CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 9 (TNSbook) -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: As a teen and college student, Raymond Deeren worked in rural Michigan as a line cook, substitute teacher, landscaper and lumberjack. But it's another odd job that he had while attending Saginaw Valley State University that set the cornerstone of his creative writing for the next 10-plus years. "The housing market collapsed, and I was mowing lawns of bank repossessions," he recalled. "The collap  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: In the early 1940s, at the onset of World War II, the U.S. Army drafted a young man from Houston County named O.S. Uffelman. A few months later, he was heading across the Atlantic Ocean to spend the next three years fighting his way across North Africa and Europe. "He was in the 9th Engineer unit of the 9th Division. He detonated land mines," Dr. Minoa Uffelman, Austin Peay State University profe  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 8 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Stephen G. Kabalka, a corporate attorney with significant experience in the transportation, logistics, and manufacturing industries, has joined Baker Donelson as of counsel in the Firm's Chattanooga office. Mr. Kabalka provides strategic advice on legal matters related to commercial transactions; customer, vendor, and supply contracts; confidentiality agreements; and other business issues. His  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- Bridgestone, a tire and rubber company, issued the following news release: Bridgestone Americas and Bridgestone Canada (Bridgestone) are collectively issuing a voluntary recall on 12,615 tires that may have sustained bead damage due to a warehouse de-palletizer during the shipping process. Bridgestone estimates less than 1% of recalled tires are affected, but the company is expanding the number of tires in scope as part of its longstanding commitment to quality,  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 12 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A clinical trial that will test a novel treatment for asthma has begun enrolling patients. The treatment -- semaglutide -- is a medication approved to help control blood sugar in people with Type 2 diabetes and for weight management in obese or overweight adults. Semaglutide is one of seven approved GLP-1 receptor agonists that target a metabolic pathway to increase insulin secretion and i  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 10 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The State of Tennessee is implementing a new model for agricultural education that will advance opportunities for students and enhance support for teachers. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) and the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) are partnering with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to boost Tennessee's agricultural education programs through the FFA student organiz  more

GREENVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 7 (TNSawa) -- Tusculum University issued the following news: Dr. David Bow, a professor of sport science who has served Tusculum University with distinction for 45 years, has been recognized by a statewide organization he has served faithfully for most of his career. The Tennessee Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance recently selected Dr. Bow for the prestigious Honor Award, which is considered the highest the organization presents. This   more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Nov. 11 (TNSawa) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The Addiction Science Center at East Tennessee State University received the Advocate of Peer Recovery Service-Agency Award from the Tennessee Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Program of the state Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. This award, presented at the virtual annual conference of Tennessee Certified Peer Recovery Specialists, is presented to the group or age  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Research has shown a shortfall in the rate of Black and Hispanic males attending higher education institutions, and a team from East Tennessee State University's Clemmer College is asking why. "Often research studies in education look at test grades and GPA as indicators of success for Black and Hispanic males and do not consider other aspects like mentorship and engagement," said Dr. Jill Ch  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 12 -- FedEx issued the following news release: FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world's largest express transportation company, has teamed up with the non-profit organization, United Way Mumbai, to build nine play areas in schools for children, that are designed with sustainability in mind through the use of repurposed materials. Through this "Playscapes Project", over 6,500 school children from economically poorer areas in Mumbai,   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 10 -- FedEx issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2022: FedEx today announced 30 grant recipients of the FedEx(R) Entrepreneur Fund, a new initiative designed to uplift veterans and small business owners with disabilities by providing access to funding, resources and networks to help them succeed. The fund will provide grants of $10,000 each to the 30 small businesses selected, for a total of $300,000, in collaboration with Hello Alice and Global Entrepreneurshi  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 10 -- FedEx issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2022: FedEx today announced 30 grant recipients of the FedEx(R) Entrepreneur Fund, a new initiative designed to uplift veterans and small business owners with disabilities by providing access to funding, resources and networks to help them succeed. The fund will provide grants of $10,000 each to the 30 small businesses selected, for a total of $300,000, in collaboration with Hello