DAYTON, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Bryan College posted the following news: * * * A Friendship That Became a Legacy * Some friendships last for a season. Others leave a legacy that continues shaping lives for generations. When Dr. Robert W. Spoede became friends with Rev. John D. "Big John" Lawson more than fifty years ago, he could not have known that their friendship would one day help prepare Bryan College students for lives of Christian ministry. Today, the John D. Lawson Scholarship carries that friendship forward, connecting two families more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 -- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences posted the following news: * * * A Halloween Interview with Jacques Monod * Jacques Monod was born in 1910, earned his Ph.D. from the University of Paris in 1941, joined the Pasteur Institute in 1943, and shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Pasteur colleagues Francois Jacob and Andre Lwoff. He passed away in 1976. As we will see, Transylvanian connections allowed Protein Society CEO Raluca Cadar to set up a communication portal be more PR

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Austin Peay State University posted the following news: * * * APSU Governors Military Hall of Fame announces Class of 2026 * Inductees into the APSU Governors Military Hall of Fame Class of 2026, clockwise from top left: Col. (Ret.) John A. Brunt, Col. (Ret.) Troy Douglas, Chief Warrant Officer 5 (Ret.) Charles King, Maj. Jacquelyn M. Messenger, Master Sgt. (Ret.) Joel C. Pruitt, and Col. (Ret.) Thomas F. Washer II. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Austin Peay State University has announced six inductees into the AP more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta to U.S. Supreme Court: The Texas Two-Step Allows Corporations to Evade Accountability, Sidestep Financial Liability. This Is Wrong. * OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a bipartisan coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision permitting a profitable corporation to exploit bankruptcy and Texas state l more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Baker Donelson Secures Dismissal of All Claims Against Former and Current UVA Health Leaders in Federal RICO Lawsuit October 23, 2026 Baker Donelson successfully represented Dr. K. Craig Kent, former Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Chief Executive Officer of the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System; Dr. Melina Kibbe, former Dean of the UVA School of Medicine and Chief Health Affairs Officer; Dr. Wendy Horton, former Chie more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * Davidson County Lawyer Censured * The Board of Professional Responsibility issued a public censure to Davidson County lawyer James Edwin Kirby on Oct. 23 for his actions while representing a client in a general sessions collection action. The board found that Kirby failed to confirm that an intended continuance had been entered and failed to monitor the case. A default judgment was not discovered until the time fo more PR

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- East Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * ETSU Board of Trustees to hold quarterly meeting November 6 * East Tennessee State University's Board of Trustees will hold its quarterly meeting and several committee meetings on Friday, November 6. All meetings will be conducted in person at the D.P. Culp Student Center, East Tennessee Room. Meetings are scheduled as follows: * Academic, Research, and Student Success Committee - 9 a.m. * Finance and Administration Committee - 10:20 a.m more PR

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- East Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * Fall Color Report: Valley color builds as peak approaches * As October nears its end, vibrant fall color is becoming more prominent in the region's lower elevations, where experts at East Tennessee State University expect the region's next major wave of color to build through the end of the month into early November. "For the majority of the Tri-Cities, we can expect to really start seeing color the last week of October through the first we more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Lipscomb University posted the following news: * * * Freshmen Bennett, Sublett begin hands-on research in first year as Biology Research Fellows * Two Lipscomb University freshmen are getting an early start on their research careers after being selected as Biology Research Fellows, a competitive program that provides scholarships, faculty mentorship and opportunities to participate in scientific research beginning in their first year of college. Matilda Bennett, a biology major from Nashville, and Natalie S more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * From Devastation to Chaos: Tracking the Impact of Trade Policy In New Hampshire and Across All 50 States * WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, Public Citizen released a new set of fact sheets that track the toll of the NAFTA-WTO era and today's chaotic trade policies on the workers, farmers, local communities in New Hampshire and in all 50 states in the U.S., covering lost manufacturing jobs and farms, shuttered factories, battered union membership, d more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Harshbarger Office Makes Book Delivery to Sullivan County Schools * Blountville, TN -- In recognition of National Book Month, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger's (R-TN) office this week delivered book donations from the U.S. Library of Congress Surplus Books Program to Holston Elementary School and Sullivan East Middle School. "Fostering a love for reading among our youth in East Tennessee is a cause near and dear to my heart because it opens more PR

