WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 [Category: Health Care] -- Ascension, a faith-based healthcare organization, posted the following news release: * * * 2025 in Review: Ascension Saint Thomas Expands Access and Enhances Care * From major capital investments to new facilities, expanded service lines, and community outreach, Ascension Saint Thomas advanced healthcare across Middle Tennessee in 2025. Below is a look back at the milestones we shared this year. Major Investments to Modernize Hospitals and Exp  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: * * * ACL Awards 2025 Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services Cooperative Agreements * ACL has announced three new awards under its Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services (INNU) program. With combined funding totaling approximately $1.49 million, the following recipients will test and document innovative, scalable approaches to enhance the qual  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 23 [Category: BizBizHospital] -- Baptist Memorial Health Care posted the following news release: * * * Baptist Women's Hospital named a Top Teaching Hospital * MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 23, 2025- The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety, has named Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, the Mid-South's only freestanding women's hospital, a Top Teaching Hospital. This achievement demonstrates Baptist Women's Hospital's dedicat  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 20 -- Belmont University issued the following news: * * * Belmont Students Explore Impact Investing and Catalytic Capital at International Summit Thomas W. Beasley Center for Free Enterprise invests in students, fully funding three student trips By Jasmine Simmons This semester, four students traveled to Guatemala to participate in the Catalytic Capital Summit, a two-day international gathering focused on impact investing, catalytic capital and the role of busine  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn Resolution Recognizing Importance of Community Care for Veterans Passes Senate * NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) released the following statements after their resolution recognizing community care as essential to meeting veterans' health care needs unanimously passed the Senate: "Fed  more

GREENVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 22 -- Tusculum University issued the following news: * * * New endowed scholarship in memory of a Tusculum alumna to support first-generation students with ties to the military GREENEVILLE - Tusculum University students who have a personal connection to the military and whose parents or guardians do not have a bachelor's degree will benefit from a new endowed scholarship created in memory of an alumna. Lt. Col. Ginger Jacocks signs the document for the scholarshi  more

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Dec. 21 -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news: * * * MTSU-hosted online summit on AI and the Arts advances global dialogue, innovation By Sara A. Abdoh Middle Tennessee State University launched the AI and the Future of Art Summit 2025: Creativity Reimagined earlier this fall, achieving remarkable global reach with virtual participants from 22 countries. Registered attendees joined from Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, De  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Ogles Announces 2025 App Challenge Winner * Columbia, TN - Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) has selected the 2025 Congressional App Challenge winner for Tennessee's Fifth Congressional District, Rohan Gunasekar. Rohan, an 11th-grade student at Ravenwood High in Brentwood, designed an app called DermaTrack. The app would help families and individuals track medications and care for their skin con  more

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, Dec. 23 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: * * * St. Olaf Band to tour the Midwest and South * The St. Olaf Band, conducted by Henry L. Dorn, will perform throughout the Midwest and South in late January and early February. The band's 2026 national tour will feature seven concerts in Minnesota, Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, and Iowa. The tour will provide students in the ensemble with opportunities to perform at leading high school programs, and   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 22 [Category: BizHospital] -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital issued the following news release: * * * Structural findings reveal how distinct GPCR ligands create different levels of activation * G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are proteins triggered by ligands (protein-binding chemicals) from outside cells to transmit signals inside the cell. These signals are transmitted primarily through the activation of G proteins, which produce various physiological e  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and determined that a cultural affiliation exists under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination was published through the National Park Service, which administers the notice process, while responsibility for the findings rests solely with the Division of Archaeology. The notic  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 19 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Tennessee Health Leaders Visit UT Health Sciences for 'Conversation Among Partners' By Peggy Reisser "It is good to be here and partner with you," Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner John Dunn, DVM, PhD, said during a visit to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Memphis campus Thursday, Dec. 11. Commissioner Dunn and members of his leadership team came to  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: * * * Tennessee Tech faculty, students help create space for hope at Cookeville Rescue Mission By Tracey Hackett It's hard to dream of sugar plums -- or anything beyond tomorrow -- without a safe, comfortable place to rest. This holiday season, Tennessee Tech University faculty and interior design students partnered with the Cookeville Rescue Mission to transform one of the women's shelte  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and determined that a cultural affiliation exists under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination was published through the National Park Service as part of its administrative role, while responsibility for the findings and conclusions rests solely with the University of Te  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 -- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences issued the following news on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * Prominent molecular biologist Andre Nussenzweig delivers Apex Lecture on genome stability in both mitotic and post-mitotic cells Andre Nussenzweig delivered a School of Medicine Basic Sciences Apex Lecture to a full house on Dec. 15. Nussenzweig is chief of the Laboratory of Genome Integrity in the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institut  more