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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A forensic anthropologist at Middle Tennessee State University is one of a select number of scientists to participate in the examination of a 9,300-year-old skeleton known as Kennewick Man that could force historians to rewrite the story of the entire North American continent.
Many parents, especially mothers and single parents, grieve when their children leave home for the first time to attend college, but one lifespan-development expert and psychology professors says parents should celebrate and reconnect with life around them, not mourn.
Hilary Stallings' concern for her soldier brother has turned into a passion as well as a directive to all private citizens on how they can help protect our fighting men and women from serious, even fatal head injuries. It doesn't matter how you feel about the war ... we all "have skin in the game," Stallings says.
As summer ends and college students return to campus, it is important to take precautionary measures to ensure personal safety. Carl Peaster Jr., a police chief and director of Public Safety at Middle Tennessee State University, offers tips for helping students reduce the risk of becoming a crime statistic on campus.
Two MTSU professors who have researched bullying, both the bullied and bullies, report that the age-old problem is widespread and has destructive effects for all involved but it's finally getting a much-needed spotlight. How parents and school personnel respond to bullying situations is crucial. Despite the myths, bulling is not normal behavior, nor should it be tolerated.
Freshmen college students frequently fall victim to the Freshman 15, that dreaded weight gain that quickly arrives once students join campus life, thanks to decreased physical activity, late-night hours, late-night eating and late-night parties. Aside from zapping students' energy, the lifestyle choices many college students make also influence their academic performance as a result of improper rest and nutrition.
School districts in Middle Tennessee recently have reported several cases of staph infection among students and school workers. A biology professor at Middle Tennessee State University is involved in research that holds the promise of helping to reduce the number of these infections. The research may also point to new ways to combat other pathogens such as anthrax, SARS and avian flu.
The twice-annual MTSU Poll is a public-opinion poll out of MTSU's Office of Communication Research, a division of the College of Mass Communication. The attitude of Tennesseans toward immigrants doesn't appear to change simply by using politically correct terminology. There are interesting observations on the use of "illegal" and "undocumented" immigrants. Health care remains a big concern as do growth and traffic.
With the approach of the holiday season, excitement and anticipation typically abound, but so do the holiday blues for many. Two MTSU professors familiar with the seasonal problem say a bit of advance planning can help ease holiday loneliness and sadness in those most likely to experience it.
Media-only press conference to announce the formal confirmation that Sgt. Alvin York's battlefield site had been precisely located by a Tennessee-based research team that returned from France on Nov. 26, 2006. Some of the 1,400-plus artifact recovered by the research team at the historic World War I battlefield, which has been a source of speculation and mystery for nearly nine decades, will be on display at the media-only event.
A research team led by geographer Tom Nolan, a member of the geosciences faculty at Middle Tennessee State University, and Michael Birdwell, an Alvin York scholar and member of Tennessee Tech University's history faculty, recently uncovered more than 1,400 artifacts in Chatel-Chehery, France, at the site that is believed to be the precise location where Sgt. York earned the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Americans cite bias and deception as the two top unethical behaviors by mass media that most concern them, according to a poll just released by Middle Tennessee State University's College of Mass Communication. People are concerned about truth, deception, violence, inaccurate reporting, gratuitous sex, and who pulls the news strings, among many other things.
How can ethics in media survive when ethics in business, government and religion already have been so diminished in the age of "Enron"? What happens when the standard-bearers of truth no longer tell the truth themselves and instead become part of the problem? Do we believe our journalists? Who's watching the watchdogs?
Results of the spring 2007 MTSU Poll, an opinion survey conducted twice year by Middle Tennessee State University's Office of Communication Research, is now available. The newly released poll findings feature Tennesseans' views on the state's options on lottery scholarship surplus dollars as well as national issues.
This feature story focuses on the growing popularity of viedeogaming, especially among college students, including the popularity of the newly introduced Nintendo Wii system, which is the most physical gaming product to date. The revenue generated by the videogame industry now rivals that of Hollywood's biggest box-office successes, with no signs of diminishing. Popularity and appeal of videogames, as well as injuries sustained by some gamers, discussed herein.
