Four UT Faculty Members Named SEC Academic Leadership Development Fellows
The SEC ALDP seeks to identify, prepare and advance academic leaders for roles within SEC institutions and beyond.
The Conversation: Studying Science Fiction Films Can Help Students Understand the Power Societies Have to Shape Our Lives
The goal of this course is to help students understand that societies are more than groups of people. Societies are alive and try to survive on their own terms and are sometimes at odds with the interests of the people who live in them.
The Conversation: Bees Have Irrational Biases When Choosing Which Flowers To Feed on − Just Like Human Shoppers
Studies show bees and other pollinators make the same kinds of irrational “shopping” decisions humans make.
The Conversation: A Video Game Based on the Chinese Novel ‘Journey to the West’ is the Most Recent Example of Innovative Retelling of this Popular Story
The popularity of Black Myth: Wukong is the most recent example in a centuries-old tradition of retelling this story through popular media.
Nursing, Supply Chain, Engineering Programs Among Top in US News Best Colleges Rankings
UT achieved high rankings across multiple disciplines. More students than ever are seeking out the university’s highly regarded academic programs and benefiting from its initiatives aimed at increasing first-year retention and overall graduation rates.
The Conversation: A Nazi Magazine Regularly Published Manipulated Photos and Misinformation Long Before the Age of AI
The Nazis used a mix of incendiary words and images in publications to sow the seeds of doubt among readers.
The Conversation: How Russia Employs ‘Hard Soft Power’ to Influence Overseas Media and Sow Dissent and Fear Among Foreign Populations
Research on the use of hard soft power illustrates how domestic media can be used as a tool in Russia’s propaganda playbook.
Maroulas Appointed Associate Vice Chancellor, Director of AI Tennessee
As part of his new role, Vasileios Maroulas will lead the development of AI-focused curricula across disciplines.
The Conversation: Who Is the Laughing Buddha? A Scholar of East Asian Buddhism Explains
The Laughing Buddha’s transformation into a global icon results from both the fascination with Chinese porcelain in 18th-century Europe and the 20th-century spread of Japanese Zen Buddhism.
Campus Investments Support Research, Growth and Student Experience
Campus projects include new academic buildings, residence halls and student support spaces.
The Conversation: Offensive Names Dot the American Street Map − A New App Provides a Way to Track Them
The app allows users to conduct nationwide inventories of discriminatory roadway names, revealing how often and where they are found.
National Science Foundation Awards UT $18M to Study Factors That Lead to Pandemics
The grant establishes a new multidisciplinary research center focused on identifying the ways human activities contribute to the spread of infection.