MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: The University of Memphis secured a record $52.2 million for fundraising for the fiscal year which ended June 30, including a trio of records of $29.1 million for academics, $23.1 million for athletics and $18.2 million for endowments. The previous overall record was $44.1 million in fiscal year 2019. The $29.1 million for fiscal year 2022 for academics eclipsed consecutive records of $26.5 mil  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, July 20 -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news on July 19, 2022: Austin Peay State University is now the only Tennessee university to offer in-state tuition rates to all of the nation's military-affiliated students, which includes active-duty military personnel, veterans, reservists, National Guard members and their eligible family members. Earlier today, the University announced the creation of special financial awards to ensure these students receive  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: Austin Peay State University assistant professors Dr. Charles H Gonzalez and Dr. James Thompson have been selected to participate in the inaugural Inquiry Initiative, sponsored by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE). The Initiative is a first-of-its-kind collaborative exploration of teacher education practices and research, focused on opportunity gaps in education. Opportunity gaps are defined as   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 21 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson has added 11 new associates across the Firm. The new associates and their primary areas of practice are: Atlanta, Georgia * Tyler P. Bishop (Intellectual Property) * Carolyn A. Exnicios (Corporate) * Natalia Liashenko (Corporate) * Baltimore, Maryland Annie M. Kenville (Government Enforcement and Investigations) Birmingham, Alabama * Titus R. Willis (Real Estate/Finance)  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 22 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Laura K. Layton, an attorney with a background in corporate and commercial transactions, media, entertainment, and intellectual property, has joined Baker Donelson as a member of its Corporate Group and will focus on the Firm's hospitality and franchising teams. Joining as of counsel in the Firm's Memphis and Nashville offices, Ms. Layton represents clients in the franchise, distribution, and  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Two research teams at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have been awarded the 2022 UTHSC Collaborative Research Network (CORNET)-Functional Genomics Award. Each team will receive $50,000 to support their novel projects. The CORNET Awards are a competitive intramural grant program funded by the UTHSC Office of Research to promote new lines of interdiscipli  more

LEBANON, Tennessee, July 19 (TNSpro) -- Cumberland University issued the following news release: Cumberland University's Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) will be the first undergraduate program to be offered fully-online beginning in the Fall of 2022. Cumberland's fully-online B.B.A. creates opportunities for freshmen, transfers and nontraditional students including adult learners and veterans. In a recently announced articulation agreement, Nashville State Community College's ass  more

LEBANON, Tennessee, July 20 (TNSconf) -- Cumberland University issued the following news release: Cumberland University Master in Public Service Management (MSP) graduate and adjunct professor Dr. Robert Cox will give the keynote address at Mackenzie Presbyterian University's Transformative Learning Forum in Sao Paulo, Brazil on July 29. Dr. Cox will present a keynote address titled "Assessing Transformative Learning-- Perspectives, Questions, and New Directions" that will examine the kind of l  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 19 (TNSper) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: David McKinney, vice president of communications and public affairs for AutoZone, has been appointed to the University of Memphis Board of Trustees by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, pending approval from the State of Tennessee legislature. "It is a distinct privilege to serve on the University of Memphis Board of Trustees, and I am greatly honored by Gov. Lee's appointment," said McKinney. "I eagerly  more

DYERSBURG, Tennessee, July 21 (TNSper) -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following news release: Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) President Dr. Scott Cook has announced the appointment of Dr. Charlene Connell White as the new vice president for finance and administrative services. Dr. White returns to DSCC from Ellucian, where she recently served as the principal finance consultant. Ellucian is the owner of a Banner software program that assists higher education instituti  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, July 23 (TNSper) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news on July 22, 2022: The dean of East Tennessee State University's College of Public Health is the new editor-in-chief of the Journal of Appalachian Health. The first issue edited by Dr. Randy Wykoff is forthcoming. The online journal publishes quarterly and has featured numerous articles by ETSU faculty since its inception in 2019. The journal contains peer-reviewed research articles, as well   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 20 (TNSper) -- Florida State University issued the following news: Florida State University President Richard McCullough announced Tuesday that Stacey Patterson will serve as the university's next vice president for research. Patterson, a microbiologist, has served as the vice president for research, outreach and economic development in the University of Tennessee system and as president of the UT Research Foundation since 2017. "Dr. Patterson's stellar track record  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 (TNSres) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news on July 18, 2022: Embarking upon a journey to establish a College of Pharmacy at Lipscomb University, academic leaders made an auspicious decision in hiring Dr. Scott Akers in 2007. His rare blend of experience in both clinical practice and research in the pharmaceutical sciences set the university on a path to create a program found rarely in pharmacy education. The Lipscomb-Vanderbilt University Pharm.D.