GREENVILLE, Tennessee, April 15 (TNSPer) -- Tusculum University issued the following news: Dr. Jacob Fait, who has produced stellar results as dean of the College of Business, has been promoted to vice president of enrollment management and financial aid at Tusculum University. In his new role, Dr. Fait will oversee the Offices of Admission, Communications and Marketing, and Financial Aid. Working with the directors in those offices, he will position the university for enrollment growth, promo  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSPer) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson has elected 11 new shareholders across the Firm. The new shareholders and their primary areas of practice and office locations are: * Jamie Ballinger (Health Care Litigation; Knoxville, Tennessee) * Allen Blow (Tax and Corporate; Birmingham, Alabama) * Bert Chollet (Construction; Nashville, Tennessee) * Brenton W. Cole (Complex Torts; Atlanta, Georgia) * Marisa Rosen Dorou  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSBook) -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: In December 1965, five Des Moines teenagers were kicked out of school for wearing armbands. The students slipped on black fabric strips that morning to protest the Vietnam War, and once their suspension made headlines, a few legal experts wondered about the teenagers' freedom of speech. A long court battle ensued, with the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District case eventual  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSRes) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Donning a hard hat and a bright yellow safety vest, Dr. Arpita Nandi joined her students on an up-close, behind-the-scenes tour of an improvement project happening at Boone Dam on the South Fork Holston River in northeast Tennessee. Throughout the year, she arranges similar tours ranging from exploratory drill locations to environmental remediation sites. Only a few weeks earlier, the chair  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 14 -- Endeavor Business Media issued the following news release: Endeavor Business Media announces the acquisition of a portfolio of Scranton Gillette Communications brands including Construction Equipment, Roads & Bridges, Storm Water Solutions, Water Quality Products, and Water and Wastes Digest. These brands will further strengthen Endeavor's position as the market-leader in the transportation, water and wastewater industries and will provide opportunities to subs  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, April 12 (TNSRes) -- Hastings College issued the following news release: Natalie Watson, a Hastings College junior from Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, presented a philosophy paper at the annual No Limits! Student Research Conference. Held in March at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, No Limits! is an interdisciplinary conference for graduate and undergraduate work that explores a wide range of issues related to women, gender and sexuality. Watson presented her paper, "Doing Ju  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Lee Ferguson Research done by Peter F. Buckley, MD, chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has contributed to two watershed data analyses that begin to clarify the genetic architecture of schizophrenia. Published as two companion papers in the prestigious journal Nature, the papers describe a large, multisite collaboration with researchers from alm  more

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 15 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following news: Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, along with a coalition of 20 state attorneys general, is joining a federal lawsuit against the Biden Administration for ending Title 42, a public health policy that allows border officials to turn away migrants because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The coalition joins Missouri, Arizona, and Louisiana on the amended complaint filed in the Western District C  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on April 12, 2022: The Tennessee Entertainment Commission (TEC), in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Revenue and Department of Economic and Community Development, announced today a new franchise and excise (F&E) tax credit program aimed to advance Tennessee's entertainment industry by promoting job creation and economic development. Companies approved as a qual  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 14 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on April 13, 2022: Officials from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) today celebrated the delisting of Cumberland sandwort (Minuartia cumberlandensis), a plant found only on the Cumberland Plateau, from the federal list of endangered species. The plant, found in a small area in northern Tennessee and sou  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: When Tennessee Tech University alumnus Tom Collins and his wife Missy established the Future Leader in Healthcare Scholarship, their plan was to give students an opportunity like Tom was given when he graduated in 1998 with his degree in chemistry. "It is specifically geared toward trying to give students a huge boost in reaching their goal of medical school or dental school or any health s  more