Student Combines Math and Nutrition to Improve Race Performance
A PhD student’s passion for marathon running inspired a model that accurately accounts for in-race nutrition when developing a runner’s optimal finishing time.
The Conversation: Plantations Could Be Used to Teach about US Slavery if Stories are Told Truthfully
Plantation museums could be ideal venues for students to learn about the nation’s history of race-based slavery, but only if they stop whitewashing the horrors of what took place on their grounds.
The Conversation: What’s Behind the Obsession over Whether Elizabeth Holmes Intentionally Lowered Her Voice?
Assistant Professor of Theatre Kathryn Cunningham explores whether Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes intentionally deepened her voice and why audiences are intrigued by it.
The Conversation Weekly Podcast: Nuclear Fusion Record Broken—What Will It Take to Start Generating Electricity?
Scientists at a nuclear fusion lab in the UK just broke the world record for the amount of energy produced in a single fusion reaction. How excited should we be?
Ahmadi Honored with Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship
Mahshid Ahmadi becomes the fifth UT faculty member to receive the Sloan Research Fellowship.
New Study Says We’re Tracking Our Physical Activity More Than Ever. So How Are We Doing?
Humans are tracking their fitness more than ever, but a 25-year study finds that activity levels have been declining.
The Conversation: How Many Bones Do Penguins Have?
Julie Sheldon explains penguin’s bone structures and how they have evolved.
$3.7 Million Grant to Fund Special Education Doctoral Program
The Researching Interventions in Special Education (RISE) Scholars Network is a collaborative, multi-institution project that will prepare the next generation of special education teachers and researchers.
The Conversation: Sold-Out Supplies, Serving a Public Need, and Other Adventures of Doing Science during a Pandemic
Supply chain issues, emergency science, social distancing requirements, and a lot more free time offered both challenges and opportunities for research scientists.
Strong Consumer Spending Lifts Tennessee GDP to Prepandemic Levels
The Boyd Center report examines the long-term economic outlook for Tennessee as well as the results of the 2020 census.
The Conversation: Why the Southern US is Prone to December Tornadoes
Tornadoes in December aren’t unusual in the Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley states, but the December 10-11 outbreak was extreme and far-reaching.
Faculty Named in 2021 Most Cited Researchers Report
Seven faculty members at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are included on the 2021 list of highly cited researchers from Clarivate.