HENDERSON, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Freed-Hardeman University posted the following news: * * * Jane Austen Gets a 1960s Twist in FHU Theatre's Homecoming Production, "Emma" * HENDERSON, Tenn. -- (Oct. 23, 2026) -- A classic Jane Austen novel is getting a modern makeover as FHU Theatre offers a 1960s-inspired take on the matchmaking romantic comedy "Emma." Presented during Freed-Hardeman University's Homecoming Week, "Emma" will delight audiences Nov. 5-7 at 7 p.m. in Dryden Auditorium. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at fhutickets.com. " more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * LAS Honors Inaugural Circle of Justice Class * The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands recently named four members to its inaugural Circle of Justice class, the organization's highest recognition. The honorees are Charles K. Grant, Tyler Yarbro, the Hon. Walter C. Kurtz and Ashley T. Wiltshire Jr. Grant is a trial lawyer focused on complex employment litigation, business disputes, whistleblow more PR

MARYVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- Maryville College posted the following news: * * * Maryville College Founder's Day 2026 celebrates generosity, legacy * Maryville College Founder's Day 2026 celebrates generosity, achievement and the voices the bring Scots home Key Takeaways * Maryville College celebrated its 207th Founder's Day with a focus on generosity, achievements, and the enduring community spirit. * The evening featured performances, recognitions, and a speech by President Dr. Bryan Coker reflecting on the College's history and fut more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 23 [Category: BizHospital] -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital issued the following news release: * * * Mechanism behind PARP1-mediated DNA repair characterized for first time * When DNA is damaged, cellular processes respond and repair the DNA. Inhibiting DNA damage repair can be therapeutically beneficial in cancers with genetic vulnerabilities related to DNA damage response. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have uncovered a mechanism behind how this process works, which may have implicatio more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center posted the following news release: * * * Medicare drug price negotiations could save patients up to $700 per year, study finds * A research brief published last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine announced that many Medicare beneficiaries taking common prescription medications could save nearly $700 per year. The study, led by Grace Castle, and Jihye Han, PharmD, MPH, both second-year Health Policy PhD students, found that Americans enrolled in standalone Medicare P more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Racketeering and Drug Trafficking * Defendant sentenced for his role in 2020 murder in Brockton for which he and fellow gang member were paid $60,000 BOSTON - A Boston area man has been sentenced for his role in the violent Boston gang, Cameron Street. Defendant participated in 2020 murder in Brockton. Takari Elliott, also known as "T-Paper," more PR

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Middle Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * MTSU drug, vape take-back diverts 55 pounds of waste from landfill * MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Middle Tennessee State University's biannual drug and vape pen disposal event took in 55 pounds of vaping devices, over-the-counter drugs and prescription pharmaceuticals this week, according to Tabby Ragland, pharmacy director at MTSU Health Services. "We've had a lot of people, especially faculty and staff, who have a parent that either passes aw more PR

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Middle Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * MTSU on 2: School of Music partners with Bahamian choir for special campus collaboration [+VIDEO] * NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Middle Tennessee State University's School of Music recently partnered with The University of the Bahamas for an international collaboration that showcased a special student choral performance at the Murfreesboro university, highlighting the universal power of music to bring different cultures together in song. Jennifer  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 22 -- Lipscomb University posted the following news: * * * National foundation comes to Nashville to honor fashion students for Halston-inspired designs * With Love Halston Foundation brings its international Design Challenge to Lipscomb, awards four fashion design majors and features their work at event. Four fashion and design students were honored in October with recognition and monetary prizes from the With Love Halston Foundation, a national nonprofit founded to inform, inspire and support the next generatio more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * ORNL launches national center to modernize US forest products manufacturing Oct 22, 2026 The Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is leading a new national effort in collaboration with DOE's National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) to revitalize the U.S. pulp, paper and packaging industry through science and technology innovation. The Center for Research and Advancement of Forest  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 22 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Pinnacle Financial Partners, an asset regional bank that says it provides banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services, posted the following news release: * * * Pinnacle Financial Partners adds 96 revenue producing team members in 3Q26, extending recruiting momentum with experienced hires across Southeast * Third-quarter additions deepen specialty capabilities and add experienced leaders in key growth markets Pinnacle Financial Partners (NYSE: PNFP)  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 23 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Pinnacle Financial Partners, an asset regional bank that says it provides banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services, posted the following news release: * * * Pinnacle, Synovus merger honored as 2026 Deal of the Year * Atlanta Business Chronicle recognizes firm with top award in mergers and acquisitions ATLANTA, Oct. 23, 2026 - The merger of Pinnacle Financial Partners and Synovus has been recognized as Deal of the Year for mergers and acquisitions more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences posted the following news: * * * Prominent computational biologist and bioinformatician M. Madan Babu delivers Apex Lecture on GPCR signaling and cellular function * Madan Babu, chief data scientist and senior vice president for data science at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,delivered a School of Medicine Basic Sciences Apex Lecture to a packed room of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students on Oct. 21. Babu's group develops data science approa more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * Raising the Bar Takes on Burnout, Career Transitions * The TBA's 2026 Raising the Bar program, set for Nov. 9, will take a deep dive into wellness issues. A networking breakfast will be followed by sessions on moving from burnout to well-being and how leadership and mentorship can shape the future of women in law. Speakers for the first morning session will explore why lawyers are particularly vulnerable to burnou more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Oct. 23 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * Record college football viewership propels ESPN to second best start since 2011 with 'College GameDay' on track for most-watched season ever * College football on ESPN is delivering its second-best start since 2011, with viewership up 15 percent over two years. Through Week 7, the sport is on pace for unprecedented viewership across linear windows, with ABC's Saturday prime window posting its highest per-game average  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * Services Monday for 13th District Criminal Court Judge * Longtime 13th Judicial District Criminal Court Judge Leon Cleveland Burns Jr. died Oct. 26 at age 90. Burns earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee (now Winston) College of Law in 1975. Gov. Ray Blanton first appointed Burns to the bench as a temporary replacement, and a few months later, Burns returned to the bench, where he stayed until he w more PR

