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The best state financial aid policies focus on students who would not otherwise go to college and make aid simple to apply for and keep, a new research review by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ higher education researcher William Doyle finds. The review has implications for federal financial aid policies. Read More

Elizabeth McCracken, a celebrated novelist who has just released a powerful memoir, will read from her work at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ as part of the Gertrude & Harold S. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Visiting Writers Program at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Read More

The Class of 2012 is the most academically prepared class in the history of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ by all measures, including high school ranking, numbers of National Merit scholars, leadership potential and test scores. It is also the most ethnically and geographically diverse, and its selection was the most competitive, with 16,944 students vying for the 1,569 slots in the entering class. Read More

Gary Gerstle, the first James G. Stahlman Professor of American History at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, will deliver his inaugural lecture Sept. 25 on "Minorities, Multiculturalism and the Presidency of George W. Bush." Read More

Technology company Google will bring its retro-fitted, eco-friendly school bus to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Thursday, Sept. 18, as part of a campaign to get more students, faculty and staff using their free Google Apps for Education that includes Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Talk calls and instant messaging, and Google Sites Web site builder. Read More

A panel discussion by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ alumni who survived the Holocaust will highlight the 31st Annual Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Holocaust Lecture Series. Read More

The Center for Community Studies at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Peabody College of education and human development is hosting its fall conference Friday, Sept. 19, to showcase and discuss research on key topics affecting communities, including Nashville. Read More

Susan J. Carroll, professor of political science at Rutgers University, will present a lecture on Monday, Sept. 22, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 118 of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Read More

Part love song, part wake-up call to the world, Our Town, which debuts Oct. 3 at Neely Auditorium at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, explores regret, renewal and eternal hope in the details of living set against the stars. Read More

Singers, artists, journalists and others will share insights into popular music and religious identity during a semester-long lecture series at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Divinity School. Read More

Three generations of the family of the late Monroe Carell Jr. have pledged a gift of $20 million to the fundraising effort for a new facility to care for children and mothers. The Campaign for Children and Mothers, with a goal of $45 million, will support the building of a 400,000-square-foot facility, slated to open in 2012, adjacent to and connected with the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Read More

Grammy award-winning singer Judy Collins will make a rare Nashville appearance at Dyer Observatory at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20. A Read More

A session on life as an Arabic-speaking Jew and another on a premier archaeological site in Israel are the topics of the Fall 2008 Community Breakfasts sponsored by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Divinity School. Read More

The attacks of September 11, 2001 killed citizens from more than 80 nations and stunned the world by their scope and savagery. The quintessentially American ethos of national invulnerability was forever altered. The President declared, to thunderous applause, that, "we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has turned to anger and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done." Read More

Two Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ political scientists will mark federal Constitution Day with a discussion about how the role of the American president has changed since the beginning of the United States. Read More

Four people intimately involved in the historic trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will talk about their experiences at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Law School on Sept. 29 at 3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Learning Sciences Institute researchers Stephen N. Elliott, Peter A. Beddow and Ryan J. Kettler have developed a decision-making instrument called the Test Accessibility and Modification Inventory (TAMI) to address the issue of accessibility for students with special needs. Read More

James J. Yee, Army captain and former chaplain at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was falsely accused of espionage and arrested and imprisoned for nearly three months before charges were dropped, will bring his story to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Monday, Sept. 22. Read More

Curious about the impact the digital revolution is having on the battlefield? Maybe you would like to meet Betty, the computer character that middle school students are asked to teach about various science subjects, a process that teaches them how to learn? Or perhaps you would be interested in discovering how the latest software can improve the way that hospitals manage infectious diseases? Read More

Latin American author and journalist Alma Guillermoprieto will address "How to Be a Mexican" in a Sept. 23 lecture sponsored by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Center for Latin American Studies. Read More