The café, sponsored by Sysco Foods, operates from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Thursdays in the UT Visitors Center, 2712 Neyland Drive. Each luncheon typically consists of an intermezzo or small appetizer, salad or soup, entrée, and dessert. Advance tickets will be sold for the luncheons, and capacity is eighty diners. Cost will be $12, and the faculty-staff discount does not apply. For tickets and reservations, see Marcia Johnson in the Jessie Harris Building, Room 110, call 865-974-6645, or e-mail rhtm@utk.edu.

The southern French menu is:

Appetizer: Roquefort, Saint Albray, quince paste, and grapes. (Roquefort is the oldest and most renowned of the blue cheeses. Saint Albray is French soft-ripened cheese, and quince is a golden round fruit.)

Salad: Duck confit mesclun (cured and poached duck served shredded with leafy greens, candied walnuts, and warm sherry chardonnay vinaigrette).

Main course: Chicken Provencal (chicken stew with emphasis on tomatoes and garlic).

Dessert: Pots de crème (loose French custard).

Lunch dates and themes for the remainder of the semester are:

• March 21, Northern France
• April 4, Sushi
• April 11, Japanese Cookery
• April 18, Spain
• April 25, Japanese/French Fusion
• May 2, Spanish/Italian Fusion

The luncheons are produced through a collaboration of HRT 445 (the Advanced Food Production and Service Management class), the UT Culinary Institute, and the Pellissippi Culinary Institute.

Students enrolled in the UT course will work as general managers, dining room attendants, assistant kitchen managers, dining room managers, and dining room service employees. They will be responsible for the execution of the dining experience, managing staff, menu planning, food preparation, cooking, cost analysis, service during meal time, marketing of the event, and customer satisfaction activities.

Pellissippi State students will do most of the food preparation and will assist with dining room responsibilities.

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C O N T A C T :

Marcia Johnson (for tickets): (865-974-6645, rhtm@utk.edu)

Christine Copelan (ccopela7@utk.edu)

He’ll be discussing its applications at the Science Forum on March 1.

The Science Forum is a weekly brown-bag lunch series that allows professors and area scientists to discuss their research and the general public to learn about science through a conversational presentation.

The weekly presentations begin at noon on Fridays in Room C-D of Thompson-Boling Arena. Attendees can bring lunch or purchase it at the arena. Each presentation is forty minutes long and is followed by a question-and-answer session. Science Forum presentations are free and open to the public.

Electron microscopes, similar to optical microscopes, are used to reveal the structure of small objects. Electron microscopes make use of the properties of electrons to magnify small objects for study instead of using light, as in optical microscopes.

“Electron microscopes have been around since the early 1930s. But only in the last thirteen years has the technology matured to the point that we can study materials literally atom by atom,” Idrobo said.

Idrobo uses electron microscopy to study, at the atomic scale, the chemical bonding and optical properties of graphene. Graphene is a pure-carbon substance similar to graphite, but lighter. These properties can be applied in the production of novel electronic devices and more efficient energy-related materials.

Future Science Forums will feature:

• March 8: Dr. Paul Campbell Erwin, professor and head of the Department of Public Health, presenting “John Snow and Cholera: The Foundation for Modern Disease Investigation.”
• March 15: Kevin Hoyt, director of UT Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center, presenting “The Proposed UT AgResearch Gas and Oil Well Research Project.”
• April 5: William T. Bogart, president of Maryville College and professor of economics there, discussing “Cargo Cult Economic Policy: Urban Development and Green Energy.”
• April 12: Stephanie K. Drumheller-Horton, instructor of earth and planetary sciences, presenting “Crocodylian Bite Marks in the Fossil Record.”
• April 19: Devon M. Burr, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences, discussing “The Moon That Would Be A Planet: Saturn’s Giant Titan.”
• April 26: Joan Markel, curator of Civil War exhibits at the McClung Museum, presenting “Digging into Our Civil War Past.”

The Science Forum is sponsored by the UT Office of Research. For more information about the Science Forum, visit the Office of Research website.

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, amy.blakely@tennessee.edu)

Holly Gary (865-974-2225, hgary@utk.edu)

Special event parking is available after 4:00 p.m. in the G10 garage next to the arena, the Andy Holt Tower garage across the street, and many other faculty/staff lots on the main campus and just north across Cumberland Ave in Fort Sanders.

