Metro Pulse: Review: UT Opera’s ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’
Metro Pulse writer Alan Sherrod gave a stellar review of UT’s recent production of the opera Cosi Fan Tutte. Read the story here. The spring opera was presented April 10 to 13 at the Carousel Theatre.
UT to Host 2014 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer April 21
John Luther Adams, a composer who this week was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, will visit campus on Monday, April 21, as part of Earth Day celebrations in the community. From 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., he will work with students during their rehearsal. At 6:00 p.m., Adams will present a lecture about his work,
UT-Published Comprehensive Bibliography of the Smokies Now Available
The most comprehensive bibliography of sources related to the Great Smoky Mountains is now available for purchase from the University of Tennessee Press. Terra Incognita: An Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934, is the culmination of fifteen years of research. It catalogs printed material on the Great Smoky Mountains from the earliest map
Iranian Scholar to Give Baker Center’s Distinguished Global Security Lecture
Haleh Esfandiari, founder and director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, will give the Distinguished Global Security Lecture on Monday, April 21, at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. Free and open to the public, her talk—”Iran: Defender or Disrupter of Regional Security?”—will begin at
Eleventh Annual Alex Haley Auction and Golf Tournament to be Held May 4–5
UT supporters will have the chance to play golf with some well-known names while raising money for scholarships benefiting African-American students. The eleventh annual Alex Haley Scholarship Benefit Auction and Celebrity Golf Tournament takes place Sunday and Monday, May 4 and 5. A reception and auction will take place on Sunday at the Marriott Hotel
Ready for the World Café Tours Thailand April 22
The Ready for the World Café will continue its edible expedition with a taste of Thailand on Tuesday, April 22. The luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. in the UT Visitors Center. Lunch will consist of a papaya salad with shrimp, green curry beef, sweet and sour fish, and coconut pumpkin custard. Cost is
Humanities Center Announces New Class of Fellows
The UT Humanities Center has announced its third class of fellows for fall 2014. The faculty and graduate student fellowship recipients will be afforded a full year in the Humanities Center to pursue their respective research projects. “The humanities are crucial to our development as thoughtful citizens capable of thinking critically in an ever increasingly
RSVP Now for Chancellor’s Thank-You Lunch for Campus Employees
Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek is hosting a Spring Thank-You Lunch for campus employees from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, at Thompson-Boling Arena. UT employees who responded to the last employee engagement survey asked for more opportunities to see and hear directly from their campus or institute leader. A casual lunch to wrap
Vote for UT Alumnus, Staff Member in Nashville Album Cover Contest
A design by Lee Hume, an art director in the Office of Communications and Marketing, is a semi-finalist in a contest for the ABC television show Nashville. Hume, who graduated from UT in 1982 with a degree in fine arts, entered a contest to design the new album cover art for one of the show’s