http://www.utk.edu/news/tntoday UT News Releases en-us Copyright 2007, The University of Tennessee http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4620 Economists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, describe the current economic picture in the U.S. and Tennessee as "bleak." The coming months will bring a continued downturn in the economy and "teeter on the brink of recession," according to a report released today by the Center for Business and Economic Research. PR Staff 2008-05-08 Y http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4619 Knoxville residents and students will have the opportunity to join the thousands who have toured C-SPAN's Campaign 2008 Bus when it stops at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on Friday, May 9. The bus will park on the Cumberland side of the University Center, near the front steps, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. PR Staff 2008-05-08 Y http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4618 David Leaverton has been selected as the first president of the Young Alumni Council at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Leaverton, who earned degrees in the College of Business Administration in 1999 and 2000 and was the punter on the 1998 national championship football team, will serve a one-year term. PR Staff 2008-05-08 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4617 David Schumann, professor of business, has been selected to be the inaugural director of the Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Created as part of the university's retention efforts, the center provides assistance to UT faculty in developing better classroom teaching skills. PR Staff 2008-05-07 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4616 The first four-year HOPE Scholarship recipients are graduating this week from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The lottery-funded HOPE has helped increase the number of applicants to UT Knoxville, bolstered the academic preparedness of incoming students and allowed the university to increase access by creating need-based scholarship programs. PR Staff 2008-05-07 Y http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4615 Despite the sagging economy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, graduates --- especially those who started their job hunts early -- are having success landing jobs. For those who are still looking, Career Services still can offer assistance. PR Staff 2008-05-06 Y http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4614 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will celebrate spring graduation this week with a series of college ceremonies and a university-wide celebration. The Kickoff to Commencement event, to be held Thursday, May 8, is open to spring and summer graduates, their families and UT employees. PR Staff 2008-05-06 Y http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4613 <IMG SRC=http://my.tennessee.edu/pls/portal/news_images.show?p_release_id=4613&p_type=T ALIGN=LEFT>Angie Bukley, currently the assistant vice president for research at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, has been named the interim associate vice president for UTSI effective May 10. She will fill the role currently held by Donald Daniel, who is retiring at the end of this semester. PR Staff 2008-05-06 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4612 Meredith Wright, a junior from Baton Rouge, La., is the first scholarship of the Amway Endowed Scholarship in Sales Forecasting in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Wright will graduate May 2009 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. She is majoring in both logistics and marketing with additional concentrated studies in international business. PR Staff 2008-05-02 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4611 The University of Tennessee honored 29 county officials as Certified Public Administrators last week following a capstone event at Montgomery Bell State Park. To achieve the designation, each of the officials completed 80 credit hours in the County Officials Certificate Training Program (COCTP). The program is administered by the UT County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS) and is available to every county employee in the state. PR Staff 2008-05-02 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4608 East Tennessee high school students will have a chance to explore the world of business and possible business careers during a new summer enrichment program sponsored by the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. PR Staff 2008-05-01 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4607 Although their daylight hours are spent in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship concentration in the full-time MBA program at the University of Tennessee's College of Business Administration, these UT students spend their evenings and weekends building their technology-based businesses with fellow students. PR Staff 2008-05-01 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4606 Going to summer camp has been a fun activity for children for many generations. Gene Hayes, a UT Knoxville professor of therapeutic recreation, offers five strategies for parents looking for a summer camp. PR Staff 2008-05-01 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4605 Robert Holub, provost for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will be leaving the university to become chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Holub will transition to his new role this summer. PR Staff 2008-04-30 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4604 <IMG SRC=http://my.tennessee.edu/pls/portal/news_images.show?p_release_id=4604&p_type=T ALIGN=LEFT>Patti Johnstone, assistant professor and director of the audiology clinics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is one of two researchers worldwide honored with this year's New Investigator Research Award by the American Academy of Audiology (AAA). In addition, UT graduate students from UT's Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology received awards for excellence in student research given out by AAA this year. PR Staff 2008-04-30 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4603 A researcher from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is seeking new ways to make computing more environmentally friendly, thanks to a research award from Microsoft. Xiaorui Wang, an assistant professor in the UT Knoxville Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, will receive $100,000 from the Redmond, Wash.-based company to study how to reduce the power used by computer data centers while still maintaining high performance. PR Staff 2008-04-29 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4602 After researching more than 3,000 Tennessee companies and finding a need for educational offerings in strategic-level organizational management, the University of Tennessee's College of Business Administration has introduced the new UT Executive Development Certificate. PR Staff 2008-04-28 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4601 Playing sports is one activity people from different religions, countries and cultures can enjoy together. A camp organized by two University of Tennessee, Knoxville, students will encourage local Muslim, Jewish and Christian teens to appreciate each other's cultures by playing sports together. PR Staff 2008-04-28 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4600 Interstate 40 in downtown Knoxville will be closed on May 1 to through traffic due to construction. Students, faculty, staff and visitors traveling to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will still have access to several exits that lead to campus. PR Staff 2008-04-28 N http://www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4598 More and better original student-generated programming is making an appearance on UTTV, the cable channel of UT Knoxville. The channel, which can be found on Comcast Digital Cable channel 194 and on campus at channel 65, now includes seven shows that are produced by UT Knoxville students. PR Staff 2008-04-24 N