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A $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a team of U.S. and Chinese researchers to identify instructional supports that lead to higher levels of mathematics achievement. Read More

Solar cells that produce electricity 24/7. Cell phones with built-in power cells that recharge in seconds and work for weeks between charges: These are just two of the possibilities raised by a novel supercapacitor design invented by material scientists at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Read More

Labor organizing victories in Southern states could have far-reaching political implications for the region and the nation, according to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ labor sociologist Dan Cornfield. Read More

Alan Wiseman's research shows that women lawmakers, particularly ones in the minority party, are more effective than their male counterparts when it comes to negotiating and getting things done--as they did to end the government shutdown. Read More

Analysts with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's LAPOP team say Chilean authorities might want to brace for more civil discord in that country. Read More

Teachers and their observers viewed Tennessee’s teacher evaluation process more positively in 2013 than in 2012, according to a broad-based independent survey by the Tennessee Consortium on Research, Evaluation and Development at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s Peabody College of education and human development. Read More

(iStock) Why are some high schools better than others at boosting achievement among traditionally underserved students? A new report from the National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schoolsfinds that student ownership and responsibility for academic success were key factors. Marisa Cannata (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ) “The idea is to… Read More

When Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ faculty and staff review their 2014 health plan options during Open Enrollment, they will notice a feature that reflects not only how Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is taking care of its own but also leading the transformation of health care for the region. Read More

by Dianne Killebrew, MEd, R.D., LDN As tailgating time moves into full swing, there are great chances to visit with friends in the crisp fall air and enjoy the ambiance of the season. Of course, nobody wants to get sick while out having a good time, and by taking a… Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ law professor Mike Newton can talk about the effort to bring war criminals to justice in Syria. Read More

Policymakers in Washington, D.C., increasingly are earning the distrust of the American people, and the current impasse that led to a government shutdown is no exception, according to Marc Hetherington, a political science professor and author of two books on trust and polarization in American government. Read More

Large urban school districts may need to adopt new strategies to draw prospective teachers to the most disadvantaged and geographically isolated schools, according to research from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ to be published in an upcoming issue of the American Education Research Journal. Read More

Neuroscientists have identified the location in the brain's visual cortex responsible for generating a common perceptual illusion: seeing shapes and surfaces that don't really exist when viewing a fragmented background. Read More

Proactive measures are the best way to stay ahead of computer hackers who threaten the security of digital health care records, says M. Eric Johnson, dean of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ medical researchers are once again part of the nationwide fight to prevent a possible flu pandemic.  There’s a new deadly flu strain called H7N9, that started in eastern China.  Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is one of 9 sites preparing to test a new vaccine to protect people against this new strain. Read More

Women with access to group prenatal care had improved birth outcomes, including longer gestational periods and higher birth weight, in a study conducted by researchers at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s Peabody Research Institute. Read More

A study out of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ found that corporations that make social responsibility disclosures beyond the norm tend to make more money. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s athletic administration, in conjunction with its head football coach, today dismissed Chris Boyd from the university’s football team and athletic program. The action came after an ongoing review that included information disclosed during a hearing Sept. 13 in Davidson County Criminal Court. The review concluded that Mr. Boyd’s admitted… Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s Roger D. Cone, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Heitman, Ph.D., have been appointed to the National Academies’ Board on Life Sciences, which advises the government and scientific community on a wide range of topics, from stem cell research to bioterrorism. Read More

The Politics of Health Conference Oct. 3-4 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is a free event that will speak to the scale, urgency and intimacy of health as a critical American economic and political issue. Read More