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A Defense from Your Natural Defenses
The human body has a natural tendency to fight off foreign substances, even if it’s something helpful like a neural implant. Professor Wei He hopes her research will help solve this conundrum.
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Bias from the Bench?
In his new book, the College of Law’s Benjamin Barton examines the ins and outs of lawyer–judge bias.
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Data Defender
Katie Schuman’s undergraduate research opportunities lead to advancements in data storage and protection.
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‘Junk’ Food
Governor’s Chair Frank Loeffler employs microbes that “eat” toxic materials and transform them into harmless compounds, cleaning up the environment for the rest of us.
Research
We conduct research that matters.
As a premier, research-extensive institution, our students—undergraduate and graduate—delve further into subjects they may have only dreamed about.
UT’s partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory allows our students to work beside some of the world's renowned scientists in areas like electrical engineering, microbiology, polymer science, and ecology. Teams in architecture and engineering are working on innovations in zero-energy housing and other areas of ecologically sustainable design.
But our collaborations are in no way limited to science.
At the Marco Institute, faculty and students draw upon the center’s rich library resources to advance scholarship in medieval and Renaissance history, art, literature, and music. American history specialists curate the papers of presidents Andrew Jackson and James Polk. Center for Social Justice scholars are tackling the tough questions about health care disparities and immigration.
From improving mental health and education to economics and taxation efficiencies, our work impacts people, places, and industries throughout the world.
Research News
Digestible Science: UT Science Forum Weekly Brown Bag Talks Begin Friday
For seventy-nine years now UT’s Science Forum has brought cutting-edge science to a level understood by everyone. This semester’s lineup of forum programs begins at noon on Friday, February 3, with a presentation by Flora Meilleur, assistant professor of biochemistry at North Carolina State University. Her presentation, “Neutrons for Biology and Bioenergy,” will cover research she is currently doing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
UT Biosolar Breakthrough Promises Cheap, Easy Green Electricity
Barry D. Bruce, professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, is turning the term “power plant” on its head. The biochemist and a team of researchers have developed a system that taps into photosynthetic processes to produce efficient and inexpensive energy.
Baker Center Kicks off Energy-Environmental Forum Thursday
Duke University professor Rob Jackson will be at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on Thursday to kick off this semester’s energy-environmental forum with a discussion of the link between the “hydrofracking” method of shale gas extraction and methane contamination of drinking water.
EUReCA Highlights Undergraduate Achievement
The University of Tennessee’s sixteenth annual Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement will be held March 28-29 at the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center Ballroom. EURēCA highlights research and creative projects completed by UT Knoxville students in collaboration with a faculty mentor.
UT Economist Matt Murray Tapped to Lead Baker Center
Professor Matt Murray, associate director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at UT Knoxville, has been appointed director of the Howard H. Baker Center Jr. Center for Public Policy. He will begin immediately. Murray, the Ball Corporation Professor of Business, will take the place of Carl Pierce, who has directed the center since June 2009.
UT Announces Research Center for the Humanities
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Arts and Sciences has formed the Tennessee Humanities Center, a new program dedicated to facilitating and improving research opportunities in humanities disciplines.
QUEST Scholar of the Week
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Recognizing Jay Rubenstein for publishing two books on medieval history during the fall semester of 2011.
Research Spotlight — CIRE
The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education (CIRE) brings together extensive and complementary resources at UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to increase science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research of national significance.