by Katina R. BeardCEO Matthew Walker Comprehensve Health Center National Health Center Week runs from August 7-13 and serves as a time for federally qualified health centers or community health centers to take a bow. It’s a time to “toot” our horns and say thank you to our staff and community for their hard work and support. Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, Inc. was founded in 1968 by Dr. Matthew Walker, Sr., physician, surgeon, civil rights leader, husband, father, grandfather, friend. At the time of his death in 1972, Dr. Walker was credited with having trained over fifty percent of…
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By Dr. Keith Churchwell President of Yale New Haven Hospital In 2009, Congress took the important step of banning flavored cigarettes that enticed youth to start smoking. However, that landmark legislation contained a significant flaw: a loophole that allowed tobacco companies to continue selling menthol cigarettes. For decades, tobacco companies have relied heavily on menthol flavoring — a chemical additive found in nature that can also be created in a laboratory — because menthol makes it easier to start smoking and harder to quit. When added to cigarettes, menthol produces a cooling effect that masks the harshness of cigarette smoke and…
The citizens of District One desire adequate and responsive representation from our councilman. They have initiated the recall process. If you agree and would like to help, they need signatures of voters that were registered voters in the old District One. You can make your voice heard by showing up and singing the petition at the following: Place: Harris Plaza Address: 3921 Clarksville Pike, Nashville, TN 37218 Date: August 11th & August 12th Day: Thursday and Friday Time: 4pm to 6pm
By Peter White FRANKLIN, TN – Judge William Acree denied four motions Wednesday by embattled former attorney Connie Reguli. She asked him to set aside her conviction for custodial interference because the original trial judge, Joseph Woodruff, didn’t instruct the jury properly. “The court finds that issue is without merit,” Acree said. Reguli’s attorney, Nathan Cate, presented arguments, dissecting complex points of law in clear simple language. Judge Acree wasn’t having any of it. Cate asked Acree to grant Reguli a new trial because the prosecution’s case was based on an order by a Smith County judge who had no…
Nashville, Tenn.–Zeinab Yadegari, a Fisk University Postdoctoral Research Fellow, has received $300,000 from The National Science Foundation (NSF), a government agency that funds scientific research. Yadegari’s goal is to take a closer look at dopamine (DA) -related mental disorders with the hope that this new undertaking can help people affected by clinical depression, drug addiction, schizophrenia, or Parkinson’s disease. Millions of people around the world struggle with mental illness and addiction brought on by DA dysregulation. There is still a lack of techniques for monitoring DA levels or DA neuron activity in the brain, despite its well-known significance in processes like motor control, reward-motivated actions, and learning. This project’s main…
By Gary Puckrein Humans are pretty darn special — but you wouldn’t know it from looking at our healthcare system. To understand just how incredibly unique humanity is, take a gander at the trove of data just released by the European Space Agency. Of almost two billion stars examined — just 2% of the 100 billion stars that make up the Milky Way galaxy — there’s only one, our sun, known to support sentient life. And if we cast our gaze further out in the universe, where there are 200 trillion stars, we also find no evidence that sentient life…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU students and administrators received lessons in leadership Wednesday (Aug. 3) from a person of experience at both the collegiate and municipal level. Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland addressed the annual Center for Student Involvement and Leadership summer retreat at Murfreesboro Police Headquarters on Day One of a two-day retreat. Current Student Government Association President Jada K. Powell presented him with his own SGA polo shirt to commemorate the occasion. A 1997 MTSU alumnus who served as student body president from 1995-1996, McFarland covered a wide range of topics from issues challenging the city today to the qualities of…
NASHVILLE, TN (TN Tribune) — Tennessee Craft announces a Tennessee Craft Week Instagram Photo Contest August 1-31, 2022. This contest is open to all craft artists in the state of Tennessee. Winning photos will credit the artist (and photographer, if noted). Photos will be shared via Tennessee Craft social media platforms and in print to generate excitement and public interest in the 8th Annual Tennessee Craft Week (TCW), held October 2-10, 2022. Artists are invited to take a photo of their craft in a Tennessee-themed setting. This landscape should reflect the . Winning photos will be announced to the public…
Nashville, TN–American Baptist College kicked off the first day of its Welcome Week August 8. Students toured the campus, had lunch with Dr. Forrest E. Harris Sr., President of American Baptist College, and Senior Leadership, and learned about our campus. View photos below.
New adventures with your well-known friends await on our inaugural Family Series. Learn to build confidence with the help of barnyard pals; find new meaning in old friendships on a journey from New York to the unpredictable wilds of Madagascar; and share in the antics of two creative Heelers pulling out all the stops to bring thrills to a quiet afternoon. Your favorite characters from books, film, and television spring to life on stage in a trio of performances that balance purpose with play and spark imagination, creativity, and reflection for the young and young-at-heart. Select your preferred performances and…