According to Bill Weasley, a wizard in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” “All goblin-made objects are, in goblin eyes, rightfully theirs.” Gary Pulsinelli, associate professor of law, uses this fictional scene as a metaphor for real-life creative property law issues. Pulsinelli will be speaking on “Muggles vs. Goblins: Who Should Own Creative
Tami Wyatt, who came up with the term “enginurse,” defines the word as “a combination of nursing skills and engineering skills to create innovative solutions that enhance health care.” Wyatt, associate professor of nursing, will be speaking on the topic, “Enginurse: A New Breed of Nurse and Engineer Scholar,” at noon on April 1 in
Alan Heilman, professor emeritus of botany, will be discussing “Looking and Seeing – 60 Years Photographing Plants” at the UT Science Forum on March 25 at noon in Thompson-Boling Arena Dining Room C-D. The program is free and open to the public; attendees are welcome to bring their lunches or purchase lunch at the Café
Researchers and physicians are not saying eating broccoli can prevent or treat cancer, but they have found a link between bioactive nutrients from plants and advanced prostate cancer. Jay Whelan, professor and head of the nutrition department, will speak as part of the UT Science Forum on “Will Eating an Extra Serving of Broccoli Help
Sharon Thompson, director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness and professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, will speak at the UT Science Forum addressing “The Potential for Food Terrorism” on February 18 at noon in Thompson-Boling Arena Dining Room C-D. The program is free and open to the public; attendees
Larry Taylor, who once held the strong belief that water does not exist on the moon, now says that water on the moon may have originated from comets smashing into it soon after formation. Taylor, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, will speak at the UT Science Forum on “The
What do students understand – and not understand – about evolution and the nature of science? Andrew Kramer, professor and head of the Department of Anthropology at UT Knoxville, will discuss the misinformed ideas held by students taking introductory biological anthropology classes.
Do we comprehend the fragility of our water systems? Randall Gentry, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and the director of the Institute for Secure and Sustainable Environment, will speak at the UT Science Forum about the pressures on the earth’s water resources. His lecture, “Water Resources and Sustainability Science,” will begin at noon
Yilu Liu, an electrical engineering professor in the College of Engineering and UT–Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s fourth Governor’s Chair, will speak at the UT Science Forum on Friday, Oct. 22, on her research to develop the next generation of electrical power grids.
David Buehler, professor of wildlife science in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, will speak at this week’s UT Science Forum lecture on two species of migrant songbirds with declining populations. His talk “Tennessee’s Warblers, Jewels of the Forest – Why They Are Vanishing” will begin at noon on Friday, Oct. 15, in Thompson-Boling
An estimated 8 to 12 thousand feral cats roam the backyards and dumpster sites of Knox County. Teresa L. Jennings, program director of Companion Animal Initiative of Tennessee in the College of Veterinary Medicine, will discuss wild cats and the trap-neuter-release program. Her talk will begin at noon on Friday, Sept. 24, in Thompson-Boling Arena
Do the right food choices make or break an athlete on the playing field? Allison Maurer, sports dietitian for the UT Athletics Department, will shed some light on that question when she speaks at the UT Science Forum on Friday, Sept. 17.