Alice and Global Entrepreneurship  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 10 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on Nov. 9, 2022: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and Hitachi Zosen Inova USA LLC (HZI USA) announced today the company will invest $6.6 million to expand operations at its Knoxville, Tennessee-based North American headquarters. HZI USA, which relocated its North American hub from Georgia to Tennessee in  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 8 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: In a historic ceremony that blended the flavors of his Irish roots and his adopted home of Memphis, Peter Buckley, MD, was formally installed as the 11th chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Friday. A first for UTHSC, the investiture ceremony was held at 10 a.m. at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Memphis. During the event, the auth  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 8 -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2022: Learning technology company HMH today announced that the Tennessee State Board of Education approved HMH Into Math and HMH Into AGA for adoption for Kindergarten through Grade 12. HMH math curriculum is on Tennessee's Official List of Textbooks and Instructional Materials and covers 100% of the Tennessee Math standards. The board gave its seal of approval for the programs' superior qual  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 8 (TNSawa) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: The latest stop on the Be A Light tour was Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, Nov. 1, where alumni, prospective students, donors and friends gathered to hear the latest updates from Lipscomb University. As President Candice McQueen has challenged the Lipscomb community to be a light, at each stop on the tour someone in that community is selected to receive the Shining Light Award to recognize someone whose life  more

MILLIGAN, Tennessee, Nov. 9 (TNSper) -- Milligan College issued the following news release: Milligan University announced two new appointments to the university's Board of Trustees. Bill Loran, vice president and co-founder of CrossStone Insurance, and LeAnne Blackmore, conference speaker and author, were approved on Friday, Oct. 28, at the board's biannual meeting and will join the board in January 2023. "I am delighted that these two influential members of the community will be joining the   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 10 (TNSpar) -- Nashville State Community College issued the following news release: Nashville State Community College has been selected as an education partner for Amazon's Career Choice program. This allows Amazon's eligible hourly associates to receive pre-paid tuition, book, and fee assistance while pursuing an associate degree or technical certificate at the College. Nashville State serves a diverse student population and a broad geographic area. The College prov  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 (TNSawa) -- Nashville State Community College issued the following news release: Dawne Moore, a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant and current Nashville State Community College student success veteran advisor at the Clarksville campus, has been awarded a Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) Chancellor's Commendation for Military Veterans. Moore was honored during a Nashville State's Veterans Day celebration at the Clarksville campus. Nashville State's White Bridge camp  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 9 (TNSrpt) -- FedEx issued the following news release: * * * In Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA), FedEx indirectly contributed to net economic output worth US$3.8 billion across the AMEA region's economy in FY 2022 - a 12% increase over FY 2021 * * * FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has released the findings from its 2022 report that analyzed the company's impact on the global economy with key regional and market-specific analyses from around the world at the concl  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 10 (TNSfund) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: For the fourth year in a row, Tennessee Tech University honored the top faculty members on campus who brought in at least $100,000 in external funding for research in the previous academic year. At this year's Wings Up 100 awards on the lawn of Walton Park, President Phil Oldham and members of the Board of Trustees honored 36 faculty members who, combined, had secured $17,944,988 fo  more

SMYRNA, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release: More than 80 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard's 268th Military Police Company, which is based in Millington, are scheduled to return to Tennessee, Nov. 11, after serving overseas for nearly one year. The 268th is comprised of military police Soldiers trained in security operations, base defense, movement control, and law and order. The Soldiers spent the last ten months serving at Chabe  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 9 (TNSper) -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release: Col. Todd Wiles was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony held at Berry Field Air National Guard Base in Nashville, Nov. 5. Tennessee's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes, presided over the promotion ceremony. "I can't think of a more deserving officer for this promotion than Todd," Holmes said. "His vast experience, challenging assignments, and leadership ab  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 8 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Nov. 7, 2022: Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that Tennessee, along with a coalition of other attorneys general, has obtained two multistate settlements with Experian concerning data breaches it experienced in 2012 and 2015 that compromised the personal information of millions of