CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSfund) -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: The College of Business at Austin Peay State University is set to undergo extensive renovations this summer as part of a $9 million investment secured through state and private funding in 2022. The project will update a significant portion of the facility, enhancing the campus experience for years to come. "This project will be transformational for the College of Business - enabling us to enha  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 (TNSres) -- Boston University issued the following news on March 28, 2023: * * * Four BU experts on gun legislation, and what to do next after the Nashville school shooting, including how to support traumatized children * * * Numbing fatalism surrounds the relentless repetition of US school shootings. There have been 376 since 1999, killing 175 people and exposing a staggering 348,000 children to gun violence. The cycle continued Monday with six murders, inclu  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 24 (TNSper) -- Endeavor Business Media issued the following news release: Endeavor Business Media's Oil & Gas group has named Diana Smith as publisher for Oil & Gas Journal, Offshore Magazine, and the group's series of events, the industry's premier resources for editorial content, marketing solutions, innovative digital media offerings, learning and networking forums, and research products. Smith has more than 20 years of sales experience, predominately representin  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSper) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University has named Dr. John Nelson director of the Appalachian Highlands Center for Nursing Advancement. The Appalachian Highlands Center for Nursing Advancement was founded in 2021 in partnership with Ballad Health to strengthen the nursing pipeline in the region by increasing opportunities for students and better supporting current nurses. "Dr. Nelson brings a weal  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 28 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Scott Summers, MSEd, joined the University of Tennessee Health Science Center earlier this year as the university's registrar. Lyndsay Pittman, MEd, who previously held the position, is now the assistant vice chancellor for Enrollment Management. As the registrar, Summers is responsible for the integrity of academic records in enrollment verification, transcripts, correct stude  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 30 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Emily Stroope has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder in the Firm's Financial Services Litigation and Compliance Group. Ms. Stroope has a national litigation practice and represents a variety of corporate clients including mortgage servicers and financial institutions. * * * "Emily is an experienced trial lawyer and brings a broad range of trial and appellate experience in state a  more

STANTON, Tennessee, March 24 -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: * * * BLUEOVAL LEARNING WILL PREPARE NEARLY 6,000 FOR JOBS * * * Ford, the No. 2 EV brand in the U.S. in 2022, is on track with construction at BlueOval City mega-campus and poised to usher in a new era of American innovation and manufacturing. The electric vehicle and battery manufacturing campus in West Tennessee begins production in 2025, and will be home to Ford's second-generation electric truck, code named P  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 29 (TNSres) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * Unique sessions for 2023 include the keynote presentation by Provost Jennifer Shewmaker and a new Art and Creative Writing Panel Session * * * In April each year, Lipscomb University sets aside one day to recognize and honor student research in every discipline and in every form. The 12th Annual Lipscomb University Student Scholars Symposium, set for April 13, promises to feature student-driven re  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 28 (TNSres) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * Unique sessions for 2023 include the keynote presentation by Provost Jennifer Shewmaker and a new Art and Creative Writing Panel Session * * * In April each year, Lipscomb University sets aside one day to recognize and honor student research in every discipline and in every form. The 12th Annual Lipscomb University Student Scholars Symposium, set for April 13, promises to feature student-driven re  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 30 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on March 29, 2023: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced 43 grants totaling $203,244,525 from the state's American Rescue Plan (ARP) fund, part of which TDEC is administering in the form of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure grants. Of the 43 grants announced today, 14 are collaborative grants and 29 are non-collab  more

GREENFIELD, Tennessee, March 28 (TNSper) -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release: Col. Michael "Trent" Scates was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony held at the First Baptist Church in Greenfield, March 26. Tennessee's Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Warner Ross, presided over the promotion ceremony. "Trent is an experienced leader, and I can't think of anyone more deserving of this honor than him," said Ross. "He adds valuable leadership ex  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 30 (TNSpar) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Health, is undertaking a $53 million project over the next five years to increase access to dentists and dental care across Tennessee, with a focus on the rural areas with the most need. Funded by the state and called the Healthy Smiles Initiative, t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 29 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The Behavioral Health Clinical Services Center (CSC) has been developed over recent months by executive