NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNStalk) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt Health is hosting spin-off live chat episodes of its award-winning podcast series, "DNA: Discoveries in Action," on Twitter Spaces. These real-time conversations will explore how climate change is impacting well-being and how listeners can boost their climate literacy and action. These conversations are designed to cross-pollinate expertise, sectors and perspectives to illustrat  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 31 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson has added 46 new associates across the Firm. These new associates, who have joined Baker Donelson since August of this year, and their primary areas of practice are: Atlanta, Georgia * Jonathan DeLuca (Construction) * Audrone V. Durham (Corporate) * Jorden A. Johnson (Advocacy) * E. Wylly Killorin III (Advocacy) * Emmanuel Kyei (Corporate) * Charlotte L. Luu (Corporate)   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 -- Bridgestone, a tire and rubber company, issued the following news release: Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) has been recognized as a 2022 "Top Company for Women to Work For in Transportation" by Redefining the Road, the official magazine of Women In Trucking (WIT). The organization's mission is to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments, and minimize the obstacles they face. "We are honored to receive this dist  more

MCKINNEY, Texas, Nov. 2 (TNSawa) -- Collin College issued the following news release: Collin College Fire Instructor Capt. Bret Storck, of Frisco, received a Congressional Medal of Honor Award recently at the 2022 Valor Awards presentation in Knoxville, Tennessee. Storck was honored for his life-saving efforts of removing an unconscious victim from a burning vehicle. In addition to awarding medals to military personnel, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society selects U.S. citizens to receive   more

LEBANON, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSfund) -- Cumberland University issued the following news release: On Oct. 22, Cumberland University and the greater Lebanon community rallied around Director of Student Life Libby O'Guin at a Pink Out football game in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Over $12,000 was raised during the entire month of October through various events hosted by student organizations as well as the Pink Out game's ticket sales and proceeds from shirts and bracelets. This amount  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2022: A newly formed coalition including major utility companies Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Louisville Gas & Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E and KU), Southern Company and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), along with Battelle and others, announced today its plan to pursue federal financial support for a Southeast Hydrogen Hub. The coalition will respond to the recen  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Nov. 3 (TNSconf) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: "The Power of Belonging: The Role of Secure Base Leadership in Organizational Health and Success" is the topic of a virtual talk in the ETSU Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute Resilience Presentation Series on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 1 p.m. Speakers will be Heather Taylor Griffith of Heather Taylor Griffith LLC, Nashville, and Jenn Drake-Croft, project director of the Infant and Early Childho  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 2 (TNSper) -- Epstein Becker Green, a law firm, issued the following announcement: Epstein Becker Green (EBG) is pleased to announce that health care transactional, insolvency, and restructuring attorney, and former Waller Chairman, John C. Tishler has joined as a Member of the Firm in Nashville, Tennessee. A growth-focused, seasoned law firm leader with deep connections to and throughout the Southeast, John will serve as a strategic advisor to further grow the firm's  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 2 -- Epstein Becker Green, a law firm, issued the following announcement: Epstein Becker Green (EBG) is pleased to announce the relocation of its Nashville office to 1222 Demonbreun at Gulch Union, a new U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Class A building in the city's South Gulch neighborhood. The relocation of EBG's Nashville office will support the Firm's continued growth in this important region. The move follo  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 4 -- FedEx issued the following news release: FedEx Freight, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and a leader in less-than-truckload (LTL) services, has expanded its FedEx Freight Direct e-commerce solution for delivering bulky items to-or-through the door of residences and businesses. FedEx Freight Direct now covers nearly 100% of the U.S. population for basic and basic by appointment and 90% of the contiguous U.S. population for standard and premium, offering flex  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 2 -- FedEx issued the following news release: FedEx Freight is launching an industry changing space and pace pricing pilot for select customers, using dimension-based pricing for LTL. Through this pilot, FedEx Freight will provide simple quotes based on the space and pace customers need to move freight. Customers provide the weight, dimensions, origin zip, and destination zip of their shipments to receive a quote. Once FedEx Freight receives the shipment, Dimension in  more

