CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSper) -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: Chattanooga State Community College is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Martina Suttle Harris as the new Dean of Nursing and Allied Health. Martina became the fourth dean of ChattState Nursing and Allied Health Division on March 1, 2023. Dr. Harris has over 21 years of higher education experience in both the classroom and the clinical setting. Dr. Harris is poised to lead   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson has elected 15 new shareholders across the Firm. The new shareholders and their primary areas of practice and office locations are: * Luke P. Cantrell (Construction; Memphis, Tennessee) * Kimberly A. Chojnacki (Business Litigation; Houston, Texas) * Claude Czaja (Real Estate; Atlanta, Georgia) * Melissa M. Grand (Business Litigation; Baton Rouge, Louisiana) * Melodie Henge  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: The law firm of Baker Donelson has added Brian Malcom as a shareholder in the Firm's Financial Services Litigation and Compliance Group. Mr. Malcom brings nearly 15 years of experience in advising and defending banks, lenders, and other financial services institutions in a broad range of litigation matters in state and federal courts. Mr. Malcom is the second shareholder to  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * The law firm of Baker Donelson has named new leaders within its Advocacy Department. Steven F. Griffith Jr. has been named chair of the Firm's Advocacy Department, Matt Woolf has been named chair of the Business Litigation Group, Marcus M. Maples has been named vice chair of the Business Litigation Group, and Whitney M. Dowdy has been named chair of the New Litigator Group. * * * Whi  more

EMPORIA, Kansas, April 14 (TNSper) -- Emporia State University issued the following news: The Board of Trustees of the National Teachers Hall of Fame has hired Dr. Ralph H. Draper as the new executive director. Dr. Draper has more than 30 years of experience in administrative functions that have required organizational, communicative, and interpersonal skills. Dr. Draper, originally of Cleveland, Ohio (an avid Cleveland Browns diehard fan), received his Bachelor of Arts in Religious Education   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 15 -- FedEx issued the following news release: FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) partnered with legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz on an iconic storytelling series to celebrate the company's 50th birthday on April 17. Named Driving Passions, this collection incorporates the power and possibilities of FedEx by showcasing three small businesses that represent the startups, innovators, and legends in the making--individuals and teams intrinsically connected by the innovative Fe  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 12 -- The Georgia House issued the following news release: State Representatives Sandra Scott (D-Rex), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain) celebrate the reinstatement of Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones, one of the two Black Tennessee state legislators who were expelled from the Tennessee General Assembly, and call for the reinstatement of Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson. Reps. Scott, Schofield and Davis issued the follow  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 14 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on April 13, 2023: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and United Record Pressing officials announced today the company will expand manufacturing operations at its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. United Record Pressing is investing $10.8 million and creating 209 new jobs in Davidson County. Once com  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 Students -- George Washington University issued the following news: Third-grade students in Tennessee could face serious repercussions if they do not pass a state reading test. In just a few months, students who do not pass could be held back a year. The retention policy is part of a state law passed in 2021, intended to boost long-lagging reading scores and stem pandemic learning losses. State legislators have been scrambling to consider changes to the law, which, as it s  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 15 -- Indiana State Rep. Earl Harris Jr., D-East Chicago, chair of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus, issued the following statement on April 14, 2023: * * * State Rep. Earl Harris Jr. (D-East Chicago), chair of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus (IBLC) issued the following statement regarding Tennessee State Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, who were reinstated after being expelled from their chamber for taking part in a gun reform rally on the House flo  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * The law firm of Baker Donelson has named Jeffrey M. Pomeroy, a shareholder in the Birmingham office, as vice chair of the Firm's Real Estate Group. * * * In his vice chair role, Mr. Pomeroy will work with Real Estate Group Chair Denise W. Killebrew, also a shareholder in the Birmingham office, to oversee the management and strategy of Baker Donelson's national real estate practice. W  more

HARROGATE, Tennessee, April 15 (TNSper) -- Lincoln Memorial University issued the following news: The Lincoln Memorial University-School of Medical Sciences (LMU-SMS) Physician Assistant (PA) program at Tampa, Florida, has assembled a distinguished faculty ready to welcome students in January 2024. "We feel so fortunate to have such an impressive group ready to train our inaugural class of physician assistants," said Program Director Jennifer Harrington, DMS, PA-C, DFAAPA. Harrington is the f  more

