The Conversation: This Course Uses Crime Novels to Teach Critical Thinking
The goals of the course are to teach students the importance of reading critically and share the importance of historical and social context.
The Conversation: Why Returning the Name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains Matters
The success of the effort to restore the name Kuwohi may help other communities in their ongoing place renaming efforts.
The Conversation: Vampire Bats – Look Beyond the Fangs and Blood to See Animal Friendships and Unique Adaptations
Feeding on a blood diet is unusual for a mammal and has led to unique adaptations that facilitate their uncommon lifestyle.
UT Researchers Receive NSF CAREER Awards for Science, Engineering
Two UT faculty members have been named NSF CAREER award recipients for 2024.
The Conversation: Socially Distanced Layout of the World’s Oldest Cities Helped Early Civilization Evade Diseases
Archaeologists often explain what we call urban collapse in terms of climate change, overpopulation, social pressures or some combination of these. But scientists have added a new hypothesis to the mix: disease.
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.