Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was White House counsel in the George W. Bush Administration when the events of Sept. 11, 2001, began unfolding. An attorney and judge, Gonzales delivered a speech to government lawyers in Norfolk, Virginia, that morning. He already knew a plane carrying 93 people crashed into the World Trade Center…
Middle Tennessee State University and officials with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, have formed a partnership to encourage education, research and innovation collaborations in STEM fields and other disciplines. MTSU Provost Mark Byrnes and Brig. Gen. Bob Ritchie with the…
Keying Ding, associate professor of chemistry, has been involved in research since her time in graduate school at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, in 2004. “I have always loved doing research in chemistry,” Ding said. “I was a graduate research assistant in graduate school in Rochester and a post-doc research associate at…
Registration ends soon for the 25th annual Tennessee Girls in STEM Math and Science Conference at MTSU, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25. The deadline to register is Tuesday, Sept. 7, event organizers said. The STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) conference is scheduled to be held in-person,…
The Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University is offering teachers across the nation a new and free book to help them teach about the Bill of Rights on the upcoming Constitution Day on Sept. 17. “Each year teachers look for fresh resources to help teach young people about America’s core constitutional principles,” said…
Jason Hurley, MTSU police training sergeant, is one of three campus officers and one campus dispatcher certified to instruct this month’s Rape Aggression Defense Systems, or RAD, course. A Murfreesboro native, Hurley chose to become a certified RAD instructor after serving those who have been victims of sexual assault and abuse during his almost decade-long…
MTSU’s Jennings A. Jones College of Business continues to rack up international recognition for the quality of its programs. The premier accrediting body in business education worldwide, AACSB International, recently extended Jones College’s business and accounting accreditations for another five years, based on an exhaustive review. Established in 1916, AACSB is the world’s largest business…
Area high school students, their parents and families are invited to attend the upcoming Rutherford County College Night – one of the first college recruiting fairs in the Middle Tennessee region this fall. The event, hosted annually by MTSU, features 50 colleges and universities from across the Southeast. It will be held from 6 to…
MTSU’s Donny Walker, assistant professor of biology, has landed a boost to his research through a National Science Foundation grant awarded in collaboration with researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California Riverside. Walker and MTSU will receive $870,000 of the $2.61 million highly competitive grant for the NSF project titled Understanding the…
The final 2021 “Friday Night Live” concert series in downtown Murfreesboro will include some True Blue flavor and participation. Middle Tennessee State University, in collaboration with Main Street Murfreesboro, is co-sponsoring the free Friday, Sept. 3, event from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the Rutherford County Courthouse square. Featured performance will be by the band…