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Friends to Honor Jesse Poore Friday
A gathering of friends will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 18, at the UT Gardens Shade Garden to honor Jesse Poore, professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, who died on April 25. Poore came to UT in 1986 as chair of the Department of Computer Science and served as director of the UT-ORNL Science Alliance from 2000 to 2011.
UT Honoring Five Individuals for Innovation, Leadership
The Center for Educational Leadership is recognizing five individuals for contributing significantly to education through innovative work, leadership, learning, and service. The Prometheus Leadership Medal recipients are forensic anthropologist William Bass, vice provost Sarah Gardial, architect Hansjörg Göritz, President Emeritus Joe Johnson, and Lady Vols Head Coach Emeritus Pat Summitt.
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.
UT Professor Receives Funding for Nanoparticle Research
Mingjun Zhang, associate professor of mechanical, aerospace and biomedical engineering, has received more than $168,000 from the US Department of Defense to buy equipment to advance his nanoparticle research. Zhang is known for looking to nature for inspiration in addressing technical challenges.
Professor’s Work on NASA Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid
Harry “Hap” McSween, Chancellor’s Professor and Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, presented findings of a mission investigating the asteroid Vesta at a press conference held at NASA headquarters on Thursday. McSween is a co-investigator for the Dawn spacecraft mission, which has been circling Vesta since last July and is slated to stay until late August.
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.
Kudos
Our Department of History is home to faculty recognized as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the American Council of Learned Societies, Fulbright, and MacArthur fellows. In fact, 60 percent of the history faculty have won major research awards in the last decade.
With ten NEH awards, UT is tied for seventh place with Washington University (St. Louis) and UC-Irvine on the list of all universities, both private and public, that have been awarded the most NEH Fellowships since 2005.
Cone Zone
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Follow Smokey as construction transforms our campus
Cone Zone is designed to help you navigate our campus—through conezone.utk.edu and signs around campus—as constructions project continue to transform our landscape.
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