Amanda Womac, director of communications for the College of Arts and Sciences, and Mark Harmon, professor of journalism, won awards in the 2017 Golden Press Card awards contest, hosted by the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists.
With the May 1 college admission deadline looming, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions is preparing to hold its second Declaration Day live broadcast.
Here is a gallery of photos from the 2018 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet, which honored accomplished faculty, staff, and students. The annual gathering is the university’s largest recognition event of the year.
In the aftermath of the 2016 Gatlinburg wildfires, the Dollywood Foundation launched the My People Fund to help. What was the overall impact of that relief effort, and how is the affected population faring nearly a year and a half later?
NIMBioS’s Sergey Gavrilets recently received a grant from the US Department of Defense for a project that will develop new mathematical modeling tools to investigate political revolutions and the resilience of human societies to shocks.
In a recent letter to the editor of the News Sentinel, UT math professor Conrad Plaut explains that the faculty previously interviewed by the News Sentinel concerning the enhanced post-tenure performance review proposed by the Board of Trustees, don’t speak for all UT faculty.
UT microbiology assistant professor Karen Lloyd interviewed with the host of Brigham Young University’s Radio show, ‘Top of Mind’ with Julie Rose.
What does tenure mean to UT faculty? Tenure means protection for faculty to do their job, according to UT history professor Monica Black in a recent letter to the News Sentinel editor.
Steven Wilhelm, a microbiologist who is developing methods that could help scientists understand and mitigate the effects of bacteria and algal blooms in oceans and large lakes, has been named a James R. Cox Professor.
David Manderscheid, currently executive dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and vice provost for arts and sciences at the Ohio State University, has been named UT’s new provost and senior vice chancellor.
Coal mining, under current US regulations, has significantly reduced the abundance and variety of fish, invertebrates, salamanders, and other aquatic life in streams.
Accomplished faculty, staff, and students were feted Tuesday evening at the annual Chancellor’s Honors Banquet, the university’s largest recognition event of the year.