An administrator from the University of Florida will spend three months at UT Knoxville, working with campus administration to learn about university leadership as an American Council on Education Fellow. Kelli McCormack Brown, the associate dean for academic affairs and a professor of health education and behavior in the College of Health and Human Performance,
Most people know that some planets have moons but would be surprised to know that some asteroids do, too. According to Joshua Emery, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences at UT Knoxville, about 20 percent of them do.
Jan Williams, dean of the College of Business Administration at UT Knoxville, will be retiring June 30, 2012. A search committee has been formed to find his replacement. Williams became dean of the college on July 2, 2001, but he had served as acting dean since July 2000 when his predecessor, Warren Neel, was named
“Do Deutsch!,” this year’s October celebration of all things German, continues at UT Knoxville with “Do Deutsch!” Week, October 10-14. Starting in late August, a series of creativity contests were held on campus relating to the theme “German(y) in Your Life.” Each entry was to explore an element of Germany, such as its culture, its
Louis Menand, noted academic and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will try to explain “Why We Have College” when he delivers the annual Anne Mayhew Distinguished Honors Lecture at UT Knoxville on October 13. His talk will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. A reception