CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: The College of Business at Austin Peay State University (APSU) announced the 2023 AJ Taylor Distinguished Professorship Award winners on Aug. 18, signaling the beginning of a new academic year for the college. The award is presented annually to two exceptional APSU business faculty members who demonstrate excellence in teaching and research. The 2023 recipients are: * Excellence in Teaching: Dr. John Vo  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: Understanding the economic impact of an increased minimum wage is complex. Dr. Matt Hampton, APSU assistant professor of economics, and Evan Totty, U.S. Census Bureau economist, examine the impact of minimum wage increases on retirement timing among low-wage, retirement-age workers in their recent publication, "Minimum wages, retirement timing, and labor supply." In the paper, Hampton and Totty   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Aldo M. Leiva, a shareholder in the national law firm of Baker Donelson, has been appointed to serve as vice chair of the Privacy, Cybersecurity, & Digital Rights Committee of the American Bar Association's (ABA) International Law Section. This committee serves as a resource to assist in the education of international law practitioners on the evolving international laws and practices relating to priva  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * One-of-a-kind, limited time exhibit to feature 25 outfits from new book 'Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones' at Lipscomb Oct. 31-Dec. 9 * * * The Nashville community will have a unique opportunity to take a peek "behind the seams" at global superstar Dolly Parton's iconic outfits in a special exhibition at Lipscomb University this fall. Lipscomb University's Department of Fashion and Design   more

DYERSBURG, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following news release: DSCC had 15 student-athletes recognized by the NJCAA and 41 student-athletes by the TCCAA. Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) Director of Athletics Brian Oakes has announced the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) academic teams. The NJCAA and TCCAA released their annual list of academic teams for the 2022-  more

DYERSBURG, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following news release: The Healthcare Technician Program will now offer the EKG Soft Skills class online. The Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) Healthcare Technician Program will now offer the Electrocardiogram (EKG) Soft Skills class online. This transition will allow a more flexible schedule for students. DSCC's Healthcare Technician program prepares the student to become nationally certified through the N  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy welcomed its Class of 2027 with a White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 18. Of the members of ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy's Class of 2027, nearly two-thirds are from within 150 miles of campus, and almost a third are from a rural area. More than a third are first-generation college students, and half of the class are Tennesseans. "Our  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: ETSU Health Pediatrics is pleased to announce that Dr. Sarah Tolliver is joining their Johnson City practice. Dr. Tolliver has provided care for families at the clinic throughout recent years as a resident physician and chose to stay at the practice upon graduation from the program. Dr. Tolliver first began her career as a social worker before attending Quillen College of Medicine to pursue her lo  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- East Tennessee State University issued the following news: Three East Tennessee State University faculty members were presented with the Distinguished Faculty Award in the areas of teaching, research and service. It is the highest honor given to an ETSU professor. Each honoree receives a one-of-a-kind hand-blown glass piece and $7,500 provided by the ETSU Foundation. Dr. Jessica Burchette, a pharmacist and associate professor at ETSU Bill Gatton College of  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Justus Ndukaife, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded the 2023 Kaminow Outstanding Early Career Professional Prize for his commitment to teaching, mentoring, and community service. At Vanderbilt, Ndukaife's research includes the study of optically-resonant nanostructures, with an aim to confine and manipulate light at a deeply sub-wavelength scale. He maintains his  more

HARROGATE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 -- Lincoln Memorial University issued the following news: The Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) Dean Martin Sellers has announced the promotion of Dr. Ann-Marie Buchanan to professor. "I am delighted that Dr. Ann-Marie Buchanan has been promoted to full professor of social work. As program director and department chair, Ann-Marie worked tirelessly to ensure reaccreditation of the social work pr  more

HARROGATE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 -- Lincoln Memorial University issued the following news: Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law (LMU Law) Mock Trial students partnered with the Lincoln Memorial University-College of Dental Medicine (LMU-CDM) Fellowship in Forensic Dentistry program to train dental professionals to become expert witnesses in forensic dentistry. As part of the 15-month fellowship program, the forensic dentistry fellows, experienced dentists from all over the country, tr  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 -- The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: With the continuous rise in passenger volume and operations, the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) today announced its newest team members, Floyd Munn and Destiney Williams. Additionally, MNAA's Melissa Ting has been promoted and will lead the Environmental and Safety initiatives in the Maintenance Department. "I would like to welcome Floyd and Destine  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Sociologist of education Daphne Penn joined Vanderbilt University Peabody College of education and human development in July as assistant professor of education policy and inequality. Her research aims to understand and address the root causes of educational inequality by examining schools as microcosms of society. "In addition to being a native Tennessean, I am also a graduate of Peabody College's undergraduate   more

