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Summer Surge: Eye Injuries on the Rise During Yard Work

Jul 08, 2024 at 05:05 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - Summer is a time for families to enjoy a getaway, a break from reality, and maybe even a vacation to the beach. However, it's also a time that emergenc.... Read More

Podcast: Discover True Blue TV and Inside MTSU's Research Experience for Undergraduates

Jun 17, 2024 at 10:22 am by WGNS News

In the first segment of our podcast, WGNS' Scott Walker talks to Ty Whitaker, senior manager of True Blue TV at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), who discuss.... Read More

Are you one of Rutherford County's FIRST FAMILIES?

Jun 03, 2024 at 12:56 pm by WGNS News

How strong are your family roots in Rutherford County?  Are you one of Rutherford County's FIRST FAMILIES? The Rutherford County Library’s Historical Research Cente.... Read More

Handgun Carry Permits in Tennessee: Murfreesboro's Growing Trend

Jan 31, 2024 at 07:19 pm by WGNS News

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - In the period between August 3, 2023, and Monday, January 29, 2024, Murfreesboro has seen a lot of reports related to the unlawful use of firea.... Read More

MTSU STEM Faculty Land $1.25M NSF Grant to Mentor Post-Doctoral Education Researchers

Oct 30, 2023 at 10:52 pm by WGNS Radio News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Grant Gardner, Department of Biology professor and researcher, along with Middle Tennessee State University faculty L.... Read More

Middle School Summit Offers New Skills, Connection

Jul 13, 2023 at 01:51 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - As students prepare themselves for the inevitable end of summer, Jasmine Straughter, a STEM teacher at Rockvale Middle School, is coding robots as part.... Read More

Local Professors Study Education in Prisons and how it Reduces Recidivism

Feb 20, 2023 at 02:59 pm by WGNS News

The highest quality research on prison education and workforce programs shows a positive impact on recidivism rates, earnings and employment opportunities for participants. Th.... Read More

MTSU’s Political Economy Research Institute helps launch academic conference to advance research on race, discrimination

Sep 30, 2022 at 02:04 pm by WGNS News

Sponsored in part by the Political Economy Research Institute at Middle Tennessee State University, the first Dr. Harold A. Black Academic Conference took place at the histori.... Read More

MTSU faculty, students publish innovative science communication research with $10K in internal grants

Aug 11, 2022 at 05:16 pm by WGNS

PHOTO: Biology education researchers and students from Middle Tennessee State University’s Social Perceptions of Science lab research the public’s attitudes toward.... Read More

Average Gas Prices Down 13-Cents

Jul 11, 2022 at 07:02 am by WGNS

Rutherford County, TN - Average gasoline prices in Tennessee have fallen 13.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.27/g on Monday (07/11/22), according to GasBuddy'.... Read More

Vanderbilt and CDC Research Shows Third Vaccine Dose Key to Preventing Omicron Hospitalization

Feb 09, 2022 at 10:16 am by WGNS

New research shows that two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine result in lower effectiveness for preventing hospitalization for the omicron variant (65%) than previous variants.... Read More

Report: 6.6% of Tennessee adults still live with parents

Jan 19, 2022 at 03:19 pm by WGNS

A recent analysis found that in Tennessee, 6.6% of adults aged 25 and older live with their parents, compared to 7.3% of adults at the national level. Scroll down for mor.... Read More

MTSU doctoral students use brief videos to explain research to broader audience

Dec 09, 2021 at 11:00 am by WGNS

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU graduate researcher Sara Salisbury may have had a slight edge in a new College of Basic and Applied Sciences video co.... Read More

Study Examines Genetic Risk for Suicide Attempt

Nov 30, 2021 at 11:26 am by WGNS

Suicide attempt most often occurs in individuals diagnosed with a psychiatric illness. A new study reported in Biological Psychiatry identifies the first r.... Read More

MTSU Researching Soil Solutions

Nov 17, 2021 at 06:05 pm by WGNS

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Nine billion people. That’s the projected world population by 2050, raising concerns among producers and policy makers about the sustain.... Read More

$747K MTSU-led ginseng research alliance funding features major USDA grant award

Oct 15, 2021 at 07:52 pm by WGNS

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The International Ginseng Institute at Middle Tennessee State University has received a total of $747,500 &.... Read More

MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation lands $43K grant for WWII on Tennessee Homefront research

Oct 14, 2021 at 01:55 pm by WGNS

ABOVE PHOTO: Kira Duke, education specialist at Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Historic Preservation, holds a Library of Congress digital collection phot.... Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Research Contributed to First COVID-19 Pill Now Under Review

Oct 04, 2021 at 11:49 am by WGNS

U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. on Friday, Oct. 1, said it would seek authorization for the first oral antiviral pill to treat COVID-19, after a clinical trial.... Read More

MTSU’s Housing Tennessee Report finds positive outcomes for economy in Q2 2021

Sep 28, 2021 at 07:48 am by WGNS

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — In a new economic report from Middle Tennessee State University, the state’s housing market continues to show signs of a continued.... Read More

Researchers find 11.1% of Tennessee residents face food scarcity, 14th most in U.S.

Sep 27, 2021 at 09:30 am by WGNS

The COVID-19 pandemic created economic hardship for millions of Americans. With the onset of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, the U.S. unemployment rate spiked to 14.8%, an.... Read More