattanooga State Community College, has been named a 2021 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar and recipient of a $1,000 scholarship. Scholar selections were based on scores the student earned in the All-USA Academic Team competition. More than 2,000 Phi Thea Kappa (PTK) Competitive Scholarship applications w  more

DYERSBURG, Tennessee, March 26 (TNSPer) -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following news release: President Karen Bowyer has announced the appointment of Dr. Sharron Burnett as the new vice president for finance and administrative services at Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC). Dr. Burnett has served institutions in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. She returns to Tennessee after serving in Alabama as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Tuskegee Universi  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 27 (TNSJou) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Dr. Mildred F. (Mimi) Perreault of East Tennessee State University is the coauthor of an article examining how journalists approached coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was recently published in American Behavioral Scientist. "Journalists doing journalism during COVID experience a high level of personal responsibility to provide information to the public because it could save lives,"   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 (TNSPer) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Lipscomb University's College of Business has named longtime finance executive John Weisenseel an executive-in-residence this spring. Most recently, Weisenseel served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for AllianceBernstein LP, a global asset management firm. In his role at AllianceBernstein, he supervised all global finance and administrative services activities for the $9 billion marke  more

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, March 26 (TNSRep) -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news: Outlook among Tennessee consumers has improved noticeably heading into the spring and summer months, according to the latest statewide survey by Middle Tennessee State University. The Tennessee Overall Outlook Index crept back into positive territory in March to 1, but that's up considerably from -58 score in December, reports the Office of Consumer Research in the Jennings A. Jones Colle  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 25 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The newly renovated Historic Quadrangle on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Memphis campus stands on a foundation of more than bricks and mortar. It stands on the vision and perseverance of UTHSC's Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer Ken Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE. Dr. Brown, who has been at UTHSC more than 20 years, recalls the days he would walk l  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 24 -- Rhodes College issued the following news: Rhodes College has announced plans to build a new residence hall that will house 150 students in single rooms and suites. East Village C will be built in the southeast section of campus next to East Village A & B. The three-floor, 61,717 square foot building models the architecture of those existing buildings and will provide student rooms, flexible work and study space, spacious common spaces, and a lodge designed for th  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 26 (TNSpol) -- Rhodes College issued the following news: Rhodes commerce and business alumnus Nick Parinella '17 has been issued design and utility patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for his invention, the Kangaroozie(TM), a can cooler (or koozie) with a water-resistant compartment to store valuables. Parinella, who served as president of the Rhodes Entrepreneurship Club, came up with the idea for his invention after not having a place to secure h  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 26 (TNSPer) -- Samford University issued the following news release: Todd Krulak has been named director of Samford's University Fellows and Micah Fellows programs, effective April 1. Krulak, who has served as an adjunct professor at Samford since 2014, has been an instructor in the University Fellows program since 2019. Prior to joining the faculty at Samford, Krulak's teaching experience included stops at DePauw University, Tulane University and the University of   more