-  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 21 (TNSres) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news on July 20, 2022: * * * Nationally known history scholar explores ties between the Mexican-American and the American Civil Wars in forthcoming, first-of-its kind volume. * * * By Janel Shoun-Smith Since his doctoral dissertation back in the 1980s, Tim Johnson has been kicking around a couple of ideas that are changing how historians see the Mexican-American War, one of the least studied conflicts in Amer  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 (TNSper) -- Littler Mendelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Bruce Buchanan as special counsel in its Nashville office. Buchanan joins from Sebelist Buchanan Law PLLC, an immigration focused law firm that he founded. He has concentrated his practice on immigration law for 15 years and, prior to entering private practice, was a senior trial specialist f  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 23 (TNSbook) -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news: Robert M. West, interim head of Mississippi State's Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures and professor of English, has published the first book dedicated to poet, short story writer and novelist Robert Morgan. West's book, "Robert Morgan: Essays on the Life and Work," published this summer by McFarland and Co., was co-edited by Jesse Graves, professor of English at   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 19 -- Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt issued the following news release: On Friday, the Missouri Attorney General's Office, along with a coalition of twenty attorneys general led by Tennessee, obtained a preliminary injunction halting the Biden Administration's guidance that would change Title VII and Title IX's definition of "sex" to include "gender identity" relating to separation of bathrooms and sports in schools, and pronouns in the workplace. "The Bi  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor issued the following statement: * * * "The federal district court ruling out of Tennessee is a major victory for women's sports and for the privacy and safety of girls and women in their school bathrooms and locker rooms. "I am grateful the court ruled for Oklahoma and stopped the Biden Administration from enforcing its outrageous reading of Title IX, to include gender identity as a protected class. "I will continu  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 23 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, advised Fast Pace, a portfolio company of Revelstoke Capital Partners and a provider of outpatient healthcare services to rural communities, on its investment in First Care Clinics to expand its clinical footprint and increase access to care for underserved populations. The combination results in a multi-specialty provider of rural healthcare and value-based care po  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 19 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: Attorney General Alan Wilson announces a federal court has ruled that the federal government cannot force schools in South Carolina and 19 other states to follow new anti-discrimination rules. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has blocked the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing new, expansive, and   more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 (TNSper) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Doug Talbert, Ph.D., has been named interim director of Tennessee Tech University's Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center. Talbert, who joined the department of computer science at Tech in 2002 and serves as its associate chair, has several goals going into the fall semester following the departure of CEROC's founding director, Ambareen Siraj, Ph.D., who moved on to   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 18 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following news on July 17, 2022: In a federal lawsuit filed by Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III and 19 other states' attorneys general, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has enjoined the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing new, expansive, and unlawful guidance on federal antidiscrimination laws. The now-enjoined gui  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 20 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on July 19, 2022: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and iFixit officials announced today the company will establish its East Coast hub for distribution and innovation in Chattanooga, Tennessee. iFixit will invest $24.2 million and create 201 new jobs in Hamilton County over the next five years. Located  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on July 18, 2022: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and TechnologyAdvice, LLC officials announced today the company will invest $2.7 million to expand its headquarters and other back-office functions in Nashville. TechnologyAdvice, a business-to-business (B2B) technology marketing platform, will create 3  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on July 18, 2022: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and Tennessee Hills Distillery officials announced today the company will invest $21.3 million to expand in Northeast Tennessee by adding a Bristol location to serve as the company's new headquarters. The new