KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tiny, wireless sensors created by University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists can improve the relay of medical information about soldiers, sick infants and patients in remote areas. Dr. Thomas Ferrell, a UT-Knoxville and ORNL physicist and project leader, said the fingernail-sized sensors measure and transmit information on blood pressure,
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Jack E. Williams, highest ranking development officer at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Wednesday was appointed to lead UT’s statewide private fund-raising and alumni activities. The UT Board of Trustees, meeting by telephone conference call, approved a recommendation by UT President Joe Johnson to appoint Williams to the position of vice president for
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Recommendations of a national commission on teaching and America’s future will be the topic of the Goodrich Lecture May 14 at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Dr. Ted Sanders, president of Southern Illinois University, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center Shiloh Room. His speech will be “What Matters Most: Teaching
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The nation’s economy is growing. Unemployment is approaching a near 24-year low. So why don’t more economists leave it at that and enjoy the good news? Dr. Matt Murray of the University of Tennessee says it’s the work of the two-handed economist. “You have come to the man with the two-handed answers