Communication Studies Professor Virginia Kupritz has been named the inaugural William H. Swain Professor. The professorship was made possible by a generous gift from Martha S. “Missy” Wallen, who received her bachelor’s degree in communication studies in 1974, in honor of her father, William H. Swain, who was also a UT alumnus. This five-year rotating
The second phase of ELEMENTS will launch in January and all faculty members will be able to record all their scholarly, teaching, and professional activities in the system. ELEMENTS is already used to record teaching and scholarship activity, with much of information imported automatically through Banner and UT Libraries resources. This ELEMENTS module will be expanded
Faculty Appreciation Week 2017 will be held the week of February 6. If your office or group is interested in hosting an event or doing something special for faculty that week, please contact the Office of Communications and Marketing for more information. Posters and other publicity materials will be finalized by mid-January, so details are
Spectral bats, also called false vampire bats for their imposing size—a wingspan of over three feet—are the largest bats in the Americas and typically roost in trees in lowland forests. Vladimir Dinets, UT research assistant professor of psychology, has discovered evidence that the species also can live in caves and is more adaptable than previously