KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A national magazine rates Tennessee’s economic opportunities for women among the nation’s worst — a condition that may be fueling violence against women, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s associate dean of social work said Friday. Dr. Judith Fiene said factors such as disparity in job pay and employment opportunities between men and women
SPRING HILL, Tenn. — An estimated 2,200 new Saturn cars are on the highway or in dealer showrooms today because of the University of Tennessee Space Institute’s quick response, a Saturn official said Friday. UTSI loaned Saturn a part for a laser used to weld gears in the company’s transmission manufacturing plant here June 6.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — University of Tennessee trustees, in a telephone conference call Friday, approved their assignments to board committees. The assignments had been recommended by trustee Steve Ennis of Tullahoma and the board of trustees executive committee. They are: Academic — Roger Dickson (chairman), Chattanooga; Johnnie Amonette (vice chairman), Memphis; Barbara Castleman, Martin; Ennis; Charles
TULLAHOMA, Tenn. — Worth Inc. has turned to a University of Tennessee Space Institute doctoral student to improve quality control of its manufacturing of metal baseball and softball bats. Bats sometimes dent or crack, and Worth wants to know why and how to prevent it. That’s where UTSI student Robert Herron, a metallurgical engineer, comes