February 23, 1996

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A proposal to expand training facilities for Lady Vol athletes was approved Friday by the University of Tennessee board of trustees.  The $350,000 expansion is needed, official said, because the UT-Knoxville Lady Vol program is adding three new sports — softball, soccer and rowing. The expansion would be financed by athletics department

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A joint graduate program in biomedical engineering between the University of Tennessee-Memphis and the University of Memphis was approved Friday by the UT board of trustees. It would be the first joint degree program between the state’s higher education systems. The program, which would require approval by UT’s full board, the State