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Complex issues around the black church\'s response to sexual issues will be explored at a public conference at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. The "Loving the Body? Sexuality and Black Churches" conference will be held Feb. 21-23 at various locations on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus. Read More

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Owen Graduate School of Management professor is co-author of two award-winning papers that call into question a concept that has become central to marketing efforts in recent years: A customer\'s intention to recommend a product or service is the single most important predictor of future loyalty to the company. Read More

The first large, multi-center trial of a drug developed at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ to treat dangerous pulmonary hypertension in children has been launched. The drug, Citrupress, is an intravenous form of the amino acid citrulline, which the body produces naturally and which is also found in watermelon rinds. Read More

Beth Fortune, associate vice chancellor for public affairs at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, will serve as interim head of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\'s Division of Public Affairs beginning June 1, announced Interim Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. Read More

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Television News Archive and NBC Universal have formed a new partnership to provide streaming video access for students, researchers and faculty at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Read More

If you are in love this Valentine\'s Day, you have more than one reason to celebrate. Being involved in a healthy, loving relationship is good for the heart, says Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Heart and Vascular Institute cardiologist, Julie Damp, M.D. Read More

Carol M. Swain, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professor of political science and law, has been nominated to the National Council on the Humanities, the White House announced. The appointment is for a six-year term. Read More

Pink fingers, toes and lips. Those were the things 2-year-old Amenah Al-Bayati\'s mother noticed when she saw her daughter for the first time after open heart surgery to repair a serious birth defect. Read More

Michael Schoenfeld, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\'s chief communications, government and community relations officer and spokesman for more than a decade, will leave at the end of the academic year to become the vice president for public affairs and government relations at Duke University in North Carolina, effective July 1. Read More

This month, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Medical Center will begin routine and rapid HIV testing of all adults seen in the Emergency Department unless they "opt out" of the procedure. Read More

The predictive power of U.S. financial market returns in January for market performance the rest of the year has long been lore on Wall Street. Given the tumultuous start to 2008, investors may want to consider recent research by a professor from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Owen Graduate School of Management that finally puts some real evidence behind the legendary "January Barometer." The forecast: a tough year ahead. Read More

Bill Lambert, a second-year student at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\'s Owen Graduate School of Management, is the first recipient of the Max Adler scholarship. Lambert is the son of Bill and Harva Leigh Lambert of Ladue, Mo. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Sleep Disorders Center researchers are reporting that melatonin, an over-the-counter and relatively inexpensive dietary supplement taken for insomnia and jet lag, shows promise in treating children with autism who have difficulty falling asleep. Read More

In addition to the loss of his mother, Kerri, 11-month-old Kyson Stowell\'s family also lost everything they owned in the devastating tornado that struck CastilianSprings, Tenn. Read More

Shrews are tiny mammals that have been widely characterized as simple and primitive. This traditional view is challenged by a new study of the hunting methods of an aquatic member of the species, the water shrew. Read More

Mobile cameras, high-resolution digital imaging and funding from the Center for the Americas at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ are among the key components of a cross-cultural pilot program to prevent vision loss in at-risk Latin Americans. Read More

Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, will speak at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at Benton Chapel on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\'s campus. Read More

Poet and novelist Judson Mitcham, the only two-time winner of the Townsend Prize for Fiction, will read from his work at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Read More

Buddy Miller, Jimmy Hall and Ashley Cleveland with Kenny Greenburg are among the performers who will perform gospel blues songs at a concert that is part of a semester-long study of "God in Music City"at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Read More

A central fact of the 2008 nomination process is that many citizens are undecided or have weakly held preferences. Read More