MARTIN, Tenn.– An advisory committee that will identify candidates to succeed Dr. Margaret Perry as chancellor of the University of Tennessee-Martin is scheduled to meet here Sept. 24. UT President Joe Johnson said Monday the 22-member group of faculty, students, alumni, UT board members and community leaders will advise him on Perry’s successor. Perry announced
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee-Knoxville College of Arts and Sciences has received $500,000 for population studies, officials announced Monday. Dr. Carol Harden, head of UT-Knoxville’s geography department, said a $250,000 gift from Knoxville’s J. Harrison Livingston and his wife, Robbie, was matched by the National Geographic Society Education Foundation. Harden said an endowment
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– Tennessee woodlands should be filled with autumn color this fall if the weather continues to cooperate, a University of Tennessee forester said Monday. Dr. Wayne Clatterbuck of the UT Agricultural Extension Service said shorter days, cooler temperatures and drier air help produce the color show by slowing photosynthesis. “A popular misconception is that