Harry “Hap” McSween, Chancellor’s Professor and Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, presented findings of a mission investigating the asteroid Vesta at a press conference held at NASA headquarters on Thursday. McSween is a co-investigator for the Dawn spacecraft mission, which has been circling Vesta since last July and is slated to stay until
Knoxville News Sentinel political cartoonist Charlie Daniel will be honored on May 17 at a luncheon hosted by the Baker Center at the UT Knoxville. The luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Cost is $15, and reservations must be made by May 14. A small exhibit of Daniel’s work will be
The Tennessee Journalist profiled undergraduate student Brandon Shelley. Shelley spends his day as a student on the UT campus; however in the evening he is Police Officer Shelley with the Knoxville Police Department.
UT Knoxville is receiving more than $1.7 million from the US Department of Energy for scholarships, a fellowship, and research grants to train and educate the next generation of leaders in America’s nuclear industry. The awards are part of the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program and Integrated University Program that will support research
How do we make UT an even better place to work? Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek posed the question during overview sessions for the 2011 Employee Engagement Survey held on Tuesday. Last spring, 43 percent of the Knoxville campus faculty and exempt staff responded to the survey. In the fall, 57 percent of all non-exempt employees
Star-studded endorsements may be attention grabbing, but does it influence voters? Yes, it does, according to research recently published by a political science professor Anthony Nownes. Nownes found that celebrities who contribute to political campaigns can make a party more or less likable, depending on what voters think of the celebrities in the first place.
During commencement week, notable alumni are sharing their favorite memories from their time on Rocky Top. Alan Wilson, chairman and CEO of McCormick, Co., talks about how his education at UT prepared him to lead one of the world’s most well-known and successful spice manufacturers.