CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, April 6 (TNSper) -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: The Eriksson College of Education's Dr. Allison Oliver, a first-year assistant professor at Austin Peay State University, will serve on the executive board of the Tennessee Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). Oliver, who teaches special education courses, will serve as the membership services chair. The Council for Exceptional Children is an organization of educators and other like-minded co  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSfund) -- Belmont University issued the following news release: The College of Theology and Christian Ministry (CTCM) at Belmont University has been awarded a $1.25 million, five-year grant from the Lilly Foundation for "In Every Generation," a project focused on developing opportunities to nurture children through intergenerational worship. Drs. Steve Guthrie, Belmont Professor of Theology and Adam Perez, Professor of Worship Studies are overseeing efforts fo  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following statement on April 4, 2023: * * * In response to Tennessee Republicans stripping elected Democratic members of their committee assignments and threatening to expel them from office, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement: "In the wake of a tragic mass shooting in their own state, Tennessee Republicans have not only refused to take action, but they have gone so far as to move to silence duly-electe  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, April 6 (TNSper) -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: The ETSU Department of Music announces that Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster William Shaub has been named co-director of the ETSU Chamber Music Festival. After two seasons of the festival that have demonstrated "exceptional success" in drawing talented students and renowned faculty, organizers said, Shaub will replace Dr. Sean Hawthorne, who helped found the festival with Dr. David  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 5 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on April 4, 2023: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and Duracell manufacturing officials announced today the company will invest $25 million to expand its existing battery component manufacturing operations in Cleveland, Tennessee. Duracell will create 25 new jobs as a result of the project. The expansio  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 4 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Baker Donelson has named Kevin P. LaTulip Jr. as chair of the Firm's Financial Services Transactions Group. * * * A shareholder in Baker Donelson's Baltimore office, Mr. LaTulip will lead a team of attorneys across the Firm's footprint who provide corporate, transactional, and regulatory advice in the financial services industry and represent lenders and lessors nationally in a broad   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 5 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on April 4, 2023: Gov. Bill Lee and Commissioner David Salyers of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a $1.6 million loan for Tullahoma Utilities Authority to improve water infrastructure. The loan is one of three approved by the Tennessee Local Development Authority, with loans for South Pittsburg and Tullahoma Utilities Authority tota  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 5 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on April 4, 2023: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers today announced two loans totaling $3.45 million for the City of South Pittsburg to improve water infrastructure. The loans are among three approved by the Tennessee Local Development Authority, with a loan of $1.6 million for Tullahoma Utilitie  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 5 (TNSres) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * Biochemistry major uses summer internship and independent research to discover a way to make fingerprints on receipts visible longer. * * * In summer 2022, Anna Froemming, junior biochemistry major from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, worked all summer long as an intern at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's latent fingerprint unit, but those two months only sparked her interest in doing and learning mor  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 4 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news: Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a 21-state coalition opposing proposed standards for conventional cooking products created by Joe Biden 's Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed rule would regulate the types of stoves and ovens Americans use to cook. Among other things, it would make over half of the gas stoves currently on the market  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- Morgan Stanley, a multinational financial services corporation, issued the following news release: Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners ("MSCP"), the middle-market focused private equity team at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, have entered into an agreement to sell Ovation Fertility ("Ovation") to US Fertility ("USF"). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Ovation, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, is a leading provider of  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 8 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following statement on April 7, 2023: * * * In response to the Tennessee GOP voting to expel Democratic members of the State Legislature, Pennsylvania Democratic Chairman Sharif Street issued the following statement: "For too long gun violence has been met with inaction by state legislators around the country, who have the authority to enact life-saving common sense gun reform. The urgency and advocacy by three  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee has suffered through an awful season. We have mourned the murder of six of our own in an incomprehensible attack at The Covenant School. We lost nine soldiers from Fort Campbell in a tragic helicopter crash. And over the weekend, intense storms killed over a dozen Tennesseans, while many more lost their homes. Though we've seen the worst of times recently, many among us have respo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 5 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news and letter on April 3, 2023: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry led a coalition of attorneys general from 20 other states in opposing proposed standards for conventional cooking products created by President Biden Administration's Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed rule would regulate the types of stoves and ovens Americans use to coo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 8 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on April 7, 2023: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced approval of his federal emergency assistance request, which will support ten counties impacted by tornadoes and severe storms on March 31 and April 1. "As Tennessee continues to rebuild, we remain focused on ensuring critical resources are made available to each impacted community across our state," said Gov. Lee. "I thank Tennessee's congressional dele  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 4 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on April 3, 2023: One week after the tragic shooting at The Covenant School, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally, Speaker Cameron Sexton and legislative leadership announced additional actions to strengthen safety at public and private schools across Tennessee. These measures include enhanced legislation and funding to place an armed security guard at every Tennessee public school,   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order (Docket No. 22-00087) on