Releases
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Sloan Center for Internet Retailing announced
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a grant establishing the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Sloan Center for Internet Retailing at the Owen Graduate School of Management. Read MoreMay 22, 2003
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Corporate directors to study effects of Reforms of 2002
Directors of publicly traded companies will gather at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Law School in June to address the issues directors now face as a result of recent regulatory changes in a climate of investor uncertainty. Read MoreMay 21, 2003
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MEDIA ADVISORY–Eminent astronomer giving public lecture in Nashville
The eminent astronomer David Weedman, who is a Nashville native and graduate of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, will be delivering a free public lecture on Tuesday evening, May 27. Read MoreMay 21, 2003
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Plans for new Children’s Hospital to highlight kickoff event for Eve of Janus Ball
Plans for the Monroe Carell Children's Hospital will highlight a kickoff event for the Eve of Janus Ball on Sunday, June 1, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., in the lobby of the Frances Williams Preston Building on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus. Read MoreMay 19, 2003
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Op-ed – The Coming Tort Reform Juggernaut
Tort reform has come to Washington, D.C. with a vengeance. Congress, with the White House's blessing, has begun to propose a dizzying array of federal laws designed to change the way lawsuits are handled in the 50 states. Read MoreMay 19, 2003
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Center for the Americas to provide diverse, integrated perspective of hemisphere
The newly created Center for the Americas at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ will provide innovative perspectives on American history, culture and society by bringing together a powerful group of scholars whose research and teaching cuts across the political and geographical boundaries of North, Central and South America. Read MoreMay 16, 2003
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Johnson, Dickerson share honor from national society
Dale A. Johnson and Dennis C. Dickerson have been elected president and president elect of the American Society of Church History. This is the first time someone from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has served in this role for the national organization and the first time faculty from one university have served back-to-back terms. Read MoreMay 14, 2003
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Astronomer to describe the edge of the visible universe at public lecture
Imagine a single, star-like object that burns with as much energy as billions of stars in hundreds of galaxies combined. Such objects exist. They are called quasars and are just one of the nearly unimaginable astronomical objects that eminent astronomer David Weedman will describe in the free public lecture, Seyfert Galaxies, Quasars and the Edge of the Universe., on May 27. Read MoreMay 14, 2003
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Chancellor bids farewell to the Classes of 2003
Sound and text of Chancellor Gordon Gee's Commencement address Read MoreMay 9, 2003
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ honors top scholars during Commencement
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's top scholars in nine undergraduate and professional schools received Founder's Medals during Commencement exercises on May 9. Read MoreMay 9, 2003
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµs Peabody College honors Volunteer State Community College founder
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµs Peabody College honored alumnus Hal R. Ramer, of Nashville, with its Lifetime Service Award at the Colleges commencement ceremony Friday, May 9. He is the first recipient of the award. Read MoreMay 9, 2003
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµs Peabody College honors University System of Georgia chancellor emeritus with Distinguished Alumnus Award
Peabody College honored H. Dean Propst, chancellor emeritus of the University System of Georgia, with its 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award during commencement Friday, May 9. Read MoreMay 9, 2003
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Commencement set for May 9
Approximately 2,400 students, including one of the largest undergraduate classes in the history of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, will receive diplomas at the Universitys Commencement May 9 on Alumni Lawn. Read MoreMay 9, 2003
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MEDIA ADVISORY–Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ moving main graduation ceremony to Memorial Gym because of recent bad weather
The recent rainstorms have forced Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to move its main Commencement ceremony from Alumni Lawn to Memorial Gym Friday, May 9. Read MoreMay 9, 2003
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MEDIA ADVISORY–Commencement set for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ
Approximately 2,400 students will receive diplomas at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµs graduation exercises Friday, May 9. Read MoreMay 9, 2003
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MEDIA ADVISORY–NASD officer Mary Schapiro to speak at Owen School Commencement
Mary L. Schapiro, vice chairman of the National Association of Securities Dealers and president of its Regulatory Policy and Oversight Division, will deliver the keynote address to the graduating class of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Commencement exercises on May 9. Read MoreMay 9, 2003
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Trojan Horse-like mechanism may hold key to new HIV knowledge
New findings provide evidence of a Trojan Horse-like mechanism whereby HIV infiltrates the immune system undetected and then exploits the system to promote its own survival. Read MoreMay 7, 2003
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Op-ed: So much left to discover, so few ready to do it
Opinion piece for Christian Science Monitor by Rick Chappell, director of Science Research Communications Read MoreMay 1, 2003
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MEDIA ADVISORY–SEC faculty to discuss athletics in higher education
Faculty leaders from all 12 Southeastern Conference schools are gathering for the first time this week at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to discuss the role of academics in intercollegiate athletics. Read MoreApr 28, 2003
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Improving health through expressive writing
Studies are examining whether expressive writing sessions can make a difference in emotional and physical health of patients with chronic illnesses- specifically patients with HIV, diabetes, and people looking for a way to stop smoking. Read MoreApr 28, 2003