HENDERSON, Tennessee, Nov. 5 (TNSper) -- Freed-Hardeman University issued the following news: Freed-Hardeman University has named Dr. Justin Rogers dean of the College of Biblical Studies, effective June 1, 2023. Currently the director of the Graduate School of Theology, Rogers will succeed Dr. Mark Blackwelder as dean. Rogers joined the FHU Bible faculty in 2010 as an instructor in Bible and became the director of the Graduate School of Theology in 2018. As an associate professor in biblical   more

STANTON, Tennessee, Nov. 2 -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: The Ford Motor Company Fund, the company's philanthropic arm, is announcing a new $1 million capital grants program to strengthen and improve local communities' infrastructure in West Tennessee, home to BlueOval City, Ford's new $5.6 billion electric vehicle and battery manufacturing campus. Capital grants are tax-exempt charitable gifts designed to fund capital projects such as building renovations, land preservation,  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 5 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Nov. 4, 2022: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that more than $84 million was paid to the state and local governments yesterday to be used to abate the opioid crisis in Tennessee. Tennessee has now received more than $128 million from the initial settlement payments with three national pharmaceutical companies and opioid manufacturer Janssen, a subsidiary of John  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 3 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2022: Governor Janet Mills today praised an announcement by LP Building Solutions, a Tennessee-based manufacturer of engineered wood building products, that it will invest approximately $400 million to expand its LP Houlton facility to manufacture more of its flagship siding product. When completed, the expansion is expected to create 100 new jobs. "LP's continued investment in its Houlton facilit  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 1 (TNSpar) -- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing issued the following news: School of Nursing nurses and a social scientist from the College of Arts and Science have teamed up to mitigate health disparities related to climate change. Professor of Nursing Carol Ziegler, DNP'12, MSN'06, Assistant Professor of Nursing James Muchira, PhD, and Professor of the Practice in Climate Studies Zdravka Tzankova, PhD, have launched the Climate, Energy and Health Equity Lab (C  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 3 (TNSpro) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Lipscomb University is launching a new teacher preparation program designed for educators and leaders in rural school systems across Tennessee, President Candice McQueen announced today. Beginning next fall, Lipscomb University is making plans to offer a Rural Education and Coaching Certificate program designed to feature specific professional learning, coursework and field experiences that focus on the ch  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 3 (TNSbook) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Michael G. McLaughlin, a Baker Donelson attorney and former senior counterintelligence advisor for United States Cyber Command, has co-authored a book about the threat of cyber warfare and the critical need for a "whole of society" response to address the crisis these ongoing threats pose to American institutions. Battlefield Cyber: How China and Russia are Undermining Our Democracy and Natio  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSpro) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A new Master of Imaging Science (MIS) program will immerse students in the full spectrum of biomedical imaging and provide hands-on clinical and research experience. Biomedical imaging technologies, including ultrasound, X-ray, CT, MRI and PET, allow physicians and researchers to observe internal organs, detect cancers and monitor image-guided surgeries. The one-year MIS program, being offe  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: For nearly 10 years, Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, professor of Health Policy and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, has focused her research on one core policy issue that has been of interest to lawmakers of all political stripes: the affordability of prescription drugs. After reading a piece in The New York Times about rising drug prices and the impact on patients a decade ago, Dusetzina used   more

