The YWCA this week will honor two UT employees for their contributions to the community. Amy Cathey, executive director of the MBA program, and Jenny Moshak, associate director for sports medicine in the athletic department, will be lauded Thursday, August 16, during the YWCA’s Tribute to Women event at the Bijou Theatre.
Only one issue is on the minds of defense leaders and industry executives these days: Looming budget cuts. But widespread panic over the coming spending reductions could be turned into an opportunity to tackle the obvious fat in the Pentagon’s budget, analysts suggest. T. Russell Crook, associate professor of management in the UT College of
Students returning for the call 2012 semester should check their schedules on MyUTK frequently. It is possible that changes have been made, so students should be sure to know what time and where their classes are meeting.
Last year was a record fundraising year for UT Knoxville with more than 32,700 alumni and friends contributing more than $104.7 million. The total was up $7.6 million over 2010-2011.Such private support is essential to the University of Tennessee’s goal of becoming a Top 25 public research university.
Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Annette Engel was featured in an article by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative for her work studying the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on coastal Louisiana.
Two more candidates for vice chancellor for research visit campus this week, and both will lead public forums for the campus community. T. Taylor Eighmy, senior vice president for research at Texas Tech University, and Vistasp Karbhari, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, will speak and
Several changes have been made to the way campus buildings are being cleaned as Facilities Services transitions to its Total Cleaning program. The changes are part of UT’s move to bring all custodial services back in-house. For several years, Facilities Services crews and contract cleaning crews have shared the responsibility.
It is important that the University of Tennessee be able to communicate quickly and efficiently with its students via e-mail. The official University of Tennessee policy requires that all undergraduate, graduate, and professional students must have an activated university-supplied e-mail address.
Getting rich used to be tough. For most of the past two centuries, few countries managed it. But those gaps have begun to close, thanks to industrialization. For many countries, timely shipments of components are indispensable. An analysis by UT economics professor Georg Schaur and David Hummels of Purdue University estimates that a day in transit is
Michael Zemel, professor emeritus of nutrition, was featured on WBIR-TV for his new nutrition supplements that promote weight loss and healthy blood sugar. Last week, NuSirt released two dietary supplements on the market: NuShape and NuControl.
Annette Ranft, a UT management professor, has been recognized as a “shining star” among the ranks of business school administration, according to the Wall Street Journal. Ranft, who is also the associate dean of academic programs and the Reagan Professor of Business in the College of Business Administration, was one of eleven women recently honored
The Center for the Study of Social Justice is inviting exceptional faculty researchers to apply for participation in the center’s Fall 2012 Proposal Development Initiative. The program is intended to support researchers in applying for external funding in the social and behavioral sciences, with the goal of providing structure and support to transform a research