HENDERSON, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- Freed-Hardeman University issued the following news: Six new teachers will join the Freed-Hardeman University faculty this fall, according to Dr. C.J. Vires, vice president for academics and provost at FHU. They, along with returning faculty, will convene Aug. 22 for the fall faculty convocation. New members of the faculty are Kathryn Deck, instructor in graphic design; Dr. Leah Gray, assistant professor of management; Susan Lankford, instructor of communicatio  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on Aug. 21, 2023: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and The Kroger Company officials announced today that the company will construct a new Central Fill facility with Cleveland, Tennessee, as its fifth U.S. location. Kroger will create 140 new jobs in Bradley County as a result of the project. The Cent  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order (Docket No. 23-00050) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * In Re: Atmos Energy Corporation Notice Of Filing Depreciation Study And Request For Approval Of New Depreciation Rates ORDER ESTABLISHING PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE This matter came before the Hearing Officer of the Tennessee Public Utility Commission ("Commission" or "TPUC") to establish a procedural schedule for the orderly administration of these proce  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order granting petition to intervene (Docket No. 23-00050) on Aug. 21, 2023: * * * In Re: Atmos Energy Corporation Notice of Filing Depreciation Study and Request for Approval of New Depreciation Rates ORDER GRANTING THE PETITION TO INTERVENE FILED BY THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE This matter is before the Hearing Officer of the Tennessee Public Utility Commission ("Commission" or "TPUC") to consider the Pe  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order (Docket No. 23-00050) on Aug. 25, 2023: * * * In Re: Atmos Energy Corporation Notice Of Filing Depreciation Study And Request For Approval Of New Depreciation Rates ORDER GRANTING CONSUMER ADVOCATE'S MOTION TO ISSUE MORE THAN FORTY DISCOVERY REQUESTS This matter is before the Hearing Officer upon the Consumer Advocate's Motion to Issue More than Forty Discovery Requests ("Motion") filed by the  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- Tennessee American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release The American Water Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established by American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., recently announced four organizations were awarded a Water and Environment grant, supporting communities served by Tennessee American Water. "We are pleased that the American Water Charitable Foundatio  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University has reached a historic milestone, with the institution receiving over $100 million in research awards. The $100,031,082 million in funding is the second highest total among the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. According to TSU President Glenda Glover, the record-setting awards are a part of the University's plan to  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Tennessee State University issued the following news: Tennessee State University has reached a historic milestone, with the institution receiving over $100 million in research awards. The $100,031,082 million in funding is the second highest total among the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. According to TSU President Glenda Glover, the record-setting awards are a part of the University's plan to  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: The Tennessee Titans today announced a new partnership with Verizon that will provide connectivity to improve the experience for fans at Nissan Stadium. As the "Official 5G Network of the Tennessee Titans," Verizon will provide connectivity engineered to enhance the fan experience - from helping fans communicate inside the stadium to catching and shar  more

GREENVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 20 -- Tusculum University issued the following news: By Jim Wozniak A focused recruitment plan and continuous outreach have resulted in about a 44% increase in new students at Tusculum University for the fall semester. Tusculum has enrolled 490 new students entering the start of the 2023-24 academic year. This is an increase of about 150 students from a year ago and includes traditional residential and commuter undergraduate students as well as graduate, online an  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital are being recognized with the 2023 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award. It is one of three academic-practice partnerships that will be acknowledged during the upcoming AACN Academic Nursing Leadership Conference October 28-3  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 25 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), led by Satya Surbhi, PhD, assistant professor in the Center for Health System Improvement in the College of Medicine, have received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) for a study addressing system-level barriers to improve medication adherence among s  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Jim Thompson, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, will retire at the end of the calendar year. A national search for his successor will take place beginning this fall. Thompson is the fifth dean to serve the college, which was established in 1974 and is one of only 33 accredited colleges of veterinary medicine  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Honors College is joining forces with the city of Chattanooga to find new and better ways to solve some of the city's problems. The UTC Innovations in Honors program and the Chattanooga Department of Innovation Delivery and Performance have agreed to collaborate on developing solutions to citywide challenges involving public housing a  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: By Lee Ferguson Hongsik Jake Cho, PhD, associate professor in Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), recently received a $1.56 million Rehabilitation Research and Development Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to research next generation treatments for post-traumatic osteoarthritis. Post-traumatic oste  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * UT Researchers Study How VR Can Improve Learning, Accessibility * * * Researchers from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have received a $500,000 USDA-NIFA grant to develop virtual reality (VR) experiences for agriscience education and analyze the benefits of using these types of activities in the classroom. The project, led by Tyler Gra  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Researchers in the University of Tennessee Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications (ALEC) are analyzing the experiences of women in leadership positions in the international wine industry, currently a male-dominated field. Through personal first-hand narratives, the study will share the background of these pioneers, describe challenges t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Nature Conferences has selected Vanderbilt University to host a conference Nov. 13-15, 2023, focused on developing innovative diagnostic, treatment and disease-monitoring platforms to improve human health around the world. The conference planning team was led by Audrey Bowden, associate professor of biomedical engineering and Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor's Faculty Fellow, and editors from Nat  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Bill Snyder Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center have "cracked" the genomic code for sepsis in the lungs and kidneys. They have demonstrated, in an animal model, how a cell-penetrating drug they developed in their lab can control the devastating inflammatory response to out-of-control infection that is the hallmark of sep  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Jill Clendening A team of surgeons and biomedical engineers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University (VU) have shown the use of probe-based near infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) technology helps confirm the identification of parathyroid glands during endocrine surgery, and their findings are part of a multisite trial of the technology now underway. Parathyroid  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Creativity and ingenuity are key to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's growth and sustained focus on improving care and efficiency, leaders said during streaming of the August 2023 Leadership Assembly. People from across the enterprise pitched actionable ways to improve operations and care while reducing costs earlier this year in response to a call for suggestions, and the responses will conti  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Carol Ziegler, MSN'06, DNP'12, professor of nursing and co-founder of the Climate, Health and Energy Equity Lab, was appointed to the Metro Nashville Board of Health on Aug. 15. At Vanderbilt, Ziegler develops trans-institutional strategies to improve health outcomes in underserved communities through culturally appropriate, community-based health initiatives. She is also developing academic programming to educat  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: In a landmark achievement, Neil Dani, an assistant professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, has been named a 2023 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar. The prestigious grant program supports early-career biomedical scholars who adopt bold and innovative approaches to fundamental scientific questions in cancer, immunology, neuroscience and pain. Dani is the first-ever researcher in the awar  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A two-year, $1.45 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health will support a study to test a novel therapeutic approach for preventing the emergence of anhedonia, a hallmark symptom of depression, in high-risk children. Autumn Kujawa, associate professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, is leading the study in collaboratio  more