Beginning April 1, Tennessee Today will have a new policy for those wishing to submit events to appear in the @Tennessee section in the right-hand column of the Tennessee Today e-mail newsletter. On that date, members of the campus community will be required to first submit their events to the Campus Event Calendar in order
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are sharing the big ideas that make a difference in their world. Matt Murray, director of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, speaks about the big idea of the Baker Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series which kicks off for this year on April 3 with a talk by
Do you know of a student or faculty or staff member who goes the extra mile to help promote environmental leadership and sustainability on campus? If so, nominate that individual for a 2013 Environmental Leadership Award. All nominations are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 20. Nominations may be submitted online or via
Jane Elliott, lecturer and former teacher famous for her Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes exercise, will speak on campus tonight. The event will be held in the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. It is free and open to the public. In 1968, Elliott was a teacher in Riceville, Iowa, and decided to
Howard Hall, UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for nuclear security, and several South Korean students studying at UT were interviewed by the Knoxville News Sentinel about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. Hall said the chances of an attack by North Korean on U.S. soil are slim. “I think there is no credible threat that North Korea can pose
US Navy Captain Teresa Kennard, a clinical instructor in the College of Nursing, was interviewed by multiple media outlets when she arrived home Friday from serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Faculty, staff, and family greeted her at the airport with a homecoming celebration. Kennard was in charge of the Warrior Recovery Center in Kandahar.