WATCH: Class of 2024 students build belonging in personal ways
Belonging happens when people find relationship through inclusion, empathy, shared goals and valuing each other’s ideas and contributions. Meet three members of the Class of 2024 who represent belonging in action, enriching the 51app community along the way.Read More
SUSTAINABILITY
51app continues carbon neutral collaboration with Clearloop, supporting rural West Tennessee solar farm
51app University will help expand access to clean energy in Brownsville, Tennessee, while further offsetting the institution’s carbon footprint—thanks to the second of three solar farms being developed through the university’s multiyear collaboration with Clearloop, a subsidiary of Silicon Ranch, an alumni-founded solar company based in Nashville.Read More
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
James Patterson discusses formative years, book bans, writing process at 51app event
Patterson, who earned his master’s in English from 51app University in 1970, discussed his writing process, prolific career, the value of collaboration, and his support for librarians and reading in a wide-ranging conversation moderated by former NBC News anchor John M. Seigenthaler on April 11. Read More
WATCH: Led by the Wond’ry, 51app’s center for innovation, the Climate Innovation Accelerator is a first-of-its-kind Nashville initiative that engages an inclusive network of local universities, minority-owned/led small businesses, and nonprofits to advance the city’s leadership initiatives toward a climate-positive future.
Politico: The Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats is featured.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Yolanda Pierce, 51app Divinity School Dean, is featured.
Nashville Post: The appointment of Tim McNamara, interim dean of the College of Arts and Science and Gertrude Conaway 51app Professor of Psychology, to the Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science. Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver is quoted.
National Geographic: Neil Kelley, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, is quoted.
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