UT Knoxville Environmental Coordinator Jay Price and senior Maria Rosales were interviewed by WBIR’s Robin Wilhoit about the ongoing efforts of RecycleMania, an eight-week competition among more than 630 college and university recycling programs that kicked off on Feb. 6. Price and Rosales discussed efforts such as recycling shoes at basketball games and the Paper
B&W Y-12 has named Debbie Reed to a newly created position as University of Tennessee Liaison Director for the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Two University of Tennessee Space Institute faculty members are safe following the earthquake that devastated Christchurch, New Zealand.
UT’s Office of Communications and Marketing is compiling the 2011 Summer Camps list. If your department is planning a camp for kids this summer, please submit camp information by March 14. Be sure to include the dates and times, age/grade eligibility and cost of each camp, along with who to contact for registration and questions.
Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie, Iraq’s ambassador to the U.S. since 2006, will be speaking at UT Knoxville on March 4. The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 1640 Cumberland Ave. Advanced reservations are required.