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 24 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following news on March 23, 2021: Nashville- Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III today announced a multistate settlement with Boston Scientific Corporation (Boston) to resolve allegations of deceptive marketing of its surgical mesh products for women. The settlement requires Boston to pay $188.6 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia. Tennessee's share of the settlement is $4,900,958 million.   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The Tennessee Department of Education announced a request for applications from vendors to develop and support a new Advanced Placement (AP) Access for All program designed to help more students have the opportunity to earn college credit while in high school. The AP Access for All program will help open access to students across the state by providing AP courses virtually, allowing them  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called on the faith community to support Tennessee foster kids in finding permanent homes through a new public-private initiative, TN Fosters Hope. Led by the Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, TN Fosters Hope creates a partnership between the Tennessee Department of Children's Servicesand two leading private partners, Tennessee Kids Belong and Show Hope  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: Gov. Lee and the Tennessee Department of Education announced applications are open for the 2021-22 Governor's Civic Seal Grants, totaling $500,000, to support Tennessee public schools, districts, and charter schools in implementing high-quality civic education programs to prepare students for college, career, and civic life. Applications for the 2021-22 Governor's Civic Seal Grants are o  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: The Tennessee State University Foundation recently selected six individuals to be on its Board of Directors. The new members are Robert Blalock, Valerie Love, Roosevelt Luster, Lesia Riddick, Reginald Shareef, and Laron Walker. All are alumni of TSU. The mission of the Foundation is to promote and support literary, scientific, educational, scholarship, research, charitable and development purposes and go  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, March 24 (TNSRes) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Ground has been broken for the new poultry science laboratory at Tennessee Tech's Hyder-Burks Farm, which will be Tennessee's first facility dedicated to poultry research. Construction is expected to be completed during the fall 2021 semester. In 2017, Tech's College of Agriculture and Human Ecology received a $2 million dollar grant from the Tennessee Board of Regents to fund the   more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 26 (TNSawa) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Two leaders from East Tennessee State University, Dr. Chassidy Cooper and Dr. Nicholas Hagemeier, will participate in the 2021 EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship. This select group of leaders from across the country will meet for the next nine months to explore challenges and creative solutions in higher education. EAB is a Washington-based education research company that partne  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Alabama Birmingham campus issued the following news: The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have received a $2.39 million grant to create the Emotional Well-being and Economic Burden Research Network. Many patients suffering from the effects of COVID-19 have been left struggling with ways to pay for their treatment. Those co  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, March 26 (TNSGra) -- The University of Alabama's Huntsville campus issued the following news: The Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is contracted with the Niswonger Foundation in Tennessee to train teachers in cybersecurity education as part of an $8.8 million grant with funding from the U.S. Department of Education and matching funds. Called Rural Tennessee STEM LD to denote learning by design, the five  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 (TNSGra) -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has begun distributing $19.62 million in federal student emergency relief from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II) to eligible students. The US Department of Education allotted $29.32 million in HEERF II funding to the university. UT chose to allocate $10 million of its institutional funds directly to student grants to more than double t  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is expanding its online portfolio to include a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) degree with a concentration in applied studies from the College of Arts and Sciences. The expansion is part of the university's partnership with Noodle, the nation's fastest-growing network of online learning. The BIS is designed to serve adult learners with some college credit  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 27 (TNSEve) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine will host its second Addiction Symposium May 4 from 12 to 2 p.m. CDT. The online symposium is free and open to health care practitioners and the public. The symposium will be via Zoom and is accredited for 2 hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. Drug misuse and addiction is a pressing and of  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 23 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center have received a $2.39 million grant to create the Emotional Well-being and Economic Burden Research Network (EMOT-ECON). Many patients suffering from the effects of COVID-19 have been left struggling with ways to pay for their treatme  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 24 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: For 20 years, the Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program (RCP) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has provided support and services to children who are being cared for by a grandmother, aunt, uncle, or other extended family members because their parents are not able to raise them. While the pandemic has been challenging, it has not stopped the program from prioritizin  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 27 (TNSEve) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Hemp and CBD are hot topics in the front room, on the front page and across the nation. For those involved in agricultural production, food and animal sciences, and veterinary medicine, the root question is how do hemp-based products impact animal health? This topic and others like it will be explored at the 2021 Hemp Products and Animal Health Conference, hosted   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 27 (TNSPer) -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news on March 26, 2021: Matt Murray, director of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, today announced he will retire July 31. "Since Dr. Murray took over as director in 2012, he has transformed the center by shaping its role as a source for nonpartisan data-driven policy analysis and expertise in Tennessee," said Chancellor Donde Plowman. "He's had a ste  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, March 26 (TNSawa) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: Hamilton County school teacher Erika Martin, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is one of 46 public school educators nationwide to receive the California Casualty Award for Teaching Excellence by the National Education Association Foundation. Named after the California Casualty Insurance Co., the award recognizes educators based on their dedica  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the School of Medicine Basic Sciences will host a panel discussion, "On the Cutting Edge: Research Toward a Cure for Colorectal Cancer," on Tuesday, March 30, from 11 a.m. to noon CT. The online event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Participants will be able to submit questions in advance through the registration page. Moderated by D  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: People of different religious traditions interpret the Bible differently, but what did those passages originally mean? In her latest book, The Bible With and Without Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine explores this and how those different traditions sometimes weaponized Scripture against each other. Levine, who is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Stu  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 26 (TNSeve) -- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing issued the following news: Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is joining fellow Tennessee school University of the South and more than 100 universities in 50 countries around the world to focus on a critical question: What can be done to help solve climate change while supporting struggling communities that have faced joblessness, sickness and loss? On Thursday, April 8, the School of Nursing will host a pu  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt continues to support students who have demonstrated need and are facing significant financial challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In alignment with Department of Education recommendations, the university is using the $2.8 million it has received as part of the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act to provide funds to enrolled federal aid applicant  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt University and AmericasBarometer, a public opinion survey on democracy and governance run by the Latin American Public Opinion Project, were cited in the recent Ecuadorian presidential debate. Vanderbilt and AmericasBarometer are cited at the 54:24 mark in this video of the debate. Elizabeth Zechmeister, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, professor of political science and director of the Latin American Pub  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Vanderbilt's role in shaping each step of the medical response to the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 began three decades ago and is grounded in the determination of a small group of scientists to understand coronaviruses. The research, and the faculty and alumni who helped lead it, was the topic of the March 23 Vanderbilt Chancellor's Lecture Series virtual event, "Vanderbilt in the Vanguard: The Decades-Long Jour  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 19 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news as part of the Discovery Sciences Emerging Scholars Lecture Series: This lecture series features young scientists making notable discoveries as postdoctoral fellows or early career faculty. 2021 Speakers Sonya Neal Friday, April 23, Sonya Neal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UC-San Diego, 12:00 pm CT: "Rhomboid Pseudoprotease Dfm1's Role in ERADicating Multi-Spanning Membrane Substrates." Nearly one-third of membr  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A virtual event to discuss the formation of an Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander Employee Affinity Group is scheduled for Thursday, April 1, at 5 p.m. CT. The meeting will be conducted over Zoom. Register by emailing Linzie Treadway in the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: linzie.treadway@vanderbilt.edu Those who identify as Asian, Asian American or Pacific Islander, the parents of Asian, As  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Pamela R. Jeffries, an internationally recognized leader and innovator in nursing and health care education, will become dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, effective July 1, pending Board of Trust approval. Jeffries, professor and dean of the George Washington University School of Nursing in Washington, D.C., succeeds Linda Norman, who plans to step down from her leadership role on Jun  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Scott E. Brower, who has helped shape Tennessee's response to the COVID-19 pandemic with the benefit of his extensive military leadership experience, has been named director of Vanderbilt University's Bass Military Scholars Program, effective May 17. Brower will succeed retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Gary H. Cheek, who previously announced that he would step down as director of the progr  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 27 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news on March 26, 2021: Valerie Hotchkiss announced today that she will step down as leader of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University on June 30. Hotchkiss has served as university librarian since August 2016, with responsibilities for nine divisional libraries, the Vanderbilt Television News Archive and the University Art Gallery. "Under Valerie's vision and leadership, our Heard Li  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The Vandy-in-Hollywood summer internship program, now approaching its 15th summer, has redoubled its focus on diversity by establishing a scholarship fund that enables all students to participate. The program traditionally places about 30 current Vanderbilt students in summer internships in the Los Angeles-area entertainment industry each year. This summer, the program's founders, along with the Vanderbilt Career  more