directors Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc, the William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Schizophrenia Research and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Mary Pawlikowski, MA, MEd, President of Vanderbilt Behavioral Health, along with other clinical department chair  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Three Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected to the 2023 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). They are: James Crowe, Jr., MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ann Scott Carell Professor, was selected for "seminal research about the acti  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Lily Hensiek's cancer diagnosis in 2008 has inspired three generations of her family to devote time and financial support to research and training in pediatric cancer. The family has made a new $1 million commitment to endow the Lily's Garden Discovery Researcher Fund in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Cente  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 28 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs) are a common finding on CT imaging of the lungs and often require costly and invasive testing to diagnose. IPN diagnosis is especially difficult in regions like Middle Tennessee where fungal diseases such as histoplasmosis are endemic. Hannah Marmor, MD, MPH, and colleagues combined imaging and blood biomarkers with the Mayo Clinic prediction model   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The conversation is etched in pediatrician Anna Morad's memory. "I was talking to a mom about safe sleep practices for her newborn. She was aware of what to do but kept her baby in the bed with her. I asked her why, and she didn't hesitate to tell me that it was most important to protect the baby from gun violence that plagued her community," recalled Morad, MD, director, Newborn Nursery   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 29 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) -- an age-related systemic disorder that causes excessive production and accumulation of abnormal extracellular material -- is the most common cause of secondary glaucoma, which can result in blindness. More than 60 genetic variants are associated with XFS, but the exact pathophysiological processes of XFS are unclear. To identify roles for specific genes and c  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: More than 75% of patients facing amputation from the most severe form of peripheral artery disease were able to keep their limb after an innovative treatment as part of a multicenter study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The alternative to amputation, known as "limb salvage," for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) came from the PROMISE II U.S. clinica  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has started offering scalp cooling, which mitigates hair loss for patients receiving certain chemotherapy regimens. The DigniCap Scalp Cooling System was launched this month at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Belle Meade. It is available for patients with solid tumors from breast cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer and lung cancer. The s  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The National Institutes of Health awarded a five-year, $7.85 million grant to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to launch the Vanderbilt Antibody and Antigen Discovery for Clostridioides difficile Vaccines, or VANDy-CdV. The grant will support a team of over 25 VU and VUMC multidisciplinary researchers to discover novel Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) antigens through genetic and bi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSper) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Kim Sandler, MD, associate professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has been named co-chair of the Lung Cancer Screening Steering Committee for the American College of Radiology (ACR). Among her duties is to advocate for people at risk for lung cancer to undergo screening with a CT scan, a painless and noninvasive procedure that can be lifesaving, especially when the disease is d  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A two-year urology fellowship training program focused on women's urologic health and reconstruction, known as Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS), is celebrating its 20th anniversary and graduating its 20th fellow in June at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. FPMRS fellows, selected one per year after completing a urology residency, spend two years learning to ma  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt researcher P. Brent Ferrell, MD, is leading one of five projects selected by the 2022 NIBR (Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research) Global Scholars Program. He will receive $1 million over three years to support studies of clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) -- aging-associated changes in the blood that increase an individual's risk for blood cancers and  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, March 28 (TNSper) -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: On March 1, Western Carolina University named Amber Clawson Albert as the new director of the Mountain Heritage Center following the retirement of Pam Meister in December 2022. Albert brings a wealth of experience as a public historian and preservationist to this role, as well as the following academic credentials: a doctorate in public history from Middle Tennessee State University,  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP advised Barclays and Numis, as joint global co-ordinators and joint bookrunners, on the pound sterling235 million equity fundraise by Diploma plc (Diploma) to fund its acquisition of Tennessee Industrial Electronics. The equity fundraise represented approximately 7.5 percent of Diploma's issued share capital and comprised a pound sterling235 million placing to institutional inv  more