WUOT Staff Is on the Job — at Home and in the Studio
One of the few offices on campus remaining open during the coronavirus closure is that of WUOT. However, many staff members are actually working from home.
Dolly Parton to Read Bedtime Stories, UT Film Premiere Rescheduled
Country music legend Dolly Parton will help kids get ready to sleep by reading them a children’s book online at bedtime. The project is a response to the delayed premiere of The Library That Dolly Built, the UT student-driven documentary about Parton’s Imagination Library.
Dolly Parton Film by UT Students and Alumni to Debut Nationally April 2
The Library That Dolly Built, a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, student-driven film and documentary about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, will premiere April 2 in New York City and be screened in theaters across the nation.
McClung Museum Revamps Annual Darwin Day Celebration
UT’s McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will host a family day from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday.
McClung Museum to Open Visions of the End Exhibition
The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will open the new temporary exhibition Visions of the End from January 31 through May 10.
UT’s McClung Museum Receives $25,000 and Partners with Smithsonian
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture is one of three Smithsonian affiliates nationwide awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to reach under-served audiences with standard-based learning around paleontology, evolution, and deep time.
Alumna’s Floral Business Blooms at Teen Vogue Summit
Alumna Meg Hutchinson’s entrepreneurial journey began with a childhood dream to become a florist.
Film Light From Light Gives Students Hands-On Production Experience
This past spring, Paul Harrill’s students experienced filmmaking and the movie business through their involvement with his latest film, Light From Light, which had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Grad Student Wins Research Award to Have KSO Musicians Play His Works
At 46, in the midst of a successful career as a commercial musician, music director, teacher, and performer, Dennis Belisle decided to enroll in UT’s School of Music to pursue a new dream—being a composer.
CBT Patrons Donate More Than $16,000 to Highlander Center
Clarence Brown Theatre patrons donated $16,306 to the Highlander Center during the run of the theater’s production of People Where They Are, which played at the Carousel Theatre from October 2–20.
Architecture Schools Ranked Among Most Admired with Most-Hired Graduates
UT’s College of Architecture and Design has been recognized in several categories in the most recent national rankings report released by DesignIntelligence, the preeminent source of design program rankings.
Urban Architecture Students Design for Middle Tennessee
In 2008, when Thomas K. Davis took over the Nashville Urban Design Studio in the College of Architecture and Design, he had a clear vision in mind: his students would design projects that could become real-world structures across Nashville and other parts of Middle Tennessee.