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Starting Feb. 15 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors will offer informed perspective on the acclaimed exhibition Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920-1950, at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ sophomores Henry Manice and Wil Keenan‘s two-month trip to Uganda last summer changed lives — theirs and the lives of many Ugandan artisans and children. Read More

Afeni Shakur, former member of the Black Panther Party, community outreach activist and mother of slain rap artist Tupac Shakur, is the keynote speaker during a series of events commemorating Black History Month at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Read More

Doing spiritually inspired work for the Lord usually begins with the tricky job of persuading someone to donate cold hard cash to the cause. Read More

Researchers will present papers on a series of topics including the impact of agro-terrorism; the role of international agreements in achieving food security; what tragedy teaches us about 100-year-old food laws; food-borne infections and the global food supply and regulating food aid in disasters. Read More

Playboy of the Western World inflamed audiences and caused weeklong rioting when it debuted in the National Irish Theater in Dublin in 1907. It debuts Feb. 16 at Neely Auditorium at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Read More

Ministers and others interested in combating domestic violence may attend a seminar on Feb. 9 hosted by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Divinity School. Read More

Civil rights pioneer and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Distinguished University Professor James Lawson will give a lecture at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ‘s Benton Chapel on Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has advanced one place in one of the principal national rankings of the value of federal research grants awarded to faculty members, according to an annual report compiled by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read More

With the first votes cast in the next presidential election less than a year away, this month C-SPAN debuts the new Campaign 2008 Bus, dedicated to following the action in one of the most competitive races in history. The 45-foot mobile production studio, a revamped version of the network‘s award-winning School Bus, promotes and enhances C-SPAN‘s extensive political coverage by traveling to major political events in battleground states, touring state capitols, and visiting universities and high schools around the nation while meeting with local political leaders and journalists, candidates and voters on the campaign trail. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Engineering is ranked in the top ten universities nationally as measured by the impact that their publications have had on the field. Read More

Like a seed needs soil to grow and flourish, a tumor relies on its environment to grow and spread in the body -- something the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-Ingram Cancer Center will be exploring more closely with the help of a new $6.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Read More

Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Ph.D., has been selected to lead the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-Ingram Cancer Center as interim director. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ researchers, in conjunction with colleagues at several other institutions, are working on a project that promises significant improvement in the control of proteins for a number of uses, including the detection of chemical and biological weapons. Read More

A new study by a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professor of law and economics found legal immigrants in the United States with a lighter skin tone made more money than those with darker skin. Read More

A study by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ‘s Haydar Frangoul, M.D., associate professor in pediatric hematology, shows an increase in the death rate among Iraqi children who were treated for leukemia in Baghdad while United Nations sanctions were in place. Read More

Electronic industry entrepreneur Paul Tuinenga has joined Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ as principal staff engineer and program manager for software development for the Institute for Space and Defense Electronics. Read More

President Bush will have a difficult time shifting the national conversation away from Iraq, believes presidential historian Thomas Alan Schwartz. Although his State of the Union may contain some interesting proposals on health care, energy and the environment, a conflict as politicized as the Iraq war will still dominate headlines. "Historically, domestic issues tend to pale next to foreign policy when there is a military conflict," Schwartz said. Read More

Four new development officials have joined the staff of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ‘s Department of Development and Alumni Relations. Read More

The public is invited to experience "living history" Friday, Jan. 26, as those involved in the historic 1961 Freedom Rides discuss their experiences and talk about race relations in Nashville during the civil rights movement. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ‘s Office of Active Citizenship and Service and Fisk University have partnered to host the panel discussion scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. at Fisk Memorial Chapel. The event is free. Read More