Music Business Professor Don Cusic and Instructor Dan Keen contributed to the FOXBusiness.com Cassette Store Day story “Cassette Tapes at 50: Alive and Kicking?” Click here to read the story.

Audio Engineering Technology Instructor Doyuen Ko recently co-authored a paper entitled “Subjective evaluation of multichannel sound with surround-height channels,” which will be presented a the 135th Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York.

Ocean Way Nashville’s video game scoring activities are highlighted in the current month’s Mix Magazine on page 36.

Audio Engineering Technology Assistant Professor David Tough’s article “Teaching Modern Production and Songwriting Techniques: What Makes a Hit Song?” has been accepted for publication in the December 2013 MEIEA Journal, a refereed scholarly work published annually by the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association.

Music Business Adjunct Instructor Charles VanDyke recently became the associate director for national promotions at Provident Label Group, a division of Sony Music.

A book by Dr. Mélanie Walton, assistant professor of philosophy, entitled, “Expressing the Inexpressible in Lyotard and Pseudo-Dionysius: Bearing Witness as Spiritual Exercise,” has just been published by Lexington Books. This work brings the contemporary French father of postmodernism’ and the late antique, presumably Syrian father of mysticism into dialogue on the topic of the inexpressible, to which each are provoked by witnesses (the Holocaust survivor and faithful) who have been silenced by the limits of grammatical possibility, even while called to testify.

Dr. Scott Hawley, associate professor of physics, will give a talk at the 135^th International Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention in New York, N.Y. being held on Oct. 17 through 20. The Audio Engineering Society is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Founded in the United States in 1948, the AES has grown to become an international organization that unites audio engineers, creative artists, scientists and students worldwide by promoting advances in audio and disseminating new knowledge and research. The AES Convention will host the world’s largest gathering of audio professionals, attracting attendees from around the globe. The top names in professional audio engineering converge for the latest audio innovations through workshops, tutorials, technical papers, booth exhibits and product showcases. Hawley will discuss ways in which audio spectral analysis and quantum physics are intimately related.  Click here to read more about Hawley’s lecture.

Dr. Genevieve Ness, associate director of the Christy Houston Foundation Drug Information Center and assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical, Social and Administrative Sciences, has published a manuscript in the the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. The article is titled “Graduating Pharmacy Students’ Perspectives on E-Professionalism and Social Media.” As the lead author, Ness and her team provide insight into graduating student pharmacist views of professionalism while engaging in social media activities. The manuscript also compares student perceptions about the their level of professionalism in social media behavior while seeking different types of employment. Click here to read Ness’ article.

Dr. Eric Hobson, of the Department of Pharmaceutical, Social & Administrative Sciences, presented an abstract and presentation at the 2013 Tennessee Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference “Navigating the Currents:  Partnering and Engaging to Improve Health.” His poster is titled  “Teaching Patient Health Literacy Assessment and Accommodation Skills to Future Front-line Health Care Providers.” Hobson’s work is an overview of the coursework Belmont University College of Pharmacy student pharmacists complete in patient communication and assessing health literacy levels to effectively tailor patient health information.