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Ģ����Ƶ education experts explore the complex issues surrounding school choice in new book published this month by Harvard Education Press. Read More

Feminist author Jessica Valenti will deliver annual Cuninggim Lecture on Women and Culture and Society March 16 at Ģ����Ƶ. Read More

Ģ����Ƶ is reaching out to those who may have been affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read More

Researchers have for the first time successfully used brain imaging to predict how children will respond to programs that help them improve their grammar. Read More

The spring term 2011 of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ģ����Ƶ offers a diverse offering of non-credit classes for older adults with shared interests. Read More

Theologian Catherine Keller will be the speaker for the Divinity School's Antoinette Brown Lecture March 24 at Benton Chapel. Read More

Just a few sessions on the treadmill can prevent marijuana cravings and use, new research finds. Read More

Catherine Caffey and Emily Alsentzer (Photo courtesy School for Science and Math at Ģ����Ƶ) For many college students who are not faced with electric bills, energy conservation is not considered a priority. Two Metro Nashville high school students are attempting to change that attitude by implementing an energy conservation competition… Read More

Cosmologist Paul Steinhardt (Photo courtesy of Paul Steinhardt) Today, the idea that the universe expanded dramatically for a period of time after its birth in the Big Bang is one of the cornerstones of modern cosmology. However, Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science at Princeton University,… Read More

Student Kirsten Ayers was one of four students to win the MLK Reflections essay and video contest. Ģ����Ƶ has recognized four students –Kirsten Ayers, Chelsea Goodly, Marwah Shahid and Ravi Singh – with a monetary award for excellence in capturing the spirit of the life and legacy… Read More

Ten Ģ����Ƶ faculty members who have been named to new endowed chairs were recognized for their remarkable achievements and contributions on Feb. 28. Read More

Sten Vermund Ģ����Ƶ Institute for Global Health Director Sten Vermund will present “Prevention of Global HIV/AIDS: Old Challenges and New Paradigms” on March 22 at Ģ����Ƶ as part of the 2010-2011 Chancellor’s Lecture Series. HIV/AIDS continues to be a global medical emergency of unprecedented proportions with multiple challenges in… Read More

Tim Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota, and Christina Romer, former chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, are speaking as part of the university’s annual Impact Symposium. Read More

Researchers discover corporations gain clear financial benefits when individual employees make political donations. Read More

Courtesy of LynnMarie When Nashville recording artist LynnMarie learned that her son, James, would be born with Down syndrome, her world stopped. “I didn’t think I could go on, much less continue with my career,” she said. “As the years went, by I found myself sitting in my bathrobe,… Read More

The Commodores’ postponed women’s basketball game with Florida will now tip off at 5 p.m. Friday in Memorial Gymnasium. Read More

Thirteen incoming first-year students have been chosen as the newest members of the Ingram Scholarship program. Read More

(Steve Green/Ģ����Ƶ) If you’ve walked or driven recently by the 21st Avenue side of Ģ����Ƶ’s Central Library and Special Collections, you’ve probably noticed the new electronic exhibit with five-foot-tall images mounted on the building’s exterior corner closest to the Divinity School. “That building corner presented the perfect opportunity to… Read More

Scholars from Duke, UC-Berkeley and Columbia will look at slavery and its afterlives during a daylong symposium at Ģ����Ƶ. Read More

"Brainstorm 2011," a series of free public events about brain research hosted by Ģ����Ƶ, will explore post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and the mysteries of feelings and perception throughout the month of March. Read More