MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 15 -- Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Baker Donelson is pleased to announce that 284 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. To view the full list of selected attorneys and the practice areas in which they are recognized, click here. (https://www.bakerdonelson.com/37-baker-donelson-attorneys-named-lawyers-of-the-year-by-the-best-  more

MARTIN, Tennessee, Aug. 9 -- The University of Tennessee's Martin Campus issued the following news release: The Council on Social Work Education has reaffirmed accreditation of the University of Tennessee at Martin's social work program for the next eight years following a site visit in December 2018. The program first became externally accredited in 1974 and has successfully completed each reaccreditation cycle since that time. "The UT Martin social work program's mission is to provide top-no  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The Nashville International Airport issued the following news release: * * * Booming growth continues with more than 1.67 million passengers in July * * * Nashville International Airport (BNA) set a new monthly record with 1,678,165 total passengers in July 2019, up from the previous record set in June 2019 and a 16 percent increase over July 2018. This new benchmark is the latest in a series of records at Nashville International Airport. In Fiscal Year 2019  more

CUPERTINO, California, Aug. 13 -- Apple issued the following news release: In the coming school year, more than 100,000 college students will enjoy the ease and convenience of carrying their student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch. Students at Clemson University, Georgetown University, University of Tennessee, University of Kentucky, University of San Francisco, University of Vermont, Arkansas State University, South Dakota State University, Norfolk State University, Louisburg College, University  more

MARTIN, Tennessee, Aug. 9 -- The University of Tennessee's Martin Campus issued the following news release: University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Keith Carver was among 45 Tennessee leaders to graduate from the sixth Leadership Tennessee class during a ceremony held June 3. The 10-month, five-session course includes leaders from both rural and urban communities statewide and encourages collaborative, non-partisan conversations on issues that affect all Tennesseans. "Leadership Tennessee  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: The City of Memphis, the University of Memphis and Tennis Memphis have partnered to renovate the Leftwich Tennis Center in Audubon Park. With the completion of this project, the University, and all Memphians will have a world class facility all their own. The majority of the funding has been privately raised with $3 million coming from the City of Memphis and an additional $5 million from the University.   more

BRISTOL, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- Contura Energy, a coal supplier, issued the following news release: Contura Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CTRA), a leading U.S. coal supplier, today announced a number of changes to both its board of directors and senior management. On Monday, August 12, the company's board of directors took action to reconfigure the board's composition, reducing its size to five members, including one vacancy, while reserving the ability to increase the board's size and appoint one or mor  more

BRISTOL, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- Contura Energy, a coal supplier, issued the following news release: Contura Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CTRA), a leading U.S. coal supplier, today reported results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2019. Highlights include: * Net Income from continuing operations of $24 million for the second quarter 2019 compared with $8 million in the first quarter and $75 million in the same period last year/1 * Adjusted EBITDA/3 of $141 million for the quarter compared with $8  more

KINGSPORT, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- Eastman Chemical issued the following news release: For six years, Eastman researchers have collaborated closely with NC State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the spirit of open innovation. Those collaborations have worked so well that Eastman has extended the relationships with both schools through 2025. Eastman signed its first master research agreement in the Research Triangle in 2012, with NC State. In the new agreement, Ea  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following news: Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, is pleased to announce the addition of Mark Trocinski as an associate in its Memphis office. Mark's unique background includes work at an AmLaw 200 firm, as a legal professor in Bulgaria and as a foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department for four years. During his time at the State Department, Mark led the immigran  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 16 -- Trevecca Nazarene University issued the following news: A familiar face on campus, Sarah Johnson began her career at Trevecca in 1999 as a resident director. After years of working in various higher education roles, she'll take on a new one this academic year: program director. Johnson, who will also serve as an assistant professor of psychology, was recently named program director for two of Trevecca's non-traditional degree-completion programs, the Bachelor o  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 16 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Indiana State Rep. Chris Chyung, D-Dyer: State Rep. Chris Chyung (D-Dyer) was among a select group of young lawmakers from across the country who participated in a three-day "Future Summit" earlier this month in Nashville, Tennessee, designed to discuss policy initiatives of interest to future generations. Chyung took part in the Millennial Action Project's (MAP) third annual "Future Summit," a  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Mark A. Fulks has been named University Counsel at East Tennessee State University. He replaces longtime ETSU attorney Edward J. Kelly, who is retiring. A native of Elizabethton, Fulks has spent the past seven years as an attorney with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, P.C. in Johnson City. Prior to that, he was Senior Counsel in the State of Tennessee's Criminal Justice Division from  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 13 -- Massachusetts General Hospital issued the following news: An NIH-funded study published in JAMA Pediatrics has shown pediatricians can help parents quit smoking. The research, led by investigators at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC), was conducted across five states--North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio and Indiana--and delivered a simple, customizable intervention: Upon check-in at their child's appointment, parents took an electronic questionnai  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- Memphis International Airport issued the following news release: Allegiant has announced that it will begin nonstop service between Memphis International Airport (MEM) and Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) starting November 15. The seasonal flight will run twice weekly on Friday and Monday through April 30. Tickets are now on sale at www.allegiant.com. This flight addition brings MEM's total number of destinations to 35. Allegiant now offers nonstop service to 10 dest  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Jackie Denton In 2014, Orpheus Triplett was hired by the College of Dentistry as director of Community Relations and Outreach to foster relationships with organizations throughout the community. In that role, he established relationships with Head Start, Agape Child and Family Services, New Horizon Apartments, Red Door Ministries, daycare centers, and senior citizen and nursing homes,  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 15 -- Sedgwick, a provider of technology-enabled risk and benefit solutions, issued the following news release: Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, announced the appointment of Patrick Peters as its head of business development for Africa and the Middle East. Peters brings a wealth of international experience and a high level of expertise specific to Africa and the Middle East markets working with   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 16 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Jackie Denton R. Bruce Shack, MD, dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine in Chattanooga, and Kevin M. Spiegel, FACHE, President & CEO of the Erlanger Health System, announce the appointment of Scott Steinmann, MD, as chair and professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Steinmann will also continue his own high volume complex shoulder and elbow medical practice at the Erlang  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- Sedgwick, a provider of technology-enabled risk and benefit solutions, issued the following news release: Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, has appointed Emma Levett as a partner of the forensic advisory services team in Australia. Levett has over 14 years' experience in investigative accounting across Australia and the UK. Most recently specializing in the investigation, analysis, and quan  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has implemented a comprehensive safety improvement strategy at Cummins Falls State Park and will reopen the falls and gorge on Aug. 14 if weather conditions permit. The additions will include new policies for minors, additional signage, additional safety-related information on the Cummins Falls State Park webpage, a safety  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 8 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Traditional and non-traditional students around the state of Tennessee can earn a Bachelor's of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies through Tennessee Tech's 2+2 program. The program was developed in partnership with local community colleges to meet the needs of adult, traditional and non-traditional students who are not able to relocate to the Tennessee Tech's main campus to earn thei  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 15 -- The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration issued the following news release: Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Stuart McWhorter today announced that Tennessee tax revenues were lower than budgeted estimates for the month of July. Overall, July revenues totaled $1.2 billion, which is $44.3 million more than the state collected in July of 2018, but $13.1 million less than the budgeted estimate for the month. "Sales tax revenues in  more

