BETHESDA, Maryland, April 22 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders issued the following news: Following 22 years of dedicated service to the intramural research program of the National Institutes of Health, Andrew J. Griffith, M.D., Ph.D., will step down in the late spring to take an academic leadership role at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). An esteemed geneticist and otolaryngologist-head and neck sur  more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, April 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: Sustaining operations at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex, even in a reduced capacity while in an "operationally urgent" posture due to the coronavirus, requires both people and the materials they require to carry out their jobs. The Base Warehouse ensures those materials are received on Base and available for delivery to the workfo  more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, April 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: Arnold Engineering Development Complex leadership at the White Oak site and Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 have been implementing mitigation measures against COVID-19 over the last several weeks. According to Gregory Fox, Tunnel 9 Branch Manager for the Test Operations and Sustainment contractor, the mitigation efforts continue to change daily. "In order to be able to execute the mis  more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, April 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander Col. Jeffrey Geraghty hosted a virtual town hall April 8 to update AEDC personnel on steps being taken to mitigate COVID-19 exposure at Arnold Air Force Base, answer employee-submitted questions and address concerns shared among members of the workforce. The Facebook Live broadcast came less than a week after the first positive case   more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, April 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: Arnold Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services maintains a continual state of readiness to respond to situations on base and, when needed, provide mutual aid to departments off base. In order to prevent, to the best of their ability, giving or getting the coronavirus to or from the co-workers they live with for 24 hours at a time or a patient in their care, FES team members are   more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, April 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: Saturdays at Arnold Air Force Base are typically quieter days, with most of the workforce at home spending the weekends with their families. But on Saturday, Feb. 29, it wasn't so quiet for the Arnold Fire and Emergency Services crew. A call came into the FES station around 11:30 a.m., informing the team that five craftsmen were trapped in an elevator at the bottom of the J-4 Rock  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The FBI issued the following news release: Director Christopher Wray has named M.A. "Mo" Myers as the assistant director of the Insider Threat Office at FBI Headquarters in Washington. Mr. Myers most recently served as the special agent in charge of the Memphis Field Office in Tennessee. The Insider Threat Office is the FBI's central strategic coordinating component for all insider threat issues. Mr. Myers began his career as an FBI agent in 1996 and primarily worked c  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Tennessee to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, straight-line winds and tornadoes from April 12 - 13, 2020. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Bradley and Ham  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2019 safety performance of the Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, and Watts Bar nuclear power plants during a virtual meeting scheduled for April 30. The three-unit Browns Ferry plant is located in north Alabama, and the Sequoyah and Watts Bar plants, both of which have two units, are in east Tennessee. All three plants are operated by the Tennessee Valley Auth  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: Since this is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, we want to share how proud we are of our medical lab professionals. Two of the three labs that ORISE manages for DOE include the medical labs of the Beryllium Testing Laboratory and Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory. "Medical laboratory professionals work behind the scenes to ensure you have the  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: Fifteen K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers from across the United States have been named 2020-2021 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows. The fellows will spend 11 months serving in a federal agency or U.S. Congressional offices in Washington, D.C., engaged in the national STEM education arena. The Albert   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Brian Post, a researcher in large-scale additive manufacturing at ORNL, has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by the Society of Mechanical Engineers. Post was one of 15 engineers 35 and younger from throughout North America recognized for making considerable contributions to manufacturing technologies, operation  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In the Physics Division of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, James ("Mitch") Allmond conducts experiments and uses theoretical models to advance our understanding of the structure of atomic nuclei, which are made of various combinations of protons and neutrons (nucleons). "I focus on describing how nucleons organize and what patterns emerge   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 20: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration: Julie D. Fisher, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Belarus. Julie Fisher, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for West  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 24: Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Tennessee and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding from April 12 to April 13, 2020. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Bradley and Hamilton. This  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck. The project is the first of its kind to achieve power transfer at this rate across an 11-inch air gap, advancing the technology to a   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, April 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, J. Douglas Overbey, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee announced that Greene County Sheriff's office received $32,024 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The grant is available under the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the recent  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, April 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, J. Douglas Overbey, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee announced that Sullivan County Sheriff's office received $61,833 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The grant is available under the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the rece  more