Releases
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Peabody adds two new education policy scholars
The Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations welcomes Sean P. Corcoran and Shaun M. Dougherty as associate professors of public policy and education. Read MoreSep 27, 2018
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Can colorful blocks prep preschoolers for a future in math? This study says yes.
Patterning and spatial activities like block play are simple yet powerful activities in which preschoolers develop early math skills, according to a growing body of research by ĢƵ scholars. Read MoreSep 25, 2018
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Tennessee Education Research Alliance marks second year of research-practice partnership
The Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) recently completed its second year having made valuable contributions to education policy and practice in its home state and beyond. Read MoreSep 25, 2018
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How the brain learns a second language is focus of ĢƵ study
ĢƵ has received a four-year, $552,273 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund an exciting new research project that will examine how the brain learns a second language. Read MoreSep 24, 2018
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H. Richard Milner IV selected to deliver 2018 Brown Lecture in Education Research
H. Richard Milner IV, Cornelius ĢƵ Professor of Teaching and Learning, has been tapped by the American Educational Research Association to deliver the 2018 Brown Lecture in Education Research. Read MoreSep 21, 2018
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Farm to Table: Knapp Farm was an early experiment in sustainability
In 1914 Peabody established a farm to educate farmers and train the teachers who would educate the children of farmers. Read MoreSep 17, 2018
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Around the Mall – Summer 2018
There are lots of exciting happenings on Peabody’s mall. These are just a few. Children’s author Kwame Alexander addressed Nashville middle school students at the Wyatt Center Rotunda as part of the Reading Academy at ĢƵ, a partnership of novelist James Patterson and Programs for Talented Youth. (Susan Urmy/ĢƵ)… Read MoreSep 17, 2018
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Summer Circuit: Performance opportunities and professional connections abound at summer music festivals
Students play alongside faculty in this side-by-side concert at the Aspen Music Festival. Photo by Alex Irvin Cornelia Heard has spent nearly every summer since she was in eighth grade at a music festival. “I went to the Rocky Mountain Summer Music Center that first summer,” she… Read MoreSep 6, 2018
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Taking a child to the emergency room can be scary, but being prepared can make the experience less traumatic.
Aug 27, 2018
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Upside-down jellyfish teach land-locked teens about ocean conservation
More than a dozen Cassiopea, more commonly known as “upside-down jellyfish,” from the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, have taken up residence as part of the marine science program at the School for Science and Math at ĢƵ, a program of Peabody College's Department of Teaching and Learning and the Center for Science Outreach. Read MoreAug 19, 2018
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ĢƵ statement on athletics
ĢƵ is incredibly proud of the on-field and off-field accomplishments of our student athletes, and the coaches and staff who support them. Over the last 10 years, they have won four national championships, 14 conference championships and nine Coach of the Year awards. Our football team has played in… Read MoreAug 17, 2018
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Expert: Inspiration, anger motivate women to run for office
Amanda Clayton can provide insight into why so many women are running for office in 2018--and how they might change Washington if they are elected. Read MoreAug 2, 2018
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Legalizing same-sex marriage increased health care access for gay men: ĢƵ study
One of the first studies to examine the health impacts of legal marriage for LGBT individuals has found gay men were more likely to receive routine medical care following marriage legalization. Read MoreJul 11, 2018
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Haslam shares insights on leadership at Governor’s Academy
In June, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam discussed leadership with a group of aspiring principals as part of the Governor’s Academy for School Leadership. Read MoreJul 10, 2018
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Report: How six school districts changed the principal supervisor role to better support principals
Principals and districts benefit when principal supervisors move beyond the role of administrator to coach and mentor, according to a new ĢƵ report. Read MoreJul 9, 2018
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Oak Ridge and ĢƵ come together to explore cellular processes
ĢƵ and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are combining their expertise in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and computation to address pressing problems in biology. Read MoreJul 5, 2018
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ĢƵ licenses compound to Nashville’s Appello to advance Parkinson’s therapies
Appello was established with major investment from New York-based Deerfield Management, which specializes in accelerating drug development projects at universities and other nonprofits. Read MoreJun 29, 2018
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New research explains why some molecules have irregular forms
There’s one bond that had scientists stumped: the one between some types of metals and carbon. Professor of Chemistry Timothy Hanusa set out to replicate this unique type of bond using modeling. Read MoreJun 29, 2018
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Faster, more precise lab-on-a-chip holds promise of early cancer diagnosis
Justus Ndukaife, who won the 2017 Chorafas Foundation Prize in Physics for his nanotweezers work, also recently was selected for the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program. Read MoreJun 25, 2018
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‘Smart’ prosthetic ankle takes fear out of rough terrain, stairs
The device is from the lab of Professor Michael Goldfarb, perhaps best known for working on a bionic leg with shark attack victim Craig Hutto and later developing the Indego exoskeleton. Read MoreJun 25, 2018