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Vioxx, Fen-Phen, Agent Orange, silicone breast implants, asbestos. This is just a short list of the major personal-injury lawsuits that have dominated the multi-billion dollar world of mass tort litigation. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ‘s Writing Studio will host a public lecture by Sally Adee, a science writer who lives in Baltimore, Md., and specializes in reporting on geology, solid-state physics, nuclear energy and defense technology. Read More

Is the Bush administration‘s recent announcement of tough sanctions against Iran‘s Quds Force and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as supporters of terrorism and proliferators of weapons of mass destruction an effort to avoid military action or a step toward it? Read More

In gentrifying neighborhoods there are typically clashes between racial and ethnic groups, the "haves" and "have-nots," homeowners and apartment dwellers and newcomers and longtime residents. However, a new book by Northwestern University professor Mary Pattillo explores the story with a twist. Read More

Contrary to popular belief, schools are not devoting more time and resources to students that fall just below federal standards in response to No Child Left Behind, a new study from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has found. Read More

W. Robert Clay, John W. Johnson and Edward Thackston recently received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Engineering. Read More

Roger Gottlieb, a leading proponent of religious environmentalism, will speak on the subject at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Nov. 15. Read More

Twenty-five Chinese principals and educational administrators are in Nashville Oct. 30 - Nov. 9 as part of an ongoing exchange between Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ‘s Peabody College, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and South China Normal University. Read More

Two Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ faculty members √± Peter T. Cummings and Ellen H. Fanning √± have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon them by their peers. Read More

In this day and age, being successful in business and being "green" can often go hand-in-hand. Young business professionals continue to set an example in breadth of understanding and zeal in addressing the world environmental and social entrepreneurship and justice issues. Read More

A new endowed scholarship program at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ‘s Peabody College aims to produce the next generation of leaders in the closely watched field of educational testing and student assessment. Read More

The unique challenges and opportunities parents and teachers of gifted children face is the focus of a new lecture series sponsored by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Programs for Talented Youth. Read More

Now that Halloween night is upon us, experts at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ say it‘s time for one last safety review. Trick-or-treating is a fun family event and accidents are rare, but they do still happen. Accidents are more common in children who are just old enough to ask for less parental supervision. Read More

Cindy Funk has been named director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Career Center (VUCC). Funk was hired as associate director in July 2006 and became the acting director a year later. Read More

Seeking retribution for being overthrown and exiled to a magical island with his daughter Miranda, Prospero magically causes a storm √± a tempest √± to wreck the ship of those responsible for his situation and bring them to the island for vengeance. The Tempest premieres at Neely Auditorium at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ on Nov. 8. Read More

Two film screenings at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ will revisit school desegregation‘s history Monday, Nov. 5, and Monday,Nov. 12. √± including the little-known story of 12 students who integrated Clinton (Tenn.) High School, the first public high school to be integrated in the South. Read More

Lasers are at the cutting edge of surgery. From cosmetic to brain surgery, intense beams of coherent light are gradually replacing the steel scalpel for many procedures. Read More

Gil Bailey, a commercial photographer for more than 30 years, has captured thousands of people through his lens. His photos depicting inner-city life √± the lives of ordinary and well-known African Americans √± will be on display Monday, Oct. 29, through Friday, Nov. 30, at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ‘s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Read More

Women who receive silicone gel-filled breast implants do not have a higher risk of breast cancer or other cancers and do not experience lower survival rates after breast cancer diagnosis, according to a new report published in the November issue of Annals of Plastic Surgery. This is the first exhaustive review in almost a decade of the health effects of cosmetic breast implants. Read More

Leadership Excellence, a magazine founded by well-known leadership and management consultants Ken Blanchard, Stephen R. Covey,Charles Garfield and Ken Shelton, has named Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ to its list of the best leadership development programs for the second year in a row. Read More