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Released: 9-Jan-2012 9:00 AM EST
Student Team Creates ‘MTSU Mobile'App for Campus
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Five computer science students have developed a Android mobile app that has been adopted for use at their university. Specific departments on campus are now requesting their services.

Released: 31-Aug-2011 9:00 AM EDT
MTSU Unveils New $4.3 Million Dairy; Then Cows Come Home
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This fall, as Middle Tennessee State University’s School of Agribusiness and Agriscience begins a second century of educating undergraduate and graduate students, its dairy farm will undergo a ‘moo’-ving experience.

Released: 19-Aug-2011 9:00 AM EDT
MTSU, U.S. Army Enter Unique Partnership
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MTSU and the Army signed a memorandum of understanding that will create a relationship between the university's Umanned Aircraft System research efforts and the Army UAS Program Office.

Released: 26-Jul-2011 9:00 AM EDT
Underwater-Treadmill Therapy Nets Remarkable Improvement in Mobility After Spinal-Cord Trauma
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After suffering a broken neck and spinal-cord damage in an auto accident, Janette Rodgers was nearly taken off life-support. Today, she is walking to her mailbox and doing some housework, thanks, in part, to underwater-treadmill therapy.

Released: 8-Jun-2011 11:00 AM EDT
Getting Rid of Clutter Leads to Mental Clarity, Liberation, Professor Says
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After becoming a full professor, Jackie Gilbert felt the need to purge her office (and her life) of papers, files, notebooks and artifacts--all those things that were cluttering her life and mind. It was liberating, she says.

Released: 26-Apr-2011 9:00 AM EDT
Student-Run EMC Production Company at MTSU Means (Hands-On) Business
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EMC Productions is an official student-run TV production company at MTSU that is turning out top-quality work and providing students with hands-on applied learning.

Released: 11-Mar-2011 9:00 AM EST
MTSU Aerospace Unveils New Air Traffic Control Simulator
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MTSU's new ATC lab features a seamless, 360-degree fiberglass control tower. It is 9 feet high with a diameter fo 29 feet. Ten radar suites simulate enroute and approach environments and pseudopilot positions.

Released: 7-Dec-2010 9:00 AM EST
'Project Cuba' Revives Study-Abroad Effort After 6-Year Hiatus
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Middle Tennessee State University is reviving its successful study-abroad excursion to Cuba for summer 2011 after a six-year hiatus caused by government travel restriction.

Released: 30-Nov-2010 9:00 AM EST
Aviation Trends in China Guide MTSU Conference Debut
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Aviation officials and experts from MTSU and China will discuss airspace management, air traffic control systems, regional airline development in China, the role of charter airlines and business trends in both nations.

Released: 28-Oct-2010 9:00 AM EDT
Historic Drive Nov. 1 Fueled by Sun and Hydrogen from Water
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MTSU agriscience professor will drive 500 miles across Tennessee on from Bristol, Va., to West Memphis, Ark., in a Toyota fueled by sun and water. His goal for 2011 is to go coast to coast using just 10 gallons of gas.

Released: 9-Sep-2010 9:00 AM EDT
AG School Develops Cool, Sustainable Way to Keep Veggies Fresher
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Students have built two 10X10-foot air-conditioned walk-in packing sheds on the university farm that will keep produce fresh for market.

Released: 31-Aug-2010 9:00 AM EDT
University Reaches Out to Hispanic Community Through Spanish TV, Radio
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MTSU faculty and students wrote and recorded public service announcements encouraging Hispanic students to go to college and helping them to prepare.

Released: 30-Aug-2010 9:00 AM EDT
Center of Excellence Partnership Will Support Unmanned Aircraft Industry
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A new partnership in the Southeast U.S. between education and industry will be on the ground floor of what officials call a growth "tsunami."

Released: 14-Jul-2010 9:00 AM EDT
MTSU Advances Health-Care Industry Through Partnerships, Student Involvement
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Two major studies out of MTSU tout job growth in allied health fields and the booming health-care industry in Nashville, Tenn. MTSU places a premium on partnerships and student participation in serving the public good.

   
Released: 6-Jul-2010 1:30 PM EDT
Camp ENRGY Offers Physically Challenged Youth Active-Lifestyle Experiences
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One exercise-science researcher has founded an adaptive-recreation camp that he hopes will serve as a template for others willing to offer physically challenged youth the chance to develop and adopt active lifestyles.

Released: 27-Jan-2010 9:00 AM EST
Interactive Program to Focus on Values, Sportsmanship
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"Real Sportsmanship," an online program for players and coaches, has helped reduce ejections in high school football by more than 60 percent over three years. It has been adopted by the Sun Belt Conference for five years.

Released: 14-Jan-2010 9:00 AM EST
Research with Underwater Treadmill is Breakthrough for Victims of Spinal-Cord Injuries
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Sandra Stevens, doctoral student in human performance, has been working with underwater-treadmill therapy and victims of severe spinal-cord trauma with encouraging results.

Released: 21-Oct-2009 4:55 PM EDT
$850K in Grant Money Allows MTSU to Combat Lead Poisoning, Create Forensic Science Courses, Train Law Enforcement
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MTSU can help keep citizens safer from lead poisoning and train more law-enforcement personnel thanks to new federal grants totaling $850,000 to expand lead-hazard outreach and forensic science training.

Released: 30-Sep-2009 8:15 PM EDT
Holocaust Conference at MTSU: Eminent Holocaust Scholar Advises Tolerance 70 Years After Nazi Invasion
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Dr. Gerhard L. Weinberg, a World War II scholar who is professor emeritus of history and perhaps best known for his discovery of a book penned by Adolf Hitler, will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 International Holocaust Studies Conference on Oct. 22-24 at MTSU.

Released: 2-Sep-2009 10:00 AM EDT
MTSU Center for Popular Music Adds to Collection
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The personal papers, records and memorabilia of honky-tonking Texan Charlie Walker, the consummate disc jockey-turned-country star with hits like “Pick Me Up on Your Way Down” and “Wild as a Wildcat,” are now being catalogued at MTSU’s Center for Popular Music in a collection that archivists say is “invaluable to researchers, particularly those looking into the business of country music.”



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