On August 15, Facilities Services will begin using Archibus, a new computerized system for scheduling, dispatching, managing, and reporting maintenance tasks. The new system will increase efficiency and reduce operational costs by making greater use of self-service capabilities, which also increases customer satisfaction.
Continuing work on the Strong Hall construction site will close the nearby pedestrian bridge over Cumberland Avenue on August 6 for the fall and spring semesters. A reopening date has not yet been set.
A section of Twentieth Street in front of the Shelbourne Towers building will close from early morning on Friday, August 1, through the evening of Tuesday, August 5. The road closure will allow work crews to remove utility connections in preparation for the demolition of the building.
A UT center dedicated to construction safety research to reduce injuries and fatalities has received $20,000 to further its work. The UT Construction Industry Research and Policy Center recently received the gift from Amerisure Insurance Company. The center is based in the College of Business Administration. Amerisure provides workers’ compensation and general liability insurance for
The university raised nearly $131 million in private support from alumni, friends, corporations, and foundations in fiscal year 2014, marking a 40 percent increase over last year’s total.
Undergraduates from across the country and their research mentors, Jeff Larsen and Chuck Collins, are conducting research to better understand how positive and negative emotions are expressed on the face. The research was featured by the News Sentinel, WATE-TV, and WBIR-TV. The project is part of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis’s Summer