Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Esteemed sociologist and child and adolescent psychologist C. André Christie-Mizell has been named vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School at Vanderbilt University, effective Jan. 1, 2021, pending Board of Trust approval. The new vice provost role, which reflects the increased importance of graduate education at Vanderbilt, will enable direct connectivity with the academic deans and the Office of the Provost’s vice provost leadership team. “Vanderbilt has a great opportunity to build upon our strengths in graduate education,” Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said. “As a globally renowned research institution, the Graduate School is central to our scholarly mission. I…
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You Have the Power…Know How to Use It, Inc. (YHTP) has announced the names of eight young adults being honored at its 9th Annual Powerhouse Award, a virtual event held on Thursday, July 22nd, at 6:30 PM CDT. This year, Powerhouse honorees are Gen Z and Millennial change agents, creating positive outlets for advocacy and support for victims of crime. 2021 award recipients include: Angelie Quimbo, 2021-2022 Metro Nashville Public Schools School Board Student Representative. Braxton Coleman, the founder of the MTSU Black Caucus, organized clothing drives and distributing free PPE materials. Ian Hooper, volunteer with the Urban Bicycle Food…
TN Tribune–Employees, students and contractors at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have a choice ahead of them: Get the COVID-19 vaccine or find somewhere else to work. The state’s largest hospital system will be mandating the vaccine in phases, starting with managers and then direct-care providers, until Nov. 1, 2021. From that date on, anyone working or studying on the UMMC campus must be vaccinated—or wear an n95 mask at all times. The policy will go even further, however, once the Emergency Use Authorization for the vaccine is lifted, something experts believe will happen no later than January 2022.…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune) — After helping solve a murder through their true crime podcast, the Nashville-based podcast company Lasting Media is working with a New York native to investigate the 38-year-old unsolved murder of her brother. Almost four decades after John Bellettieri was murdered on the side of the road, his sister Teresa Alimo is telling the story and seeking answers. After discovering Lasting Media’s podcast “Knock Knock: The Unsolved Murders of Betty Jones and Kathryn Crigler,” Alimo connected with them for help. “Knock Knock” is a podcast by Lasting Media featuring real families and the real stories that…
This is the 4th in the Tribune’s series on Nashville’s affordable housing crisis. This story focuses on tenants in an apartment complex in the Nations and Section 8 tenants who are being driven out by the landlord. NASHVILLE, TN – Village West, a 288-unit apartment complex in the Nations, is turning out its Section 8 tenants to make renovations and then jack up the rents. Some tenants have been there for decades. Gary Williams works in Vanderbilt’s housekeeping department and takes the bus to work. He has lived at Village West for a long time. When he rented his apartment…
NASHVILLE, TN – The U.S, India, and Brazil have the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world. According to the COVID tracker at John Hopkins University, the number of daily cases is higher than it was a year ago; the number of daily deaths is higher than it was a year ago; 3.5 billion vaccine doses have been delivered but the pandemic continues largely unabated around the globe. Last week, more than 1,000 new cases were reported every hour in the U.S. The Delta variant is now the predominant strain in the U.S, according to the Centers…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Civil rights champion Rev. James M. Lawson on Saturday lobbed pointed criticism toward Gov. Bill Lee, accusing the Republican of having a “hole down the middle of his soul.” “Somehow you have lived in this world and in the state of Tennessee and allowed a hole to move down the middle of your soul,” Lawson said. “That means you have rejected the fact that you have been birthed by creation, to come alive, to be a human being and to be in the design and the imagination of God.” Lawson gave his remarks before a Nashville…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) – On Tuesday, July 20th, working families will gather outside the Nashville offices of Senator Bill Hagerty and Senator Marsha Blackburn for an in-person rally in order to urge them to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a sweeping labor rights bill that will reform our woefully inadequate labor laws and empower workers to exercise their freedom to organize and bargain. This rally will be held in conjunction with the AFL-CIO’s nationwide PRO Act week of action, spotlighting in-person rallies at the offices of all 100 U.S. Senators from July 17th-July 25th. Members…
MSN News Nashville, TN—Recent surges of the Delta variant in much of the United States are attributable in part to vaccine hesitancy. According to a recent survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, 26,760,000 Americans — or 10.7% of the 18 and older population — say they will either probably or definitely not get the vaccination when given the opportunity. The majority of Americans who have yet to be vaccinated cite one of three reasons: either they are concerned about possible side effects, or they want to wait to see if it is safe, or they think that others would…