NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2023: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court in support of a federal criminal prohibition on encouraging or inducing illegal immigration into the United States. In the brief, the coalition asks the Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down a feder  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Jan. 24 (TNSconf) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Kalia Yeagle, a musician and artist, will present "Tradition, Innovation and Power: The Women of American Folk Music" in a talk at East Tennessee State University early next month. The event, free and open to the public, is part of the "Women on Wednesdays" lecture series sponsored by the ETSU Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. It takes place on Zoom (817 3675 0048) at noon on W  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 24 (TNSconf) -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: The Austin Peay State University Eriksson College of Education is focused on finding new ways to address the need for licensed teachers in local and regional school districts. The college's efforts, including the Grow Your Own initiative, garnered attention from White House officials in 2022. Next month, the College of Education will share successes and lessons from the past few years during the  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 25 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson has added two attorneys to its Baltimore office: Carla N. Murphy, who joins as a shareholder in the Firm's Labor & Employment Group, and Conrad W. Deitrick, who joins as of counsel in the Firm's Tax Group. Ms. Murphy and Mr. Deitrick are the latest in a series of recent additions to Baker Donelson in Baltimore. With more than 70 attorneys, the Baltimore office is the third larg  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- The Nashville International Airport issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2023: Nashville International Airport (BNA) today unveiled the new Grand Lobby in the completely renovated and reimagined 200,000-square-foot space in the center of the terminal, including 24 TSA security screening lanes and multimedia digital and visual art. A core component of the BNA Vision(R) plan, the Grand Lobby will officially open to the public on the morning of January 24,  more

LEBANON, Tennessee, Jan. 26 (TNSpar) -- Cumberland University issued the following news release: Cumberland University and Green Hill High School in Mount Juliet, Tennessee are partnering to offer Early College classes to eligible Green Hill students beginning Fall 2023. Students who qualify for the Early College Academy at Green Hill will simultaneously earn a high school diploma and an Associate of Arts, Associate of Arts in Business, or Associate of Arts in Education from Cumberland Univer  more

HENDERSON, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSper) -- Freed-Hardeman University issued the following news: After 23 seasons and 433 wins, Todd Humphry will hand over the reins as the head coach of the Freed-Hardeman University Lady Lions volleyball team to a very familiar face, current assistant coach Amanda Cunningham. Cunningham joined Humphry's staff as an assistant in 2020 after four seasons as the coach of the Hardin County High School Tigers. She has been in charge of FHU's junior varsity program si  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 23 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following remarks on Jan. 21, 2023, during his second inauguration: * * * Thank you to every person here - for being here today to celebrate our great state and her rich history. Lt. Governor McNally, Speaker Sexton, members of the General Assembly, constitutional officers, Justices of the Court, members of the Tennessee Congressional Delegation, Governor Dunn, Governor Alexander, Governor Bredesen, Governor Haslam, membe  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced he will deliver his fifth State of the State address to the General Assembly and fellow Tennesseans on Monday, February 6 at 6 p.m. CT. The joint session will take place in the House Chamber of the Tennessee State Capitol. "Tennessee is leading the nation, and I look forward to sharing my budget and legislative priorities for the upcoming year that will ensure we remain  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee System issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2023: University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd and University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman announced leadership transitions today at the UT Institute of Agriculture. Senior Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President Carrie Castille will become a special advisor to the president of the UT System and Keith Carver, chancellor at the University o  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * Students will present their written works at the Sigma Tau Delta national convention this spring. * * * The Department of English and Modern Languages recently announced that 17 English majors have had their works accepted for the English honor society Sigma Tau Delta national convention in Denver, Colorado, in March. "Having one's work accepted to this convention is an honor," said Dr. Willie St  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSawa) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Dr. Esther Boadi, a May 2022 Lipscomb College of Pharmacy graduate from Brentwood, Tennessee, was selected as the 2022 Executive Fellow for the American Pharmacists Association Foundation, a one-of-a-kind position in association management and leadership at the national level. The one-year postgraduate training program is conducted at the headquarters of the APhA Foundation in Washington, DC. The program   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 25 (TNSawa) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Dr. Hannah Peterson (Pharm.D.), currently a pharmacy resident at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, was awarded this past fall the American College of Rheumatology (ARP) Outstanding Student in Rheumatology Award for research she conducted while a student in the Lipscomb College of Pharmacy. She is the first student pharmacist to be recognized with this national award, said Dr. Kam Nola, associate de  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 (TNSawa) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Dr. Hannah Peterson (Pharm.D.), currently a pharmacy resident at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, was awarded this past fall the American College of Rheumatology (ARP) Outstanding Student in Rheumatology Award for research she conducted while a student in the Lipscomb College of Pharmacy. She is the first student pharmacist to be recognized with this national award, said Dr. Kam Nola, associate de  more

