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Tennessee Tech Sets All-Time Record for Research Funding, Topping $46 Million for Fiscal Year 2024
Tennessee Tech University set an all-time record for externally funded research for the fourth year in a row, according to university administrators. The university topped $46 million in externally funded research in fiscal year 2024, supported by nearly 200 research activations. The total figure for the fiscal year, which ended June 30, surpasses Tech’s previous record by $10 million and marks the achievement of one of the university’s long-held strategic goals a year ahead of schedule.
Cal (18), Tennessee (17) Lead Way With Most Swimmers For Any Country At Paris Olympics
Cal-Berkeley and Tennessee lead the way with the most swimmers represented by NCAA programs at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Cal has a total of 18 swimmers representing any country while Tennessee has 17 swimmers. The NCAA put together a database with all of the data breakdowns on current, former, and...
Tyler Boyd suffers season-ending injury
NASHVILLE, TN – Tyler Boyd will miss the remainder of the 2024 season, Nashville SC announced on Friday. The 29-year-old winger suffered a torn ACL in the 92nd minute of Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to Orlando City, going down without contact and twisting his knee awkwardly just 30 minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute.
Billy Ray Cyrus Claims He Was Blindsided by Ex Firerose’s Criminal History, Fighting Her Entering His Tennessee Mansion
Billy Ray Cyrus is refusing to allow his estranged wife, Firerose, back into his Tennessee mansion to pick up her any leftover property claiming he recently learned she has a criminal history — but sources close to her deny he was blindsided by the news, In Touch can exclusively report.
Report: Tennessee among top states with people in financial distress
By J.D. Davidson The Center Square More people in Tennessee face financial distress than in nearly every other state, according to a new report. The study by the personal finance website WalletHub, a commercial finance website, compared the states across nine metrics. Included were the average credit score, change in number of bankruptcy filings between […] The post Report: Tennessee among top states with people in financial distress appeared first on Claiborne Progress.
Derrick Henry Shreds Titans Writer To Pieces With Six-Word Message
After spending his entire NFL career with the Tennessee Titans, Derrick Henry is now suiting up for the Baltimore Ravens. The big running back is expected to be a huge piece of the offense alongside MVP candidate Lamar Jackson. After a successful run with the Titans, Henry is now looking ...
Former Vols star signs record MLB draft signing bonus
Former and Wake Forest pitcher Chase Burns received a Major League Baseball record $9.25 million draft signing bonus from the Cincinnati Reds, according to news first reported by MLB.com senior writer and longtime draft analyst Jim Callis. Burns, who was selected No. 2 overall by the Reds in Sunday's first...
Nominations Now Open for Tennessee Early Educator Awards
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education (TQEE) is thrilled to announce the launch of the inaugural Tennessee Early Educator Awards. These awards aim to honor exceptional early childhood educators, elevate the early childhood education profession, and highlight the critical role high-quality early education plays for Tennessee’s children, families, and communities.
SEC media poll shocks fans
There were a lot of potential storylines that could come out of SEC media days this week before the beginning of the 2024 football season. Future Southeastern Conference champion Vanderbilt Commodores was not supposed to be one of them. SEC media days are one of the most interesting things we have going on this week Read more... The post Vanderbilt again somehow earns multiple first place votes in SEC media poll appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Gov. Bill Lee ‘hopeful’ after Republican National Convention, emphasizes support for Sen. Jon Lundberg
CHURCH HILL, Tenn. (WJHL) — On the heels of his speech at the Republican National Convention, Gov. Bill Lee visited Cardinal Glass in Hawkins County on Friday. Lee told News Channel 11 that the attempt on former president Donald Trump’s life changed the tone of the event, but that he was still optimistic about the […]
U.S. Senate committee criticizes VUMC’s release of patient records
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee released a report this past April entitled “How State Attorneys General Target Transgender Youth and Adults by Weaponizing the Medicaid Program and their Health Oversight Authority” which criticized the way in which Vanderbilt University Medical Center cooperated in an investigation by the Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, ongoing since September 2022.
Memphis LGBTQ+ theater company to appeal ruling which dismissed its lawsuit over Tennessee drag ban
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis-based theatre company said Friday it will continue its legal fight against a Tennessee law placing strict limits on drag shows. This comes a day after a federal appeals court on Thursday, July 18, 2024, dismissed a lawsuit challenging first-in-the-nation law, reversing a lower court ruling that deemed the statute unconstitutional and blocked its enforcement in part of the state.
UT System, Tennessee Press Association Announce 2024 Newspaper Contest Winners
FRANKLIN, Tenn.— Newspaper publishers, editors, writers and designers earned top honors today in the 2024 Tennessee Press Association (TPA) Newspaper Contest cosponsored by the University of Tennessee System, a partner in the annual event since 1940. This contest celebrates and honors excellence in all areas of journalism, including reporting,...
Some Tennessee government offices affected by global outage
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration reports the global IT outage has affected several state government software applications, causing some government services to be unavailable. The state government utilizes CrowdStrike for cybersecurity monitoring, CrowdStrike issuing the software update which affected Microsoft Windows programs and caused the current global...
Leaders Call Large Federal Funding Allocation to Replace I-55 Bridge 'A Big Deal'
Local, state and federal officials came together Thursday in view of the I-55 bridge’s stretch over the Mississippi River to boast the first major step in replacing the dated structure: securing the money. Roughly half of the estimated $800 million project will be paid for in federal funding as...
Regional rehab facility lauded as place of restoration, hope
By Buzz Trexler Star Correspondent ROAN MOUNTAIN – The former prison complex on Old Railroad Grade Road still looks foreboding on the outside with its guard tower and razor wire, but the most common word uttered in what is now a regional recovery center may be “hope.” Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Ralph Alvarado and […] The post Regional rehab facility lauded as place of restoration, hope appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
Steam Threshing Show puts tractors, hard-working horses on display this weekend in Adams | PHOTOS
ADAMS, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Tennessee-Kentucky Threshermen’s Association 54th annual Steam Threshing Show started Thursday and continues through Saturday at the Bell School grounds in Adams. Thursday was Horse Pull Night, featuring draft horses and mules. A pair of them ranged around 3,500 pounds, pulling sleds that...
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