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Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA operations officer whose secret identity was revealed by senior White House and State Department officials and her name subsequently published in a syndicated newspaper column, will speak at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. Read More

Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA operations officer whose covert identity was revealed by senior White House and State Department officials and her name subsequently published in a syndicated newspaper column, will speak at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. Read More

Representatives from over 25 universities are convening on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus October 24-27 to discuss strategies to improve education professionals‘ training. Read More

Poet Kate Light will perform with the Blair String Quartet and give a solo reading during a visit to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ on Nov. 12 and 13. Read More

Voters in the 2008 election who expect to elect a great president are likely to be disappointed, according to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ presidential scholar Erwin Hargrove. Read More

Coffee, an enticing beverage that is one of Latin America‘s most prized exports, will be the focus of a conference and tasting at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ on Friday, Oct. 26. The event will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center and is free and open to the public. Read More

Being a part of a successful company that‘s also environmentally conscious is something the country‘s future business leaders are taking very seriously. In a recent survey of more than 2,000 business students worldwide, 79 percent said they will seek socially responsible employment at some point during their careers and more than half will do so immediately after graduation. Read More

He‘s been a leading thinker on health care issues for more than 25 years and has had the attention of numerous lawmakers on the health policy issue of managed competition, including former President Bill Clinton and Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper. Now Alain Enthoven is coming to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Law School on Nov. 9 to discuss "Health Reform: From the Managed Competition Act of 1992 to the Campaign of 2008." Read More

The Nashville area is under a tornado watch until 11 p.m. CDT. The National Weather Service reports that, severe thunderstorms, with possible hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes, are possible for middle Tennessee. Read More

Nonprofit organization Idealist.org/Action Without Borders and Brandeis and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ universities are working together to address the impending leadership gap in the non-profit sector. Read More

The Office of Active Citizenship and Service is offering Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students and faculty the opportunity to experience firsthand a pivotal part of the 2008 presidential campaign by attending a rolling seminar to the Iowa caucuses. Read More

Deborah Tate, one of five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission, will speak about the music industry and the FCC during the 2007 Curb Lecture at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Read More

Dyer Observatory is offering two opportunities for the public astronomers and aspiring young scientists to pay tribute to the 150th birthday of Nashville's own Edward Emerson Barnard, one of the leading astronomers of the 19th century. Read More

Local school and community leaders and education researchers will look at the dynamics leading to and resulting from the racial composition of Nashville's K-12 schools Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 3:30 p.m. Read More

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ student was in stable condition Monday at the university's hospital where she is being treated for bacterial meningitis. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Peabody researcher David Dickinson will travel to Brasilia, Brazil the week of Oct. 15 to share with that nation's parliament lessons learned about educating children from birth to age 3. Read More

Families, faith and foster care are the focus of the 13th annual Family Re-Union conference, set for Oct. 18 at the downtown Nashville Public Library, located at 615 Church Street. Read More

"Abraham's Bridge," a dialogue about Jewish-Muslim relations,led by interfaith activist Jacob Bender and Wayne State University lecturer Saeed Khan is coming to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Tuesday, Oct. 16. Read More

Virginia Shepherd, a pathology professor at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and co-chair of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics, will take part in two panel discussions on Monday, Oct. 15, as the Knight Commission discusses a faculty survey on intercollegiate athletics. Read More

Paul Cobb, professor of education at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Peabody College of education and human development, is the first recipient of a new endowed faculty chair, the Peabody Chair in Teaching and Learning. Cobb will receive the new title during Homecoming festivities on Friday, Oct. 12. Read More