UT Theatre Students Learn a New Kind of Improv with Online Classes
During the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty in the Department of Theatre learned in one week to teach acting classes online.
WUTK Radio Station Chosen as Knoxville’s Finest 6 Years in a Row
Thanks to WUTK’s amazing listeners and supporters, the station has won Blank Newpaper’s Knoxville’s Finest Radio Station for 2020.
Art History Projects Inspired by African American Artists and Children’s Books
The Knoxville Museum of Art’s Spring exhibition, Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door, was set to be the focal point of Associate Professor Mary Campbell’s African American Art History course.
Viola Students Perform for Senior Living Community Residents
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, students in the School of Music and residents of a senior living community connected on Zoom to enjoy performances of final exams.
Architecture Professor Designs Face Shield for Health Care Workers
Beyond improving an essential protective device for health care workers in the fight against COVID-19, Assistant Professor of Architecture Maged Guerguis’s response was to innovate.
Graphic Design Grad’s Road Always Leads Home
When Geghie Alayna Davis applied for her Fulbright, she wanted to use design to promote rural internet access initiatives, including her Union County home.
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.