HARROGATE, Tennessee, April 15 (TNSres) -- Lincoln Memorial University issued the following news on April 14, 2023: Dr. Denise Terese-Koch, founding dean and chief academic officer of Lincoln Memorial University-College of Dental Medicine (LMU-CDM), has been awarded the Pierre Fauchard Academy (PFA) Fellowship. The Pierre Fauchard Academy is an honorary dental service organization founded in 1936 by Dr. Elmer S. Best. The Academy is named after Pierre Fauchard of France, who is recognized as t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSres) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * Reaching beyond the scope of his major, civil engineering junior went to the chemistry lab to learn more about the materials used in his future profession. * * * Aaron Hardy, junior civil engineering major from Parkersburg, West Virginia, learned a lot about building a firm foundation for structures in his civil engineering materials class, but after a class contest to design a new formula for con  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSres) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: Carol Lusk, instructor in Lipscomb University's College of Business, has received a grant to assist her doctoral dissertation research. A student at Pepperdine University's Graziadio Business School, Lusk is pursuing an Executive Doctor of Business Administration degree. She was recently awarded a $6,000 research grant from Pepperdine University's Center for Faith and the Common Good and the institution'  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSpro) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: In August, the Lipscomb University Health Sciences Center enrolled the first 12 students in its new Master of Science in Dietetics Nutrition that combined with the Dietetic Internship Program (MS DI). Currently, students with an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) accredited bachelor's degree in dietetics could complete a dietetic internship to sit for the registration e  more

HARROGATE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSjou) -- Lincoln Memorial University issued the following news: Lincoln Memorial University-College of Dental Medicine (LMU-CDM) Associate Professor of Physiology Dr. Modar Kassan in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile Associate Professor of Physiology Dr. Alexis A Gonzalez authored a research paper which was accepted and published in the "Antioxidant Journal". The "Antioxidants Journal" is the leading peer-reviewed journal   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 11 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Baker Donelson has named Michaela D. Poizner, a shareholder in Baker Donelson's Nashville office, as chair of the Firm's Health Law Group, one of the largest health law practices in the country. * * * Ms. Poizner assumes the role from previous co-chairs Ashby Q. Burks and S. Craig Holden, both of whom are returning to a full-time focus on their health law practices. While serving as   more

