UT’s international students were challenged to take a photo that offers a snapshot of their home countries. The exercise culminated in a photo exhibit currently on display at the International House. WBIR-TV Channel 10 featured the exhibit.
WVLT-TV Local 8 Now visited UT’s Ethics Bowl to watch as fifteen high school teams tackled a series of controversial issues, ranging from racism to the use of natural resources.
UT students this month celebrated the 207th birthday of Charles Darwin with lectures, a puppet display, a cake contest, and a birthday party. The Knoxville News Sentinel featured the birthday party, which was held at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Join Be Well for a Winter Fun Walk in the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum on Saturday, February 20.
Indian Country Today interviewed history professor Dan Feller for a story that is part of a series exploring past presidents’ attitudes toward Native Americans, challenges and triumphs regarding tribes, and the federal laws and Indian policies enacted during their terms in office.
Scott Kelly recently took time to answer questions from space via Tumblr.
Supply and Demand Chain Executive featured a recent survey by the Global Supply Chain Institute at UT.
School Library Journal recently reported on how libraries in various cities serve homeless teenagers in a variety of ways.
Ask a biofuel researcher to name the single greatest technical barrier to cost-effective ethanol, and you’re likely to receive a one-word response: lignin. To better understand exactly how lignin persists, researchers ORNL created one of the largest biomolecular simulations to date using the Titan supercomputer to track and analyze millions of atoms. The research was
The application period is now open for the Boyd Venture Challenge, a seed fund grant that awards up to $20,000 to student-owned startup companies each fall and spring semester.
Two UT researchers have developed a method that could help clinicians and scientists better predict which mutations in people’s genes could cause a disease and which would remain dormant.
Izetta Slade, human resources officer and director of Extension Evaluation and Staff Development at the UT Institute of Agriculture, has been named associate director in the UT Knoxville Office of Equity and Diversity. She will begin in mid-March.