FREDONIA, New York, Nov. 1 (TNSbook) -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: Dr. Peter A. McCord of the Department of History researched the Union blockade and blockade running during the American Civil War at the British National Archives. The research was published by the University of Tennessee Press in the monograph, "The Union Blockade in the American Civil War: A Reassessment," with Michael Bonner as co-author. The book was released in the fall of   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSres) -- The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the following news: Fraud costs organizations worldwide an estimated 5 percent of their annual revenues, according to a study conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Occupational Fraud 2022: A Report to the Nations analyzed 2,110 occupational fraud cases that caused a total loss of more than $3.6 billion. The seriousness of the global fraud problem is why the Securities   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 1 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and Landmark Recovery officials announced today the company will expand in Franklin, Tennessee, creating 1,300 new jobs at the company's headquarters on Cool Springs Boulevard. As part of the project, Landmark will invest $7.5 million in Williamson County, approximately o  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 3 -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release: The Tennessee National Guard celebrated the life of President James K. Polk in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tennessee State Capitol on Nov. 2, in honor of Polk's 227th birthday. Each year, a representative of the current President of the United States is responsible for placing a wreath on the tomb of past presidents to honor them and their service on their birthday. Col. James Scates, the   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSsro) -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order granting petition to intervene (Docket No. 22-00085) on Nov. 3, 2022: * * * In Re: Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., Actual Cost Adjustment (ACA) Filing For The Period Of July 1, 2021 Through June 30, 2022. ORDER GRANTING THE PETITION TO INTERVENE FILED BY THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE This matter is before the Hearing Officer of the Tennessee Public Utility Commission ("Commission" or "TPUC  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 3 (TNSawa) -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: In late October, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was recognized with the Knoxville Area Urban League's Corporate Leadership Award for its continuing efforts to make Knoxville a more economically inclusive community and a better place for people of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Vice Chancellor for Student Life Frank Cuevas and Associate Vice Chancellor and Executive Director for Equity   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Two new reports by researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center provide the first published description of unplanned interruptions in radiation cancer treatment across a major U.S. city in the COVID-19 era, according to their authors. The studies placed special focus on how risk for radiotherapy interruption varied by patient race, socioeconomic status, and hom  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 2 (TNSper) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news on Nov. 1, 2022: Donald Brady, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Health Sciences Education for Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) and Executive Vice President for Educational Affairs for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been appointed to an expanded oversight role of Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs for VUSM. This appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2023. In this expan  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), labeled an urgent threat by federal health officials, is a bacterium that can be associated with severe gastrointestinal events and is frequently hospital-acquired. While the incidence of C. diff infections increased from the 1990s to the early 2000s, studies looking at the rate of infections more recently in a pediatric population have not been conducte  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSconf) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The public is invited to listen in as scientists on the forefront of COVID-19 research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center share their personal stories on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 16, in 214 Light Hall. Co-hosted by the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center and the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4), this "Behind the Bench" celebration of science will begin at 1  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Social interaction is an integral human behavior that is disrupted in many psychiatric disorders. Neuropeptide Y (NPY), an abundant brain peptide that acts through multiple receptors to modulate neuronal signaling, encourages prosocial behavior across the animal kingdom. Whether NPY modulates signaling in the nucleus accumbens, a brain region involved in social behavior, is unknown. Brad  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Some major prospective drug repurposing opportunities form the backdrop to new research reported Oct. 28 in Science Advances. A team at Case Western Reserve University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center has determined with atomic-level precision how two established drugs bind to and alter the conformation of a cell membrane transporter protein called NKCC1, shutting down its activity.   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 5 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective in children 6 months to 5 years of age, a clinical trial co-led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center vaccine expert C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, has found. Results of the two-part KidCOVE study of nearly 13,000 children conducted last year at 87 sites in the United States and Canada were published Nov. 3 in The New England Journal of Medicine  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Engaging infants with a song provides a readymade means for supporting social development and interaction, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine enrolled 112 infants who were either 2 months or 6  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSawa) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt University Medical Center has announced two recipients of the Medical Assistant of the Year awards for 2022. Kimberly Hanna received the award for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt Outpatient Care and Shelby Pate received the honor for Vanderbilt Adult Ambulatory Clinics. They were chosen for demonstrating outstanding Credo behaviors, willingness to consistently  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 2 (TNSconf) -- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing issued the following news on Nov. 1, 2022: Vanderbilt alumna G. Rumay Alexander, MSN'77, EdD, RN, FAAN, will present the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Dean's Diversity Lecture on Tuesday, November 15, at noon CT in Nursing Annex room 155. The in-person lecture, "Health Equity...Growing in Understanding by Design Not Default," is free and open to the Vanderbilt community. Attendees are welcomed to bring a  more

GALLATIN, Tennessee, Nov. 5 (TNSpar) -- Volunteer State Community College issued the following news: Mechatronics students at Volunteer State Community College have a new pathway to earning a bachelor's degree thanks to a new partnership with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. During a virtual meeting on Friday, Nov. 4, a new mechatronics-focused articulation agreement was made official between Volunteer State Community College and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The arti  more