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Released: 27-Mar-2006 8:00 AM EST
Seigenthaler Chair Celebrates 20 Years of Excellence at MTSU
Middle Tennessee State University

Media help make sense of chaos. But when media help create chaos, how can journalists respond? This three-day conference is dedicated to the study of the problem of credibility in the media and offers some solutions while preserving the tools of solid and effective journalism.

Released: 15-Mar-2006 7:25 PM EST
Precise Locale of WWI Hero Alvin York's One-Man Battle Discovered
Middle Tennessee State University

Thomas Nolan, an MTSU geographer, lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers to France, where they discovered the precise location of the one-man battlefield of Alvin C. York, WWI hero.

Released: 10-Feb-2006 1:20 PM EST
"Casting a Chemical Eye on Love" (Column/Commentary)
Middle Tennessee State University

Dr. Preston MacDougall, professor of chemistry, applies a "chemical eye" to romance and love throughout the ages through the current day in this column/commentary inspired by Valentine's Day sentimentality.

Released: 18-Oct-2005 9:00 AM EDT
From Liberation to Life: 60 Years After Auschwitz
Middle Tennessee State University

Distinguished scholars will join Nazi prison camp survivors and some of the U.S. and Russian military veterans who liberated them as they explore the effects of the Holocaust 60 years after Auschwitz. Sessions will include academic analyses of the impact and personal recollections.

Released: 26-Sep-2005 9:00 AM EDT
MTSU-Concrete Partnership Booming, Spawning Others Nationwide
Middle Tennessee State University

To celebrate MTSU's 10th anniversary of the nation's first 4-year Concrete Industry Management Program, supporters will sponsor an auction in Las Vegas that director Austin Cheney hopes will raise $1 million. MTSU, the national model, is helping other schools launch CIM programs.

Released: 8-Sep-2005 9:00 AM EDT
Federal Reserve Governor to Keynote MTSU Economic Conference
Middle Tennessee State University

Olson will address actions of the Federal Reserve. David Penn will provide a midstate and regional economic update, and Don Ratajczak will look at the national and regional economic trends, plus project for 2005-06. Katrina's effect will most certainly be a topic of conversation.

Released: 31-Aug-2005 9:00 AM EDT
Kids with Cerebral Palsy to Be Tested on Underwater Treadmill
Middle Tennessee State University

Dr. Don Morgan believes that underwater treadmill training will help children with cerebral palsy gain strength in their legs, lessen their fatigue and perhaps raise their level of mobility. He hopes to begin the 10-week study soon.

Released: 15-Aug-2005 9:00 AM EDT
Chemical Eye on Fiscal Science
Middle Tennessee State University

Sen. Bill Frist's recent Frist-flop on stem cell research has drawn the ire of his esteemed colleagues who call it fiscally irresponsible to spend scarce federal dollars. But what of the $10 billion for the dysfunctional MDS? Or the billions it will cost to deposit space garbage?

Released: 28-Apr-2005 9:00 AM EDT
Tobacco's 'Big Four' Still Smokin' Despite Huge Penalty
Middle Tennessee State University

Tobacco's 'Big Four' were not only not hurt by the quarter-trillion-dollar MSA of 1998, they're still making a healthy profit and might even be better off than before. After analyzing sales and revenue data, it was discovered that they have actually increased since the settlement.

Released: 4-Apr-2005 9:10 AM EDT
Chemical Eye on Academic Freedom
Middle Tennessee State University

To control people, you must first remove some of their freedom. Incidents at Harvard and Columbia regarding gender, religion and politics are two examples where the concept of a university as a marketplace of ideas is being challenged. The market is either open all the way or it's out of business.

Released: 1-Feb-2005 11:00 AM EST
Valentine's Day Has Extra Meaning for Kidney Donor
Middle Tennessee State University

Angela Nicole Mabry (Nik) became interested in organ donation when a friend of hers was killed. She decided to go online and offer help. She found Jesse Boyd in Alabama who went into renal failure and was diagnosed with a rare blood disease. They fell in love. The surgery is Feb. 22.

Released: 13-Dec-2004 7:00 AM EST
Music Archive Helps Daughter Find Father She Never Knew
Middle Tennessee State University

T.J. Gibson found two 16-inch "records" in her mother's attic closet. The labels read Hartforld Music Quartet. Her journey took her to MTSU's Center for Popular Music, where the radio transcription disks were cleaned--and she heard her brother's voice--it was her father, J.A. McClung.

Released: 19-Nov-2004 11:00 AM EST
Chemical Eye on Scientific Freedom
Middle Tennessee State University

Yes, therapeutic cloning does involve experimentation on living, human stem-cells, but there won't be any bubble boys. At least not if scientists have anything to say about it. Preston MacDougall tries to clear the fog.

Released: 15-Nov-2004 12:00 AM EST
Americans Pay a 'Pound Penalty' in the Workforce If They Are Obese
Middle Tennessee State University

In America there is a "pound penalty" for obese people in the workforce, even greater for females, according to Drs. William F. Ford and Charles L. Baum, economics and finance professors at Middle Tennessee State University.

Released: 3-Nov-2004 11:00 AM EST
Kissing Under a Parasite -- It's the Berries
Middle Tennessee State University

Kissing is the berries. Just don't eat them. Mistletoe is not a deadly poison, but it could make you sick, says biology professor Tom Hemmerly. Like some medicines, keep it beyond the reach of children...

Released: 27-Oct-2004 12:00 AM EDT
Victory and Concession Speeches Provide Windows to Candidates' Thoughts
Middle Tennessee State University

Dr. John Vile examines 500 documents, including victory and concession speeches of campaigns from George Washington to George W. What winners and losers say -- and how they say it -- can be revealing and healing.

Released: 25-Oct-2004 9:20 AM EDT
Chemical Eye for the Political Guy (or Gal)
Middle Tennessee State University

Sure, there are bumper stickers, yard signs, mugs, pencils and blah buttons and lapel pins. But good chemistry is paramount to the person who wants to make a political statement based on solid science.

   
Released: 13-Oct-2004 12:00 AM EDT
New Training Initiative Will Improve Lives of Children
Middle Tennessee State University

According to KIDS COUNT, Tennessee ranks 43rd in child well-being. A $16 million first-year grant will enable MTSU to lead a statewide consortium in providing much-needed social work training for Department of Children's Services Workers.

Released: 8-Jul-2004 2:20 PM EDT
Today's Response tips from MTSU
Middle Tennessee State University

Five media tips offer comments from faculty experts on 1) Suing fast-food eateries for being fat; 2) Diversity and pre-schoolers; 3) Partially privatizing SS; 4) Out of control drug costs; and 5) Prison rehab programs can work.

Released: 7-Jul-2004 6:20 AM EDT
Genetics Research Could Help Disarm Deadly Viruses
Middle Tennessee State University

There may be a potential for random mutations to accumulate in the genetic material of viruses to the point that so many mistakes in the DNA or RNA may keep a deadly virus from reproducing or maintaining itself.


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