Campus and Community Work Published in UT Libraries Study of Station Eleven
Student, staff, and faculty writing and artwork have been published in a new book from UT Libraries, From the Remains: Reflections on “Station Eleven.”
Life of the Mind: Station Eleven Author to Speak on Campus November 13
Emily St. John Mandel, author of this year’s Life of the Mind book, Station Eleven, will speak on campus at 5:30 p.m. Monday, November 13.
UT, Knox County Public Library Celebrate Station Eleven
UT freshmen have been busy reading Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel as part of the Life of the Mind common reading program administered by First-Year Studies.
Life of the Mind Invites You to Escape with Station Eleven
The campus community is invited to celebrate this year’s Life of the Mind program reading selection—Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel—by participating in a special First-Year Studies escape room in Hodges Library.
Input Wanted: Choosing a Life of the Mind Book for 2018-19
While Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel has already been selected as the upcoming Life of the Mind book, your input is wanted to help choose the book for 2018–19 academic year. First-Year Studies, which oversees Life of the Mind, is seeking to choose books sooner to allow more time for faculty and units
Discussion Leaders Needed for Life of the Mind Sessions
The Office of First-Year Studies needs additional faculty, staff, and graduate students to serve as discussion leaders for Life of the Mind sessions during Welcome Week.
Station Eleven Is 2017 Life of the Mind Selection
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel has been chosen as the 2017 Life of the Mind book.
Freshman Gets Deliciously Creative with Life of the Mind Project
When freshman Mason Davis contemplated what he’d do for his Life of the Mind project on this year’s common reading selection, Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight, two things came to mind: cake and chocolate.
Astronaut Scott Kelly Shares His Story with Freshmen
The course of US astronaut Scott Kelly’s life was changed by reading a book. So it was especially fitting that Kelly, a UT alumnus who spent an unprecedented year in space about the International Space Station, spoke to freshmen during the annual celebration of Life of the Mind, a shared reading experience that is part
UT to Welcome Newest Vols to Big Orange Country Next Week
Campus will be bustling next week with 7,100 students heading to Big Orange Country to move into residence halls for the fall semester. Move-in day for most first-year students begins at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, August 13. Classes start Wednesday, August 17.
UT Announces Ticket Distribution for Astronaut Scott Kelly Event
Tickets to attend the August 15 Life of the Mind event featuring Scott Kelly, the US astronaut who recently returned from a record-breaking year in space, will be available starting August 1.
Astronaut Scott Kelly to Speak at UT during Life of the Mind Celebration
Scott Kelly, the US astronaut who recently returned from a record-breaking year in space, will help launch the 2016-17 academic year UT by speaking at the annual Welcome Week Life of the Mind celebration at 5:30 p.m. Monday, August 15.