LINDEN, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee convened his cabinet for a meeting with local officials from Tennessee's 15 distressed counties during the Governor's Rural Opportunity Summit in Perry County. The meeting caps a state government-wide audit mandated under Executive Order 1 which examines how departments are serving rural areas, specifically distressed counties. Executive Order 1 also required departments to p  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 15 -- The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued the following news release: * * * - July 2019 Statewide Unemployment Rate Matches 2018 Statistic * * * A year-to-year comparison of recently released unemployment data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) shows the July 2019 statewide seasonally adjusted rate of 3.5 percent matches the figure from the same month a year ago. The July 2019 statistic represent  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University has hired Dr. Charlise Anderson, a longtime assessment and institutional effectiveness expert, to serve as director of assessment and accreditation. Anderson's hiring comes in the wake of the recent sanction placed on the university by its accrediting body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. TSU was placed on a one-year probation by SACSCOC for  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Dr. McDonald Williams, the first director of the University Honors Program, may be gone. But Tennessee State University officials and students say his legacy continues. Williams, who was 101 when he passed on Aug. 11, was director of the then-Honors Program at TSU for 23 years before retiring in 1988. He also spent 30 years at the university serving as a professor of English. "The TSU family is saddened at  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 9 -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: Justin Randall was home alone when the email alert popped on his screen. "I opened it up, and I just got really excited," the recent Austin Peay history graduate said. "Actually, the neighbor called the cops because they thought I was getting murdered." A city police officer knocked on his door minutes later. "Yeah, that was me, sorry," Randall told the officer. "I just learned I got a big interview."   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: Two researchers with UT ties have received a 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. David Cullen, a joint faculty member in the UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education and ORNL's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, and Kate Page of ORNL's Neutron Scattering Division are among the more than 300 researchers and engi  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 14 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Trevor Pruitt New findings from a collaborative study co-authored by Frances A. Tylavsky, DrPH, professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), propose that women who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution during pregnancy are more likely to have children with lower IQ's. The new paper feature  more

MARTIN, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The University of Tennessee's Martin Campus issued the following news release: Three engineering students from the University of Tennessee at Martin placed fourth in their category and 12th overall in the third-annual Spaceport America Cup, held June 18-22 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. This annual competition is the only international collegiate rocket engineering competition in the world. Cy Pemberton, of Milan; Nathan Williamson, of Martin; and Enrico Zoboli, origin  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Aug. 8 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: Honors students from a Florida college now will be able to transfer directly to the UTC Honors College and not pay out-of-state tuition. On Thursday, Aug. 8, an agreement was signed between UTC Honors College and Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, guaranteeing that honors students from the Florida school can come immediately to UTC once they finish their associate's degre  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Aug. 7 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: The project was so secret, Brock Kolls couldn't even tell his family. "We had signed confidentiality agreements inside the company to not even talk about the project with other employees. So a lot of people didn't even know," recalls Kolls, a 1991 UTC graduate in electrical engineering. That might sound a bit over-the-top and dramatic since the project was just a new machine t  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee issued the following news release: * * * - Event Marks Completion of Park's $5.4 Million Transformation, the First Project in the BlueCross Healthy Place Program * * * On Saturday, Aug. 10, representatives of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee joined city officials and members of the Whitehaven community to officially open the BlueCross Healthy Place at David Carnes Park. Hundreds of local residents attended to begin enjoying t  more