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Undergraduate Business Plan Competition Launches New Businesses
Seven budding businesses got a financial boost this spring thanks to the university’s fifth annual Business Plan Competition. They were chosen out of a group of twenty-four business plans that competed for $25,000 in donated prize money and services in a contest sponsored by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the College of Business Administration.
UT Construction Projects to Change Summer Traffic Patterns
The ongoing Student Union construction and the beginning of a new residence hall will soon prompt the closing and re-routing of several roads and parking lots for the summer. The temporary closures, all set to begin on May 28, will significantly impact the Hill.
Big Idea: Law Student Pushed for College Access
Today, Tayo Atanda graduates from the College of Law and envisions a future where he’ll influence public policy. But even before he got to UT, he was a community organizer. Wanting to ensure that Nashville high school students from low-income families were encouraged in their college aspirations, Atanda and other young people conducted a study on why only 35 percent of East Nashville high school students were enrolling in college.
Students Place Second in National Retail Marketing Case Competition
Students from the Retail and Consumer Sciences Program recently placed second in the National Retail Marketing Case Competition. The contest, which took place at Indiana University, was sponsored by the Center for Retailing at Indiana’s Kelley School of Business, Kohl’s Department Stores, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Rapp Collins Advertising.
UT Receives $1.7 Million to Train Nuclear Leaders and Conduct Research
UT Knoxville is receiving more than $1.7 million from the US Department of Energy for scholarships, a fellowship, and research grants to train and educate the next generation of leaders in America’s nuclear industry. The awards are part of the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program and Integrated University Program that will support research and development and student investment at forty-six colleges and universities.
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