KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The trial of talk show host Oprah Winfrey may have done some good if it encourages journalists to be more responsible in their reporting, a University of Tennessee law professor said Friday. Glenn Reynolds, a professor in the UT College of Law, said the Texas “veggie libel law” that landed Winfrey in
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A few days of warm weather may convince some Tennessee residents spring has arrived, but native plants and trees know better, a University of Tennessee professor said Thursday. “Native plants and trees are almost impossible to trick,” said Dr. Don Williams. “They are well adapted to our climate.” Williams, professor of ornamental
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, president of the University of Tennessee, will speak at the March 3 meeting of the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale chapter of the UT National Alumni Association. A 6 p.m. social time will be followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Wyndham Hotel-Ft. Lauderdale Airport, 1825 Griffin Road, Dania.
FT. MYERS, Fla. — Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, president of the University of Tennessee, will speak at the March 2 meeting of the Southwest Florida chapter of the UT National Alumni Association. A 6:15 p.m. social time will be followed by dinner at 7 p.m. in the Holiday Inn Select, 13051 Bell Tower Drive, Bell
AUSTIN, Texas — University of Tennessee alumni in the area will gather to watch the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament on television March 5-8. The television parties will be at Damon’s Clubhouse, 1801 (frontage road) North I-35, Round Rock. For more information, call alumni leader Amy Chapman at (512) 338-0822. For games and times, call Damon’s
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham Chapter of the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association is hosting a social gathering March 12. The casual meeting is scheduled 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at PT’s Sports Grill, 350 Hollywood Blvd. For reservations, call alumni leaders Brett Smith (205) 967-9739 or Stacy Elam (205) 956-3423. The UTNAA has
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — There will be a partial solar eclipse Thursday, but clouds forecast for the area threaten good views of the event, a University of Tennessee astronomer said. “It appears unlikely the weather will cooperate,” said Paul Lewis, head of astronomy outreach for the UT-Knoxville physics department. “Maximum coverage of the sun will be
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– Scholarships, honors programs and campus visits are attracting more African-American students to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Gordon Stanley, admissions director, said Monday UT-Knoxville’s freshman African-American enrollment is up about 20 percent this year. Of the 25,039 students on campus, 1,288 are African-Americans. “We have to get minority students to visit the campus. Then,
BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. — Jim Marshall, head football coach at the University of Tennessee-Martin, will speak at the March 10 meeting of the Benton County chapter of the UT National Alumni Association. Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. at the Country and Western Steak House, 189 Extension St., Camden. The cost is $8.50 per person.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two programs about modern agriculture in the South will be broadcast March 29 by East Tennessee stations WSJK/WKOP. The programs document the efforts of five farm families, including three from Tennessee, to manage change and meet world demand for safe, abundant, and affordable food and fiber products. “Opportunities for Communities and Farm
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — El Nino could contribute to a hotter, drier than normal summer in Tennessee, a University of Tennessee climatologist said Tuesday. Dr. Joanne Logan said the El Nino in the winter of 1982-83 preceded a five-year period of drought-like summers in Tennessee. That El Nino and the current one are the strongest on
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee ranked high in U.S. News & World Report’s recent surveys of graduate programs in law, business, education, and health disciplines. UT-Knoxville and UT-Memphis had programs ranked in the magazine’s first-time survey of health disciplines, which include speech pathology and nursing anesthesia. The UT-Memphis anesthesia program ranked 5th, and