HARROGATE, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSper) -- Lincoln Memorial University issued the following news: Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law (LMU Law) Vice President and Dean Matt Lyon has announced the promotion of Anna Rickels to director of bar success and assistant professor of law. In this position, Rickels will coordinate LMU Law's extensive supplemental bar success programming for its graduates. She will also teach the law school's required bar success courses, which focus on both   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 27 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Mary Billstrand, MD, FASA, has been named chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Billstrand currently serves as a professor and the executive anesthesiologist director of Surgical Services in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the University of New Mexico. She will  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 25 (TNSfund) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news on Jan. 24, 2023: Since 2001, the Relative Caregiver Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has helped ensure that children whose parents cannot care for them are able to remain in their family's care, instead of the foster care system. Relative caregivers are family members who are related to a child by blood, marriage, or adoption and meet the Department   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 28 -- The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the following news: In 2022, the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance ("TDCI") returned $11.49 million to Tennesseans through its mediation and restitution efforts. This figure represents the largest amount of money ever repaid to consumers in a single year in the Department's history. As part of the mediation and restitution process, TDCI's Consumer Insurance Services team mediated 3,249 compla  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 25 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Jan. 24, 2023: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today he joined the Department of Justice and seven state attorneys general in filing a civil antitrust suit against Google. The complaint alleges Google has monopolized multiple key digital advertising technologies, collectively referred to as the "ad tech stack." Website publishers and advertisers depend on this techn  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 25 (TNSper) -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release: The Tennessee Military Department announced today that Sgt. Maj. Matthew "Heath" Young will serve as the State Command Sergeant Major for the Tennessee Army National Guard, effective Jan. 27. Young replaces Command Sgt. Maj. James Crockett, who was recently appointed as Tennessee's Senior Enlisted Leader for the Tennessee Military Department. As the 10th State Command Sergeant Major  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 24 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news release: The Tennessee Department of Education announced additional registered teacher occupation programs are now available for aspiring educators through Tennessee's Grow Your Own (GYO) initiative--immediately expanding opportunity to train future teachers and strengthening the teacher pipeline in Tennessee. To further strengthen the state's educator pipeline, two additional educator preparation   more

GUNTERSVILLE, Alabama, Jan. 25 (TNSpar) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Visionaries from across the Tennessee River Valley met on January 24 and 25 to discuss future endeavors for North America's next great regional trail system at the sixth annual Tennessee RiverLine Summit. Held at the Lake Guntersville State Park Lodge in Guntersville, Alabama, the summit attracted community leaders, planners, investors and outdoor enthusiasts inte  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 24 -- The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the following news: The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance ("TDCI") and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office ("SFMO") proudly announce the launch of HEROES ("Helping Educate Residents On Safety"), a new fire safety education and recognition program. Created to raise awareness about the importance of home fire safety, HEROES gives licensed real-estate agents and home inspectors fire safety   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a 19 state coalition in demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reverse course regarding a new plan to parole hundreds of thousands of aliens into the United States. Under the false pretense of preventing aliens from unlawfully crossing the border, DHS has effectively created a new visa program by announcing it will permit up t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2023: The Tennessee Attorney General's Office recently filed a response brief in Tennessee v. Department of Education at the Sixth Circuit. This brief defends the preliminary injunction issued by the Eastern District of Tennessee in July 2022 to protect Tennessee and 19 other states from U.S. Department of Education and EEOC guidance documents that purported to redefine sex discri  more

GREENVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 25 (TNSfund) -- Tusculum University issued the following news on Jan. 24, 2023: Building on connections they have established with the Horse Creek community, Tusculum University researchers examining the history and changes within that area of Greene County are taking their project to the next level. The university has received a second $10,000 grant from the Council of Independent Colleges to further detail Horse Creek's history and evolution through the accounts o  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 24 (TNSfund) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded $2.4 million to Radhakrishna Rao, PhD, vice chair and professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, to develop medical countermeasures to treat gastrointestinal acute radiation syndrome. Radiation exposure due to large-scale nuclear incidents is a global conce  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 (TNSeco) -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: The spring 2023 semester will welcome back students, faculty and staff with new and continuing construction projects at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The investments will support growth and enrich the campus experience. Projects include enhancements to iconic sports venues, innovative teaching and learning spaces, a performing arts venue and new academic buildings. * * * Recently comple  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSawa) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Phillip Myer, an associate professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has been awarded the Outstanding Early Career Animal Scientist Award in Research by the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS). The award recognizes outstanding achievements for early career scientists in the area of research activity  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A new poll of Tennessee parents from the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy found that most Tennessee parents placed school quality and child mental health at the top of their list of concerns for their children, with both among the top five concerns across the state's grand divisions and among racial and ethnic groups. The concerns were part of the center's fourth statewide annual   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 25 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Small vessel disease (SVD) is associated with cognitive decline and development of dementia. Enlargement of the perivascular spaces (ePVS) surrounding blood vessels in the brain may be a marker of SVD. Angela Jefferson, PhD, and colleagues developed a novel machine-learning technique that enabled them to quantify ePVS volume from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the basal ganglia, the p  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 24 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Among hospitalized adults, delirium is common, and is associated with increased mortality, cognitive decline and new-onset dementia. More than two-thirds of delirium cases are considered preventable. To gauge risk of new-onset delirium in hospitalized adults, Siru Liu, PhD, Adam Wright, PhD, and colleagues used machine learning based on electronic health records of 34,035 intensive care p  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 (TNSconf) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Sir Paul Nurse, PhD, the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist and cell biologist whose work on cell cycle regulation has advanced the molecular understanding of cancer, will deliver this year's first Discovery Lecture at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in 208 Light Hall. Nurse's lecture, titled "Controlling the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle," is sponsored by the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Heart failure risk is 19% higher for adults living in rural areas of the U.S., as compared to urban areas, and 34% higher for Black men living in rural areas, according to a large, observational study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and co-led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers. The study, one of the first to look at the link between first-time cases o  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are inviting non-health care essential workers to participate in a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded study to better understand how they continue to be impacted by COVID-19 and to guide efforts to keep them and their families safe as new variants emerge. "Early in the pandemic, essential workers continued showing up  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt University Medical Center's participation in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine effectiveness research continues to grow, with the Medical Center playing critical roles in several networks focused on surveillance of vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases. Here's a list of networks and projects, in reverse chronological order based on the year of VUMC's fir  more

GALLATIN, Tennessee, Jan. 27 (TNSper) -- Welch College issued the following news release: Miss Bethany McClain has been hired to assume a newly structured role in Teacher Education that includes the role of the TE institutional licensure officer recently vacated by Mrs. Jena Simpson, according to Dr. Greg Ketteman, vice president for Strategic Initiatives. Miss McClain will assume responsibilities as Administrative Assistant for the Master of Arts in Teaching and undergraduate Education program  more