October 27, 2011

Dick Gourley Named Interim President of the UT Research Foundation; David Washburn Takes Over Knoxville-based Office

October 27, 2011 Campus News

The University of Tennessee Research Foundation, the not-for-profit organization responsible for commercializing technology created by UT faculty, welcomes new leadership. Dick Gourley, former dean of the College of Pharmacy at the UT Health Science Center, is interim president of the foundation. David Washburn, assistant technology transfer director at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will be

Wall Street Journal: State/Local Government Continues to Drag

October 27, 2011 Campus News

This Wall Street Journal blog post quotes UT economics professor Bill Fox about the effects of state and local government budget cuts on the national economy.

UT to Host Daylong Ethics and Technology Seminar for Clinicians

October 27, 2011 Campus News

On Friday, November 4, UT Knoxville will host a daylong workshop for licensed counselors, clinical psychologists, social workers, and others in the helping profession on navigating technology in their daily work. The 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. event, “Ethics and the Helping Professions in a Technological World” will be at the UT Visitors Center.

WUTK 90.3 FM is Most Improved College Radio Station in North America

October 27, 2011 Campus News

WUTK 90.3 FM “The Rock,” UT Knoxville’s student-run modern rock radio station, was named as the station showing “Biggest Improvement” in the 2011 College Radio Awards, sponsored by the College Music Journal and held last weekend in New York City. This is the first CMJ award for WUTK, which won national recognition as the runner-up