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A week after Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ began admitting students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, approximately 100 students from Gulf Coast colleges and universities had registered for classes. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Medical Center now has treated more than 70 Gulf Coast evacuees, hospitalizing more than 20, and its LifeFlight reserve helicopter and fixed wing aircraft and their medical teams continue to assist in disaster relief and patient transport out of the region. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Law Professor Christopher S. Yoo is scheduled to testify at the confirmation hearings next week for John G. Roberts Jr., who has been nominated to serve as chief justice of the United States. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Larry R. Churchill, co-director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Medicine, will examine the factors that must be addressed as America confronts the Medicare crisis in the 21st century during a lecture Sept. 13 at Flynn Auditorium in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Law School. Read More

Hurricane Katrina has left most of New Orleans a virtual toxic wasteland, and a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professor says that perhaps this once great city that is below sea level should not be rebuilt, at least in its present form. Mark Abkowitz, professor of civil and environmental engineering, says "imagine the infrastructure expense required to rebuild the levees that can withstand far more than what was included in the original design, installation of a pumping system with greater capacity and less prone to failure, and add to that the knowledge that the climate change will increase the frequency and severity of hurricanes in the region." Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chancellor Gordon Gee and Fisk University President Hazel O'Leary will lead a celebration Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. of the two universities' Masters-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program partnership to increase the number of minority students pursuing their doctoral degrees in physics, astronomy and the biomedical sciences. Both university leaders will speak, and students who are participating in the partnership will be available for interviews. The event will feature a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chancellor Gordon Gee and Fisk University President Hazel O‘Leary will lead a celebration Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. of the two universities‘ Masters-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program partnership to increase the number of minority students pursuing their doctoral degrees in physics, astronomy and the biomedical sciences. Both university leaders will speak, and students who are participating in the partnership will be available for interviews. The event will feature a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ LifeFlight has dispatched its reserve helicopter and a medical team to Hattiesburg, Miss., to assist in disaster relief efforts after a call for assistance was made to Tennessee EMS officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read More

When Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) amended a massive spending bill last year to provide that all institutions of higher education receiving federal funds celebrate Constitution Day, he may not have envisioned a discussion about whether the requirement is itself unconstitutional. Read More

A quirky or socially awkward approach to life might be the key to becoming a great artist, composer or inventor. Read More

In an effort to help displaced hurricane refugees from the Gulf Coast area, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Nursing is holding a special clinic for hurricane victims needing health care at the Vine Hill Clinic on Tuesday and Thursday evenings to treat hurricane disaster refugees who have sought refuge in Middle Tennessee. Read More

Cancer patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath who are in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky and in need of continued treatment can contact the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-Ingram Cancer Center for assistance. Read More

Beginning at 1 p.m. today, the Middle Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps (MTMRC) will open a warehouse within the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, located on James Robertson Parkway in downtown Nashville, to receive personal items as well as medical supplies to assist hurricane disaster relief efforts. Beginning tomorrow, warehouse hours will be 7 a.m.-7 p.m. each day. Read More

As Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ began accepting visiting students from Gulf Coast institutions, the university reassured current Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students from the devastated areas that the university is prepared to help meet their changing educational financial needs. Read More

Peter Eisenman, an internationally recognized architect and educator who has designed projects ranging from NFL stadiums to unique private homes, will speak Sept. 23 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ experts are available to discuss a variety of issues related to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, including emergency response planning, police response, looting, economic impact, impact on universities, mass casualties, infectious disease and medical problems facing children. Read More

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Commodores did something on Sept. 1 that they haven't done since 1993-win their season opener on the road. Fourth-year Head Coach Bobby Johnson and his Commodores toughed out a 24-20 win against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 1:48 left in the game. The four-play, game-clinching drive culminated in a rushing touchdown by sophomore running back Jeff Jennings-his second of the game. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In response to Hurricane Katrina's devastation, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is offering a campus-wide response that includes medical aid, counseling for students from the affected areas, fund-raising and an option for local students displaced by the tragedy to continue their studies at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ while their Gulf Coast colleges and universities work to restore their campuses. Read More

The value of democracy in today's scientific world, a discussion of why presidentialism is bad for U.S. democracy and the importance of choosing the right doctor are among topics for the fall 2005 "Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box" series. Read More

Singer-songwriters Gary Burr, Jim Photoglo and Victoria Shaw will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Dyer Observatory as part of the popular Bluebird on the Mountain concert series. Read More

Larry D. Soderquist, one of the nation's most respected securities law scholars and director of the Corporate and Securities Law Institute at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Law School, died on Aug. 20 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Medical Center. Soderquist, 61, was a professor of law at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. He had been seriously injured in an automobile accident in early July. Read More