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One hundred sixteen Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ graduate students will present original research at the Graduate Student Research Symposium on Monday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Life Center ballrooms and meeting rooms. The symposium, one of several events scheduled for Graduate Education Week, is free and open to the public. Read More

Imagine a platoon of soldiers fighting in a hazardous urban environment who carry personal digital assistants that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately identify the caliber and type of weapons they are firing. Read More

Jennifer Risper scored a career-high 27 points and Christina Wirth added 24 as fourth-seeded Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ beat fifth-seeded Kansas State 74-61 in the NCAA's second round March 23. The Commodores (26-8) advanced to the semifinals of the Raleigh regional, where they'll play next weekend against the winner of Tuesday night's contest between Maryland and Utah. Read More

The topic of immigration reform in the United States will be discussed by the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Mark Krikorian and conservative political analyst Bay Buchanan. The discussion will be held at noon on March 23 in the Hyatt room at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Law School. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

The keys to fixing the U.S. health care system are to hold people accountable for their actions; treat health insurance like auto insurance and tax individual's health care benefits said Larry Van Horn, a leading expert and researcher on health care management and economics. Read More

The Net Impact group at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Owen Graduate School of Management is hosting a day-long symposium on profitable environmentally and socially conscious careers and the new sustainable economy. Read More

While many people associate the word "pork" with lawmakers' wasteful spending for pet projects, new Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ research demonstrates the importance of cabinet secretaries and their political ideology in the distribution of lucrative federal grants. Read More

Galileo looked through a telescope for the first time 400 years ago. The global "100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project" hopes to have as many people as possible look through a telescope as Galileo did from April 2 to 5. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Dyer Observatory will participate in the project by offering people a chance to view the stars on Saturday, April 4. Read More

Brighton Beach Memoirs, which debuts April 3 at Neely Auditorium at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, is a semi-autobiographical, bittersweet comedy recalling the years of Tony-award winning playwright Neil Simon's family's struggle in New York during the Great Depression. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ experienced a decrease in crime in 2008 according to the latest figures compiled by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Police Department for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's annual Crime on Campus report to be released in March. Read More

Members of Chicago's famed comedy theatre, The Second City, will do two shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, March 20, at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Sarratt Cinema in the Sarratt Student Center. Read More

The Information Systems Security Association has honored Mark Johnson, chief information security officer for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, with its Security Professional of the Year award for 2008. Read More

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Israeli legislator Natan Sharansky will deliver public lectures at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ March 17-18 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read More

Working in a global economy means a lot more than where a business builds or sends its products. Today, a business owner may operate a shipping business in Florida, have the business incorporated in Delaware, maintain the company's assets in an offshore bank account in the Cayman Islands and specify that any legal disputes be litigated in the United Kingdom. And this is all perfectly legal. Read More

The racially motivated riots in France during the fall of 2005 proved that despite its homogenous image, racial tensions are alive and well in Europe. The newly emerging field of Black European Studies is beginning to examine these racial tensions by studying the history and the current experience of blacks in the culture of Europe. Read More

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will speak about leadership at a March 26 breakfast sponsored by the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Divinity School. Read More

Edward L. Rubin announced that he is stepping down from his position as dean of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Law School effective June 30. Rubin said he will continue to teach and write as a member of the faculty. Read More

Christian beliefs have been used to support the myths that promote violence against women and to counter those myths, says theologian Rev. Traci C. West. During the annual Antoinette Brown Lecture at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ on March 26, West will address how Christian theology and activism can be used to make the world safer for women. Read More

The development of the institution of marriage at the beginning of recorded history will be examined by a professor from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Divinity School during a three-part class. Read More

New research by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professor of law and economics Joni Hersch found that housework not only reduces the salaries of women, but also affects some men's wages. She also found that women's salaries are negatively impacted by housework regardless of profession. Read More