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga campus posted the following news: * * * Student pitch competition highlights UTC undergraduate and graduate research * Student research at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga spans colleges, majors and interests, giving students opportunities to share their work with faculty, staff and members of the Chattanooga community. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, undergraduate and graduate students competed in the Fall 2026 Research Pitch Competition for scholarship prizes ran more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: * * * Tennessee Attorney General Fights to Protect Children and Consumers in Character.AI Bankruptcy * Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that he is involved in a multistate effort, including a coalition of other state attorneys general, to protect children and consumers as Character Technologies, Inc., the company behind the artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI, moves through Chapter 11 bankruptcy pr more PR

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Tennessee Technological University posted the following news release: * * * Tennessee Tech students find success, community after spring semester start * For Tennessee Tech University freshmen Arianna Michael and Savannah Knepp, the path to college didn't follow the traditional calendar. Michael, a McMinnville native, originally planned to enroll in college in fall 2025. But as a first-generation college student, she found herself navigating an unfamiliar process. Rather than rush, she gave herself more ti more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: * * * Tennessee Wins Major Victory Defending Education Freedom Scholarship Act * The Tennessee Attorney General's Office announced a significant legal victory after a three-judge panel upheld Tennessee's Education Freedom Scholarship Act. The Court granted the State's motion to dismiss a constitutional challenge to the school choice law, ending the plaintiffs' challenge at the trial-court level and entering judgment in favor of Tennessee more PR

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Middle Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * The Human Advantage * How MTSU's College of Liberal Arts is preparing students to thrive in an age of artificial intelligence The email is written before you finish typing the prompt. A marketing plan appears in seconds. A few more words produce an image, summarize a research paper, translate text to another language, or compose a piece of music. Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from novelty to everyday tool with remarkable speed.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * Trump SBA Approves HUBZone Expansion Petitions in 18 States Approvals Cover 252 Governor-Designated Areas and Expand Access to HUBZone Certification for Rural Small Businesses October 22, 2026 WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it has approved 18 governors' petitions since January 2025 to create new Governor-Designated Covered Areas under the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Progr more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * TSU Welcomes Nathan Burton as Chief Information Officer * NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) - Tennessee State University has named Nathan Burton as its new Chief Information Officer, bringing decades of leadership experience in enterprise technology, operational strategy, and state government to the university. Burton, who officially assumed the role on Oct. 19, will oversee TSU's information technology strategy and digital operations. "Burton b more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * TSU's Rho Psi Alumni Chapter Hits Historic $1M Giving Milestone, Sets Sight on $2M Goal * NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) - Standing before cheering students, alumni, and supporters at the Tennessee State University 2026 Homecoming Pep Rally, members of the Rho Psi Chapter of the TSU National Alumni Association presented university officials with a check for $1,048,000. The ceremonial presentation marked a historic milestone, with the Rho Psi A more PR

CARROLLTON, Georgia, Oct. 23 -- The University of West Georgia posted the following news: * * * UWG Invests Dr. Michael Johnson as Ninth President * Institution Looks Toward the Future During Historic Week of Engagement The University of West Georgia officially invested Dr. Michael Johnson as its ninth president Friday morning, culminating a weeklong celebration of scholarship, service, community engagement and institutional tradition that brought together students, faculty, staff, alumni, elected officials, community leaders and guests fr more PR