PhD Student Helps Cancer Patients by Raising Funds, Writing, Doing Research
Nursing doctoral student Kayla Jones was a volunteer long before arriving on Rocky Top for classes this fall.
After Whitewater Canoeing, JEM PhD Student Finds Grad School Smooth Sailing
Journalism PhD student Charli Kerns has fought her way through whitewater rapids and cascaded over waterfalls in her canoe. Knowing that adrenaline rush, she doesn’t get too stressed out over research, writing, or teaching a class.
UT to Launch Exchange Program with Japanese Research Institution
A new institutional partnership between UT and Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) will send graduate students from the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education to Japan as visiting scholars to study materials science and advanced manufacturing.
Grad Student Selected 2019 American Geographical Society Council Fellow
Jacob Dein, a graduate student studying geography, has received a 2019 American Geographical Society (AGS) Council Fellowship for his research studying the impact of noise pollution in urban spaces.
Social Work PhD Student Integrates Mental and Physical Health
During her years as a medical social worker, social work PhD student Aubrey Jones watched her patients struggle with emotional and psychological stresses brought on by mental health issues, including body image. Jones said she recognized how different aspects of her patients’ health were connected. “I wanted to set up our patients up to go
UT Graduate Programs Among Best in Nation
U.S. News and World Report has recognized several UT colleges and programs in its 2020 graduate school rankings, which were released today.
Watch Live as Team Provides Social Media Monitoring of Super Bowl’s Ads
A faculty member and a team of students from UT’s College of Communication and Information will be providing real-time analysis of Super Bowl LIII’s commercials for WLVT on Sunday.
Violin Student Plays the Instruments of Holocaust Survivors
UT School of Music graduate student Kevork Esmeryan spent part of January traveling to schools around the Knoxville area playing violins once played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust.
Grad Student Selected 2019 National Humanities Without Walls Fellow
Graduate student Jeffrey Pannekoek was chosen as the first representative of UT as a predoctoral fellow at a summer workshop organized by Humanities Without Walls.
Researchers Discover Record-Breaking Salamander
Researchers at UT have discovered the largest individual of any cave salamander in North America, a 9.3-inch specimen of Berry Cave salamander.
UT’s MBA Ranked 26th Globally by Wall Street Journal, Times Higher Education
The Haslam College of Business has been ranked 26th globally in the one-year MBA category by the Wall Street Journal and the London-based Times Higher Education.
Graduate Uses Own Experiences, Research to Help Others
An experience in UT graduate student Amber Giffin’s life has fueled her desire to do something that will help others. That experience is what prompted her to focus her UT research on Title IX-related issues.