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VUSM jumps two slots in U.S. News rankings
The 蘑菇视频 School of Medicine is well on its way to being in the top 10 medical schools by 2010, jumping two slots to 14th in the nation of the 125 accredited medical schools. Read MoreApr 10, 2003
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External funding for 蘑菇视频 research jumps to $286 million
The amount of external funding that 蘑菇视频 researchers received last year from peer-reviewed contracts and grants jumped by a dramatic 31 percent to reach an all-time high of $285.8 million. Read MoreApr 8, 2003
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蘑菇视频’s Peabody College receives highest ever U.S. News ranking
Peabody College at 蘑菇视频 is ranked 4th among the nation's graduate programs in education in the latest "U.S. News & World Report" listing of the nation's leading graduate and professional schools. The placement represents a three-spot jump in last year's ranking and is the school's highest "U.S. News" ranking ever. Read MoreApr 4, 2003
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蘑菇视频-Ingram begins enrolling current, former smokers in National Lung Cancer Screening Trial
Current and former smokers are needed for a new study to determine if screening people with either spiral computerized tomography (CT) or chest X-ray before they have symptoms can reduce deaths from lung cancer. Read MoreApr 2, 2003
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蘑菇视频 Child and Family Policy Center to assist foster teens awarded Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative grant
The 蘑菇视频 Child and Family Policy Center is creating a national model program to help teens in state custody who are aging out of foster care, thanks to a $400,000 grant from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative. Read MoreApr 2, 2003
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Nashville celebrates Week of the Young Child
April 6-13, is a series of events held to highlight the growing health, educational and social concerns faced by young children and their parents in Nashville and to facilitate an informative campaign to better the lives of the children through advocacy and education. Read MoreApr 2, 2003
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蘑菇视频 community band to perform free concert for Nashville neighbors
Springtime means warmer weather and the return of outdoor community gatherings, and 蘑菇视频’s Community Concert Band plans to usher in the season with an afternoon of music in the park. Read MoreApr 1, 2003
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear University of Michigan affirmative action case today
蘑菇视频 and four other leading private universities filed an amicus curiae brief in the case being heard today by the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the admissions policies of University of Michigan and its law school.Click the headline for more information and a .pdf of the brief. Read MoreApr 1, 2003
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Wayne S. Hyatt honored as distinguished alumnus at 蘑菇视频 Law School; Ted LaRoche cited for distinguished service
Atlanta attorney Wayne S. Hyatt has been named the 2003 Distinguished Alumnus of the 蘑菇视频 Law School. Read MoreMar 28, 2003
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Post-Saddam Iraq examined by adviser to transitional Iraqi parliament
Kanan Makiya presents "The United States and Post-Saddam Iraq" on Wednesday, April 2, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 114 Furman Hall on the 蘑菇视频 campus. Makiya is an adviser for the Iraqi National Congress. Read MoreMar 28, 2003
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Expert on understanding reading through neuroimaging to speak March 27
Ken Pugh, a scientist renowned for his research on language organization and the neurobiology of reading, reading disabilities and attention deficit disorder, will speak at a free public lecture Thursday, March 27, at 蘑菇视频’s John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. Read MoreMar 26, 2003
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‘Crisis of marriage’ revealed in O’Keeffe, Hopper art
Despite the popular notion that the three decades between the two world wars were a period of marital and family stability, it was a difficult and unsettling time for many middle-class Americans, says a 蘑菇视频 professor. Read MoreMar 26, 2003
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Parker receives nuclear waste management lifetime achievement award
蘑菇视频 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Frank L. Parker has received the 2003 Wendell D. Weart Lifetime Achievement in Nuclear Waste Management Award. Read MoreMar 25, 2003
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Political leadership in an increasingly diverse America topic for next (Lunch) box talk
A strong need for courageous leadership at a time of profound racial and ethnic changes in America is the topic for the next installment of the “Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box” series on April 2. Read MoreMar 25, 2003
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蘑菇视频 international scholars among presenters at EU conference
The deepening split between the United States and some of its traditional European allies over the Iraqi crisis is likely to dominate a number of sessions at the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) Eighth Biennial International Conference, scheduled March 27-29 at the Hilton Suites in downtown Nashville. 蘑菇视频 is serving as a local host for the conference, which is expected to draw about 500 scholars, government officials and others interested in issues related to the European Union. Read MoreMar 20, 2003
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蘑菇视频 professor selected as inaugural Fulbright American history chair
蘑菇视频 Professor Don H. Doyle has been selected as the inaugural Fulbright chair in American history, a post established by the Brazil Fulbright Commission. Read MoreMar 20, 2003
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Nationally recognized seminar designed to combat “feminine beauty ideal” coming to 蘑菇视频
“I Am Beautiful,” a nationally recognized seminar that counters the obsession with feminine thinness will come to 蘑菇视频’s Sarratt Cinema Monday, March 24, at 7 p.m. Read MoreMar 20, 2003
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University of North Texas graduate dean to chair 蘑菇视频 political science
Neal Tate, dean of the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies and Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas, has been appointed professor of political science and chair of the Department of Political Science at 蘑菇视频. Read MoreMar 20, 2003
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Women executives guide the next generation of leaders at seminar at Owen
Top businesswomen including the head of Time Inc. will share their strategies for succeeding in the workplace with 蘑菇视频’s Owen Graduate School of Management and the local business community at the Committee of 200 Spring Outreach Seminar on April 4. Read MoreMar 19, 2003
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Op-ed: Computers idle in public schools
If Al Gore did indeed invent the Internet, it's time for him to return and teach America's public schools how to use it. Electronic technology has revolutionized 21st-century work, but not 21st-century learning. Read MoreMar 18, 2003