location will join Tennessee Hills Distillery  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 21 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: As part of Innovative School Models month, the Tennessee Department of Education is highlighting exemplar districts for their use of the initial $30 million grant funding awarded in 2021 for the Innovative School Models initiative. Throughout the month of July, the department is celebrating Innovative School Models month, which is the primary state initiative within the Student Readiness   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The Tennessee Department of Education invites all Tennesseans to a public rulemaking hearing to respond to the proposed rules for the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Act. The hearing will take place on Thursday, July 28th from 9 a.m. CT - 12 noon CT in Nashville, TN, and a livestream option will be available for attendees statewide to participate virtually. TISA Public R  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 21 (TNSper) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on July 20, 2022: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner David Salyers today announced the appointment of Greer Tidwell Jr. as deputy commissioner for the department's Bureau of Parks and Conservation. Tidwell has more than three decades of leadership experience in the public and private sectors, along with extensive involvement in conservation  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on July 22, 2022: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a grant of $1 million for Crumb Rubber Manufacturers Co. (CRM) of Tullahoma from the state's Tire Environmental Act Program. CRM will provide matching funds of $4,326,617 and use the grant toward purchasing equipment to develop a circular tire recycling system. The project costs $5,3  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on July 22, 2022: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a grant of $78,723 for the Hands-On Science Center of Tullahoma from the state's Tire Environmental Act Program. The Hands-On Science Center will provide matching funds of $21,272 to use over 194,000 pounds of tires to create an educational and interactive outdoor museum exhibit, aMA  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on July 22, 2022: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a grant of $461,610 for Memphis Tire Recyclers LLC from the state's Tire Environmental Act Program. Memphis Tire Recyclers will provide matching funds of $461,610 to implement an operation that will serve West Tennessee as a scrap tire reclamation, recycling, and producer of tire-der  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on July 22, 2022: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a grant of $53,750 for Montgomery Bell State Park from the state's Tire Environmental Act Program. The park will provide matching funds of $200,000 from a Recreation Trails Program grant to create a hard surface trail using flexible porous pavement. The trail will be near many of the  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on July 22, 2022: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a grant of $750,000 for Tennessee Tire Recycling (TTR) in Lebanon from the state's Tire Environmental Act Program. TTR, a division of Rockwood Sustainable Solutions, will provide matching funds of $914,170 and use the grant for purchasing equipment related to the hauling, collection,  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 (TNSper) -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the appointment of Margie Quin as Commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Children's Services (DCS), effective September 1. Quin will succeed Jennifer Nichols, who has served the department since 2019. "Jennifer is a committed public servant who has faithfully served Tennesseans since the beginning of my administration, and her leadership has been crucial   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 21 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced more than 40 independent schools, pending approval, have committed to make seats available immediately for students enrolled in the Education Savings Account (ESA) program and invited Tennessee parents to begin the application process. "There was an urgent need for school choice in 2019, and finally, parents in Memphis and Nashville won't have to wait another day to ch  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, July 22 (TNSeco) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release on July 21, 2022: Two new major building projects - the total renovation of Johnson Hall, coupled with the demolition of Foster Hall, and another new engineering building - will be coming to campus. The total budgeted cost for both projects is more than $100 million. "As part of this year's historic budget for higher education, Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee General Assembly investe  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, July 20 (TNSpro) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: A new master's degree at Tennessee Tech University offers health and nutrition professionals options and opportunities previously unavailable in the local community. Tech's School of Human Ecology began offering an online Master of Science degree in community health and nutrition in the Fall of 2021. "This program will benefit students who wish to learn more about rural and communit  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news on July 22, 2022: "Earlier today, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, received a notice of allegations from the NCAA regarding the football program led by former head coach Jeremy Pruitt. In every step of this process, we took quick and decisive actions that exemplified the longstanding values of the NCAA reiterated in the membership's new constitution. The university hired outside counsel to fully inves  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 22 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Kristin Centers Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Zambia (UNZA) are partnering on a program to develop a cadre of researchers and educators to lead cancer epidemiology research and training in Zambia and to encourage U.S.