consumers nationwide. The coalition has also obtained a separate settlement with T-Mobile in   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 11 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: During the fall meeting of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Advisory Board Wednesday, members heard reports about the College of Dentistry's developing initiative to expand dental care across the state, the university's ongoing strategic planning process, and the recent accomplishments across the six colleges. The board also unanimously re-elected Philip Wenk,  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 12 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Balaji Krishnaiah, MD, associate professor and program director of the neurology residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named the Mayo Clinic's 2022 Burton A. Sandok Visiting Professor of Neurological Education. The Mayo Clinic's Department of Neurology coordinates the professorship each year to honor one neurology professor from anywhere in the  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 9 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A genetic variant of apolipoprotein E (APOE), a protein involved in fat metabolism, is the strongest common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and contributes to worse cognition in older adults. However, many people who have the variant (APOE-e4) remain cognitively normal as they age, suggesting there may be neuroprotective modifiers of APOE effects. Mabel Seto, PhD, Timothy H  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The Stay Seat Smart Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt recently received funding from General Motors to address child safety seat misuse through education, community outreach and media awareness. Injuries and accidents have long been a leading cause of death for children in the United States. Motor vehicle collisions are one of the main contributors to those deaths. In 2  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 (TNSfund) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The Gastric Cancer Foundation has awarded a one-year $100,000 research grant to Eunyoung Choi, PhD, assistant professor of Surgery in the Section of Surgical Sciences, to support her efforts to find a way to disrupt the transformation of dysplastic stem cells into stomach cancer. The award was one of two grants announced last month by the California-based foundation to support 'early- and  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 12 (TNSfund) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The Gastric Cancer Foundation has awarded a one-year $100,000 research grant to Eunyoung Choi, PhD, assistant professor of Surgery in the Section of Surgical Sciences, to support her efforts to find a way to disrupt the transformation of dysplastic stem cells into stomach cancer. The award was one of two grants announced last month by the California-based foundation to support 'early- and  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 8 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: All of us suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) distress from time to time, but people with mutations in the SLC12A2 gene suffer from chronic GI infections, intestinal obstruction, constipation, nutrient malabsorption and blood in the intestine. To understand why this mutation causes such intense GI distress, Eric Delpire, PhD, and team used human epithelial colon cells to investigate the prote  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 12 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Fifty-five years after he arrived at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Jacek Hawiger, MD, PhD, Louise B. McGavock Professor and distinguished professor of Medicine, continues to blaze a trail through the wilderness of inflammation. His group's latest finding, published Nov. 7 in the journal Scientific Reports, describes a new investigational peptide drug that can penetrate immune and n  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 12 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Steroids are commonly given to infants during open-heart surgery to reduce inflammation, but whether the drugs significantly improve patient outcomes has not been settled -- until now. Results of the STeroids to REduce Systemic Inflammation After Infant Heart Surgery (STRESS) trial, co-led by investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, were published Nov. 6 in The New England   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 12 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Among people with HIV infection, three types of CD4+ T helper cells are associated with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) that are not explained by CVD risk factors, according to a study whose first author is from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The study, "Circulating T Cells and Cardiovascular Risk in People With and Without HIV Infection," was recently published in the Journal  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 12 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The Center for Asthma Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recruiting pregnant women scheduled to undergo a repeat cesarean section at VUMC for a study of potential interventions to change the bacteria living in the nose of children born by C-section. To be eligible to participate in the MOdification Of THe Early-Life Respiratory Microbiome Through Vaginal SEEDing (MOTHER SE  more

GALLATIN, Tennessee, Nov. 10 (TNSacc) -- Volunteer State Community College issued the following news: Leaders of the Mechatronics program at Volunteer State Community College received confirmation today that full accreditation was awarded for the program for the next two years. Chair of the Mechatronics program, Tim Dean received notification today while attending the meeting held at The Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Conference taking place in Louisville,  more