April 5, 2023: * * * In Re: Joint Petition Of Superior Wastewater Systems, LLC And TPUC Staff As A Party To Increase Rates And Charges ORDER DENYING MOTION IN LIMINE FILED BY SUPERIOR This matter is before the Hearing Officer of the Tennessee Public Utility Commission ("Commission" or "TPUC") to consider the Motion In Limine ("Motion") filed by Superior Wastewater Syst  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 4 (TNSper) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: On April 1, 2023, Valarie Fleming, PhD, CCC-SLP, began her role as the Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs. In this role, she will provide executive leadership for, and oversight of central campus administrative units that support academic programs and faculty members across the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's s  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Grant Funds a Closer Look at Price Spread Concerns * * * Researchers from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and Mississippi State University teamed up to investigate the interaction of national slaughter and price spread -- the difference between the value of live cattle price and wholesale boxed beef -- that ensued following tempor  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 5 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: Attorney General Jason Miyares announced today that Judge Jenkins of the Richmond City Circuit Court entered a consent decree between the City of Bristol, Virginia and the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), represented by the Office of the Attorney General. "I've traveled to Bristol, talked to Virginians, and our neighbors in Tennessee, firsthand about the issue  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 5 (TNSfund) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Michael Vandenbergh, co-director of the Energy, Environment, and Land Use Program at Vanderbilt Law School and director of the Vanderbilt Climate Change Research Network, and Tina Hartert, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center will lead two research projects that aim to identify the barriers to and potential health benefits of adoption of electric vehicles in the Southeastern Un  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Cells in the body communicate by sending and receiving protein and genetic information packaged in extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles, including exomeres and supermeres. This complex transport system is important not only in health, but in disorders as diverse as cancer, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease. For example, cancer-derived supermeres may amplify resistance to   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 6 (TNSper) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Andre Churchwell, MD, has been named to Becker's Hospital Review's 2023 edition of the "Black health care leaders to know" list. The list acknowledges that "diversity in leadership, particularly at the executive level, lends health care organizations a broader perspective and a deeper understanding of their clients and employees. The leaders featured on this list work tirelessly to advance  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified another fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic -- a significant decline in cardiovascular fitness that persisted among some groups even after social distancing recommendations were relaxed. Their study, published in JAMA Network Open, analyzed four years of activity and health data from more than 5,000 participants in the fed  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 4 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The number of prostate cancer patients in the U.S. choosing active surveillance over surgery or radiation has rapidly increased since 2010, rising from 16% to 60% for low-risk patients and from 8% to 22% for patients with favorable intermediate-risk cancers, according to a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine. Active surveillance includes actively monitoring prostate cancer for   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSawa) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Jordan Berlin, MD, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology, is a 2022 recipient of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director's Award. "One of the most important ways NCI contributes to cancer research is to bring together people with the brightest minds and the biggest hearts and make it possible for them to do their very best work. Ea  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSpar) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The VUMC Office of Health Equity (OHE) and nurses from Vanderbilt Adult Ambulatory Clinics collaborated with Charis Health Center in Wilson County to create a Diabetes Education Toolkit to better serve Charis' patient population. Charis Health Center, located in Mt. Juliet, provides affordable primary care to those who don't have access to health insurance and are often homebound. The OHE   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A patient recently looked around a conference room full of other patients and their health care providers and shared how this group had helped her open up and feel supported about her health concerns: "Y'all know us. It's kind of like family here." The Vanderbilt Interdisciplinary Care Program (VICP) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is studying how the use of shared medical appointm  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 5 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A common anesthesia drug could be beneficial in reducing pressure inside the skull of children with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), according to a study published in Critical Care Medicine. Ketamine, a drug that has been used for anesthesia since the 1970s, has traditionally been avoided for patients with TBI due to early studies suggesting that it could raise the pressure inside of the sk  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Only 20% of donor lungs are in sufficient condition for transplantation, which means that many people die every day while waiting on the transplant list. Discovering new ways to increase the supply of donor lungs is an urgent problem and is desperately needed to save lives of patients with chronic lung disease. A Vanderbilt team has discovered that donor lungs rejected for transplant can b  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 8 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following statement on April 7, 2023: * * * Yesterday, in a historic act of partisan retaliation, the GOP-controlled Tennessee House voted 72-25 to expel Rep. Justin Jones, and 69-26 to expel Rep. Justin Pearson, because these two brave lawmakers halted the House's proceedings to join protesters in the wake of a mass shooting at a private Christian school. * * * After the partisan expulsion of these two Democratic state   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 6 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: MyKnowledgeHub is a newly launched Vanderbilt University Medical Center gateway to a curated collection of clinical evidence, drug information and patient education resources available to the entire community of Vanderbilt health care providers. The new portal aims to facilitate quick clinician access to relevant information. Content accessible through MyKnowledgeHub includes synthesized e  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing issued the following news: Lori Schirle, PhD, CRNA, is an Assistant Professor at VUSN. Her research aims at understanding how to best achieve effective pain management in surgical populations, while minimizing the risk of opioids. Currently, Schirle is investigating how a person's underlying pain sensitivity influences their opioid use after total knee replacement. "Everyone has an underlying pain sensitivity," st  more