-based researchers to engage in cancer research in low- and middle-income countries. In partnership with UNZA and the Zambia Cancer Diseases H  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 21 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: In a technical tour de force, a collaborative team of Vanderbilt researchers has characterized the antigen-specific immune response to the Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 RNA vaccine. The group used multiple single-cell technologies, unbiased machine learning, and traditional immunological approaches to track cellular and antibody responses in samples collected over time from a cohort of healthy partici  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 (TNSpar) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Mia Garchitorena Vanderbilt University Medical Center is partnering with Yale School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine and the Research Centers in Minority Institutions Coordinating Center (RCMI CC) at the Morehouse School of Medicine in an initiative aimed at increasing diversity in clinical trials and addressing systemic barriers to participation by communities of color. The   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 (TNSpar) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Jill Clendening Expectant women in Clarksville, Montgomery County and the surrounding area will soon benefit from around-the-clock, enhanced medical care during their labor and delivery through a collaboration between Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville to establish an OB-GYN hospitalist program. Set to launch in mid-September, the on-site program   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 22 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Bill Snyder Chronic use of opioid painkillers like hydrocodone and oxycodone significantly increases the risk of dysphagia, difficulty swallowing, according to researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. While opioid use was not associated with rare swallowing disorders such as achalasia, patients on opioids had a significantly higher burden of symptoms than non-users, and the  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 (TNSacc) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Leigh MacMillan The Vanderbilt Epidemiology PhD Program has received accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). CEPH is the nation's foremost authority on education in the disciplines associated with public health, including epidemiology (the basic science of public health), biostatistics, and health policy and management, said Peter Rebeiro, PhD, MHS, assist  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 20 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Visual symptoms are common in children and adolescents who suffer a concussion, and it's essential that pediatricians and other clinicians know how to screen, identify and initiate clinical management of visual symptoms after this common childhood injury. This direction is part of a first-of-its-kind policy statement in the current issue of the journal Pediatrics, the official peer-reviewe  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 21 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Maintaining a healthy work-life balance helps reduce stress and prevent burnout in employees, and working from home is a common way to help employees feel a stronger sense of flexibility and overall well-being. Traditionally, the medical field has not been able to provide work-from-home options to physicians due to the high-touch nature of the job. The Department of Radiology and Radiologi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Bill Snyder Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a potential new target in the fight against colorectal cancer, the nation's third most common malignancy and, next to lung cancer, the second leading cancer killer. This month in the journal Gastroenterology, R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, Anna Means, PhD, and colleagues report that a cell-signaling protein/chemo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 23 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Leah Mann When a team of Vanderbilt scientists in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine received a $4.5 million grant to study the role of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in asthma development, they had no idea that a global pandemic would not only interfere with and delay their initial project, but also introduce an additional simultaneous study. The Asthma a  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 22 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Emily Stembridge A study led by Ruth Wolever, PhD, professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and director of Vanderbilt Health Coaching at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, found that 10 sessions of health coaching for people at risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), type 2 diabetes (T2D) or both led to increased physical activity which was sustained six months after th  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 22 (TNSper) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Matt Batcheldor Karen Hughart, MSN, RN, senior director of Nursing Informatics, is retiring at the end of July after 45 years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Hughart, a longtime informatics expert who leads a department that manages nursing systems throughout VUMC, was instrumental in the rollout of Epic clinical systems in recent years. But her full-time informatics specializ  more