KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — East Tennessee public radio station WUOT, 91.9 FM, is scheduled to broadcast Symphony Bowl X, a musical alternative to the professional football championship. Station officials said the 10th championship of the fantasy National Symphony League, a production of Detroit’s WDET-FM and the “Listening Room,” will be broadcast from 7-9 p.m., Sunday, Jan.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Fall semester has ended at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville with 1,443 degree candidates. UT officials said approximately 1,000 students planned to participate in commencement exercises Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. in the Thompson-Boling Assembly Center and Arena. Sen. Bill Frist, the first physician elected to the U.S. Congress in almost 70 years,
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s economy showed weak growth in October, the first of the three-month Christmas sales season, a University of Tennessee researcher said Friday. Dr. Matt Murray of the UT-Knoxville Center for Business and Economic Research said economic activity increased only slightly in October, based on taxes collected in November. The state’s November tax
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee is helping Florida save the Everglades. Dr. Louis Gross, a UT-Knoxville ecology and mathematics professor, said water sources in South Florida such as Lake Okeechobee provide water for residents, agriculture, and industry in the region. However, diverting water for these uses upsets the Everglades’ ecology and destroys wildlife