Although textbook costs are reported to have doubled twice the rate of inflation during the past two decades, according to a yearlong student by a federal panel, textbook authors such as Dr. Janet Belsky, psychology professor, say it's wrong to blame inflated textbook prices on academic authors who spend years researching and writing books in exchange for only a few dollars per new textbook sold and no money from used-book sales.
Say "astronomy," and most think of a telescope. Or, mention the word "observatory," and many may envision a domed building with a telescope. There is, however, an astronomical observatory at MTSU in Murfreesboro that has no telescope, no dome, but boasts .12 columns, each precisely aligned with the Earth and the heavens.
This feature story features interviews with psychology professor/author Dr. Janet Belsky regarding possible reasons for the declining divorce rate in the U.S. and with a twice-divorced single mother.
Dennis P. Lockhart, 14th president and CEO of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, will keynote MTSU's 15th annual Economic Outlook Conference. Don Ratajczak will provide trends and forecasts. The conference is targeted to bankers, business owners, managers, community leaders, legislators and students and faculty.
Dr. William F. Ford says that the economic issues related to the immigration debate are largely ignored in favor of focusing on the legal, political, social and cultural aspects of the issue. However, it's vital that economic considerations related to immigration"”including the major roles that both legal and illegal immigrants contribute to the labor force and production and spending"”be factored into the discourse, he says.
Although U.S. citizens can't vote on each individual issue or dilemma facing this nation, that's no excuse for Americans to refrain from participating in their own governance, declares Dr. Larry Burris, a First Amendment scholar and journalism professor, who adds that "the public's business should be conducted in public; not in smoke-filled rooms, restaurants or sports facilities."
Members of the House of Representatives recently passed legislation giving reporters the right to protect confidential sources in most federal cases, but the shield-law legislation's future is unsure and President Bush says he'll veto it. One First Amendment scholar says the legislation is more about the public's right to know than the reporter's right to protection.
A new approach to understanding why a child doesn't learn how to read includes looking underneath the scores to the humanity of the individual. Children are indeed being left behind because the totality of the person isn't being taught. A new Literacy Studies degree forces professionals to rethink and relearn the teaching of reading by bringing together many disciplines that support successful literacy.
Dr. Andrew Owusu, assistant professor of health and human performance at Middle Tennessee State University, recently released the initial findings from a 2007 study that was the first of its kind to be conducted nationwide in Ghana, West Africa, on the health habits and health-risk behaviors of adolescents.
Thanks to a recent partnership between Middle Tennessee State University, the Tennessee Department of Correction and the Great Books Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization, prisoners at three Nashville-area prisons recently had a chance to explore "the sweet serenity of books" by participating in a nine-week program titled Great Books in Middle Tennessee Prisons.
The 16th annual MTSU Economic Outlook Conference provides business and industry leaders, faculty, students and the public the opportunity to hear outstanding speakers from both the public and private sectors and to gain valuable insights into questions pertinent to today's economic issues on local, regional, and international levels.
The Disney Keys to Excellence-leadership, management, loyalty and customer service, can assist educators in and outside of the classroom and certainly in the areas of recruitment and retention issues especially when it comes to such efforts as being student-centered and providing students with the very best environment possible"”physical, social and academic"”a total campus experience.
The most comprehensive reference compilation ever published on the United States' most fundamental freedom brings together the works of accomplished scholars to create the Encyclopedia of the First Amendment. This groundbreaking new two-volume set is published by Washington, D.C.-based CQ Press and is available now through bookstores and online at www.cqpress.com.
Environmental research at colleges and universities isn't just scientific anymore. Increasingly, scientists are taking an approach to their work that includes more than laboratory analysis. That is the concept behind CLEAR, or Collaborative Education and Research, the brainchild of three professors at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.
The Nov. 24, 2008, edition of TIME Magazine featured President-elect Barack Obama's face juxtaposed on Franklin D. Roosevelt's body, complete with confident beaming smile and cigarette holder. With experts describing the current national economy as the worst economic climate since the Great Depression, how valid are comparisons to the challenges faced by FDR then and the challenges facing Obama now? One MTSU professor says comparisons are not only tempting, but even somewhat warranted.
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