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June 24, 2011
Since embarking on its journey to become a Top 25 public research university, UT Knoxville has made some good progress in its five priority areas—undergraduate education, graduate education, research, faculty...Read More »
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June 24, 2011
In an editorial article published Thursday, the News Sentinel discusses how UT Knoxville stacks up against Top 25 public research universities, even with the 12 percent tuition increase approved Thursday....Read More »
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June 23, 2011
The Board of Trustees passed a budget Thursday that will allow the Knoxville campus to give all eligible employees a 2 percent, across-the-board raise. An additional 3 percent pool will...Read More »
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June 23, 2011
Sections of Estabrook Road and Tee Martin Drive next to Neyland Stadium have been closed due to damage from the storm that passed through Knoxville on June...Read More »
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June 23, 2011
Money is a motivator. But can money be a motivator to learn? Gregg Rader, a junior in economics at UT Knoxville, thinks so, and he put his proposal to the...Read More »
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June 23, 2011
DineTouch LLC and its University of Tennessee, Knoxville, student founders Joey Natour and Seth Elliott received the inaugural Boyd Venture Fund grant, worth $10,000. The seed-granting fund, administered by the...Read More »
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June 23, 2011
Professor Jack Dongarra discusses the Japanese "K Computer" in this New York Times article. The machine recently earned the top stop on the list of the world's most powerful supercomputers....Read More »
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June 23, 2011
Vested Outsourcing and UT Knoxville lead faculty member Kate Vitasek made "World Trade" magazine's prestigious list of people, places, and things influencing the world of trade. "World Trade" recognized Vitasek...Read More »
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June 22, 2011
Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek has appointed a committee to lead the search for UT Knoxville’s new athletic director. The committee will work with Parker Executive Search, a firm hired to...Read More »
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June 16, 2011
For a week, sixteen rising seventh- and eighth-grade girls will get a taste of what it is like to be an airport operations director, freight planner, highway safety engineer, traffic...Read More »