Though most Americans are not afraid of a little heat, few know that there are more heat-related deaths in the United States than from tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, floods and lightning combined. High temperatures are even further exacerbated by the Urban Heat Island, or UHI, effect, the phenomenon of city environments with more concrete, more machines…
Alumni Summer College recently returned to MTSU in-person for the first time since 2019 after Covid forced the cancelation of the popular event the past two years. Nearly 70 participants came from across the region, state and Southeast, to learn what’s happening on the Middle Tennessee State University campus, renew and make new friendships and…
Qiang Wu, director of MTSU’s new Data Science master’s program and professor, knows from his 10-plus years of teaching and research that data science solves real-world problems. “I believe data science and artificial intelligence will be key powers to develop technology and change the world,” Wu said. Having just graduated its first cohort of undergraduate…
A $15,000 donation by rock band 3 Doors Down’s Better Life Foundation continues the tradition of benefiting MTSU students and faculty working in equine therapy with veterans from the Murfreesboro-based Veterans Recovery Center. This marks the fourth donation by the group’s foundation to support the Center of Equine Recovery for Veterans, or CERV. The foundation…
Can you attend Middle Tennessee State University tuition free? For many students, the answer is yes. MTSU launched Friday, July 1, an effort to help students navigate several scenarios and options that could eliminate, or greatly reduce, the cost of tuition. “MTSU’s tuition was already the lowest of the state’s three major universities,” said MTSU…
A Nashville education alliance has named longtime MTSU management professor Millicent Nelson as its top higher education professional for 2022. The Greater Nashville Alliance of Black School Educators will formally recognize Nelson, an 18-year veteran of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business and currently an associate professor, during a virtual ceremony in late August…
The MTSU Creamery — and its milk products and milk truck — have returned to the Murfreesboro Saturday Market. Whole white milk and the extremely popular chocolate milk can be purchased at the market. Operating hours are 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 2, and every Saturday through Oct. 30. For the third year, the…
When Pashion Wofford was in her senior year of high school in 1995, most of her new classmates were trying out the new Windows 95 computer software or listening to “Waterfalls” by R&B trio TLC. Wofford, on the other hand, was balancing being a single parent to her little sister, Michelle, who was in the…
A nationwide survey by the Middle Tennessee State University Aerospace Department is shedding light on a growing aviation industry problem and generating interest across the country. With the number of pilots needed growing as the industry returns to pre-COVID levels of activity, the ability to get pilots through the training pipeline is critical, said professor…
When Travis Houser, recent graduate of MTSU’s Aeronautical Science master’s program, finished his Marine service in 2014, he had no plans to become a pilot. He did not even have plans to attend college. But he had always dreamed of flying. “I always wanted to be a pilot but couldn’t afford it, and I couldn’t…