MILLIGAN, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSper) -- Milligan College issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: Milligan University President Dr. Bill Greer announced today he will retire as the university's 15th president at the end of the next academic year in 2024, following a 13-year tenure that has yielded substantial progress and transformation for the institution. "It has been a true blessing and honor to lead Milligan, and I am extremely proud of the mission-focused work that we have a  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 13 -- The Oregon State Legislature issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Black Members of the Oregon State Legislature sent a letter to Tennessee Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton calling for the reinstatement of wrongfully-expelled Representative Justin Pearson. Today, Rep. Pearson was reinstated to his office by the Shelby County Commission. The letter was signed by Senator James I. Manning Jr. (D-Eugene), Senator Aaron Woods (D-Wilsonville), Senator Kay  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, April 15 (TNSper) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Chester Goad, director of Accessible Education at Tennessee Tech University, has been named the president-elect for the National Association on Higher Education and Disability. He plans to take advantage of his time in office to shape the resources of AHEAD to better serve its members and to continue to champion access and inclusion for students with disabilities. AHEAD is the lead  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined 16 states in filing an amicus brief supporting Florida's healthcare regulation that denies Medicaid coverage for gender transitioning procedures. After commissioning a comprehensive review of the medical literature, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration determined that the available scientific evidence does not support the use   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined 18 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the brief, the coalition argues that the Biden Administration and the FDA's attempt to roll back safety mechanisms for the abortion-inducing  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 11 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in warning more than 50 of the nation's largest asset managers about Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments being made with Americans' hard-earned money as annual shareholders' meetings begin for many public companies. The letter was sent to 53 asset managers with $40 billion or m  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 15 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that a federal judge granted an injunction against an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that would have expanded federal power by classifying nearly every body of water as part of the waters of the United States (WOTUS). General Skrmetti joined a 23-state coalition in filing the complaint and requesting the injunction. T  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 11 -- The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the following news on April 10, 2023: The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance's Securities Division ("TDCI") announced today that it has joined a multi-state settlement with Robinhood Financial LLC, which will pay up to $10.2 million in penalties for operational and technical failures that harmed main street investors. The settlement stems from an investigation spearheaded by state securities r  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order (Docket No. 23-00008) on April 12, 2023: * * * In Re: Petition of Atmos Energy Corporation for Approval of its 2023 Annual Rate Review Filing Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 65-5-103(D)(6) ORDER GRANTING CONSUMER ADVOCATE'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO ISSUE MORE THAN FORTY DISCOVERY REQUESTS This matter is before the Hearing Officer upon the Consumer Advocate's Motion for Leave to Issue More than Fo  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSres) -- Tennessee American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: Tennessee American Water announces that the company's 2022 Water Quality Reports are available to customers on the company's website, tennesseeamwater.com. Tennessee American Water continues to meet or surpass water quality standards. The report, also referred to as Consumer Confidence Reports, describes the local drinking water sources, a summary of the labo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSper) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinics have named physicians Chetan Aher, MD, Arna Banerjee, MD, MMHC, and Gregory Polkowski, MD, MSc, to leadership roles designed to increase internal collaboration and to further improve patient outcomes. "Each of these colleagues are consummate experts in their fields and committed to providing excellent patient care. They have each demonstrated a k  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSconf) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing is offering a free forensic nursing conference April 24-25 for sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) and others who provide care for victims of sexual assault. It is called The STEP-UP Extravaganza: An Inter-professional SANE Conference. "Sexual assault is a major problem in West Tennessee, one that we hav  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: A three-way research collaboration at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTSHC) is achieving crucial advances in finding a new target for Angelman syndrome, a rare neurogenetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability, balance issues, motor impairment, and debilitating seizures. Julio Cordero-Morales, PhD, and Valeria Vasquez, PhD, both associate profes  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: A new antiviral compound designed and synthesized by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Pharmacy is highly effective in mice against two types of devastating encephalitis viruses that are harmful to humans. UW-Madison researchers developed the compound, a quinazolinone known as BDGR-49, in collaboration with cellular virologists at the University of Louisvi  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: Serena Blais and Julia Weil, both University of Memphis graduate students in the Department of Biological Sciences, were selected as 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows (NSF GRF). They join 2,550 other students awarded this nationally competitive fellowship, out of approximately 13,000 applicants. The NSF GRF recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in scien  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A Vanderbilt University Medical Center joint study between the divisions of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine has found that some children with mystery digestive symptoms may actually have undiagnosed alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), commonly known as the red meat allergy linked to tick bites. Alpha-gal is short for galactose-a  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Reported in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, a statistical analysis of sentiments expressed online by U.S. Twitter users captures the rural-urban divide regarding COVID-19. Yongtai Liu, PhD, Bradley Malin, PhD, and colleagues created a natural language processing system backed by artificial intelligence to identify changing patterns of sentiment concerning COVID in 407 million t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Eric Delpire, PhD, professor of Anesthesiology and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, has been awarded the 2023 Davson Distinguished Lectureship, the highest award bestowed by the Cell and Molecular Physiology Section of the American Physiological Society. The award was established in 1994 to recognize prominent scientists who've made major contributions to cell and molecular physiology  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The first study to examine evaluation scores for professionalism and interpersonal communication skills among physicians-in-training and what happens afterward as these doctors begin their practice was reported April 11 in JAMA Network Open. The study tracked 9,340 early-career physicians from across the country. The study finds a strong association between lower ratings for these compete  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A new analysis of the Tennessee Child Health Poll data finds that most Tennessee parents who own firearms agree with ways to safely store their firearms that have been shown through peer-reviewed research to reduce the risk of unintended harm to children. Roughly three-quarters of Tennessee parents who self-disclosed in the poll they are firearm owners agreed that firearms should be store  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: For more than a decade, the Nashville Predators hockey team has scored lots of assists against one of the toughest opponents -- childhood cancer. In a continued show of support, the Nashville Predators, including retired goalie Pekka Rinne, recently visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt to present hospital leaders with the proceeds raised throughout the year from the  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Not enough suitable donor livers are available, meaning that patients nationwide die every day while waiting on the transplant list. But a multidisciplinary team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently published research that shows promise for increasing the supply of organs by rehabilitating injured organs historically rejected for transplant. It demonstrated that injured huma  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: An international coalition of biomedical researchers co-led by Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has determined a new way to measure the growth rate of precancerous clones of blood stem cells that one day could help doctors lower their patients' risk of blood cancer. The technique, called PACER, led to the identification of a gene that, when activated, drive  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 11 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: In a multisite randomized trial reported in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, completeness of the patient problem list, a pivotal section of the electronic health record (EHR), was improved with automated disease surveillance and suggestions for clinicians to consider adding specific problems that appeared to be missing from the list. Adam Wright, PhD, Dean Sit  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Despite the success of vaccines for preventing COVID-19, and of drugs for treating the disease, outcomes for severely ill patients admitted to the hospital remains poor. Identifying new therapies for severe COVID-19 remains a high priority and one in which Vanderbilt University Medical Center is taking a leading role. A study published April 11 in thethe Journal of the American Medical As  more