Listen Talking to college students about death might not seem like the most comfortable conversation, but that is Andrea Mills’ job. She teaches a death and dying psychology class at Lipscomb University, where she delves into how people deal with the end of life. She talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner in our podcast Movers & […]
Testing Vendor Claims Tennessee Still Owes $25M For Work On TNReady, Despite Failure To Launch
Listen The Tennessee Department of Education has been ordered to respond soon to a lawsuit filed by Measurement Incorporated that seeks $25.7 million in payment from the state.
Movers & Thinkers #14: Demystifying Death
For something as ubiquitous as dying, most of us know surprisingly little about it — not just the big unanswerable questions, like what happens after we die. We also rarely think about how to deal with grief, or what to talk about with your family before you go. So on this episode of Movers & Thinkers, we’re […]
Fisk University Looks To Boost Scientific Research, Even As A Small Liberal Arts School
Listen For such a small school, Fisk University attracts a lot of funding for scientific research. This is the second year in a row that it’s been ranked in the top five liberal arts schools in the country in terms of research dollars, according to Washington Monthly’s rankings. It’s in part due to the historically black […]
UT’s New Chancellor Calls For Fighting Injustice, Fostering ‘Intellectual Debate’
The new chancellor of the University of Tennessee Knoxville laid out a lofty vision for the campus at a ceremony celebrating her new role late Friday.
Americana Artist Rhiannon Giddens Wins $625,000 MacArthur Grant
Musician and actress Rhiannon Giddens has been awarded one of the MacArthur “genius grants” for her work “reclaiming African-American contributions to folk and country,” the institution says.
Movers & Thinkers: The Challenges Of Becoming A Female Pastor
As a young girl, Amy Mears always looked up to her father, who was a Southern Baptist preacher. Mears is now a pastor herself — of a Nashville church. And she talked to WPLN’s Emily Siner in our live series, Movers & Thinkers, about what it was like to take up her father’s profession at […]
Glass Recycling Pickup Is Coming To Nashville — Only On Its Most Iconic Street
Listen On any given night, bars on Nashville’s Lower Broadway go through beer bottles by the thousands — which, the city has realized, is a lot of glass. In the coming months, Nashville will begin to recycle bottles at downtown bars. If it works, it could stop millions of pounds of glass from going into […]
Nashville Begins Accepting Table Scraps At Recycling Centers To Cut Down On Food Waste
When Nashville residents drop off their glass bottles, paint cans and old batteries to recycle, they can now also bring food scraps.
Historic Nashville Goes All In To Guard Fort Negley
Usually, the nonprofit called Historic Nashville selects nine sites around the city that it thinks are endangered and should be preserved. This year, it selected one: Fort Negley.
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