To avoid traffic congestion in the heart of campus, concertgoers can park on the agriculture campus and ride a shuttle to the arena. Shuttle service will begin at 6:00 p.m. and continue until the show starts, and will resume at the end of the concert. The parking fee is $10 on campus and includes shuttle service to and from the agriculture campus.

Members of the campus community should be aware that a surge in traffic is expected that afternoon and will continue until the start of the concert. University students and employees leaving campus Friday afternoon are encouraged to avoid Lake Loudoun Blvd. and use either Joe Johnson Drive or Cumberland Ave. to exit campus.

Concertgoers are not allowed to bring backpacks or large bags into the arena. Video cameras or unauthorized recording devices will not be allowed into the concert.

For more information, call the arena management office at 974-0953.

The talk, titled “Archetypes: Character Structure, Film Analysis, and Screenwriting Theory,” is sponsored by the English Department and the Cinema Studies Program.

Myers will discuss the use of archetypes, or universal character types found in cultures throughout the world, in classic Hollywood films such as Casablanca, The Apartment, Star Wars, and The Silence of the Lambs.

The presentation is free and open to the public, and should be of special interest to aspiring screenwriters, analysts of film narrative, and anyone interested in American movies. A reception will follow in the Mary Greer Room in Hodges Library.

Myers also will lead an informal discussion on screenwriting and Hollywood from noon to 1:00 p.m. on March 1 in McClung Tower 1210-11.

Since selling his script for the film K-9 in 1987, Myers has written nearly thirty projects for every major Hollywood studio and broadcast network. Besides K-9 (with Jim Belushi), his movie credits include Alaska and Trojan War (with Jennifer Love Hewitt).

Also a screenwriting teacher, Myers won an Outstanding Instructor Award from the University of California, Los Angeles, he currently teaches at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and he hosts a screenwriting blog at www.gointothestory.com. To read more about Myers’s discussions with Hollywood script readers and what they look for in a script, visit his blog,

CONTACT:

Chuck Maland (cmaland@utk.edu)

See the new design at the Torchbearer website.

Former Governor Don Sundquist; Governor Bill Haslam; Senator Howard Baker and his wife, Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker; and former Governor Phil Bredesen. (Photo by Joy Kimbrough)

Tennessee governors—sitting Governor Bill Haslam and his two predecessors, Phil Bredesen and Don Sundquist—concurred on this point Thursday when they met for a discussion about civility, and the lack of it, in political discourse. Held at UT’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, the event was sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association, the Baker Center, the UT College of Law, and the First Amendment Center.

“There is not a better venue for this program than the Baker Center. This center is named in honor of the man who for the last fifty years has personified that balance,” said moderator Bill Haltom, a lawyer with the Memphis firm Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell PLLC.

Using many stories about Senator Baker as examples, the governors attempted to define civility, agreeing that it has to do with respect, listening, and learning to “disagree without being disagreeable.”

“Civility is respecting the rights of others to have opinions,” Sundquist said. “Compromise is not failure of principles. It’s the only way to go.”

Haslam added, “Conflict is different than the lack of civility.”

And Bredesen suggested that incivility is often the symptom of a larger problem—societal unrest about the economy, dissatisfaction with election officials, or a disagreement over major issue facing the nation.

Governor Bill Haslam and former Governors Phil Bredesen and Don Sundquist. (Photo by Joy Kimbrough)

The three governors said that while incivility seems to have escalated nationally, the political climate of Tennessee remains somewhat calmer.

Bredesen said he thinks that’s because state-level politicians are closer to the electorate and see how the issues affect them. That “makes it harder to get caught up in the power games.”

Haltom asked the governors if incivility is escalated by “one issue” voters—those who use their money and votes to support only politicians who concur with them on polarizing issues, such as gun control or abortion.

The governors said “one-issue voters” and extremists may be loud, but they’re not as influential as some think.

“People aren’t necessarily where those loudest voices are,” Haslam said, citing a recent poll in Tennessee that showed “70 percent of the people in the state thought the state was more conservative than they are.”

Bredesen agreed: “We categorize everything … but go walk around at Wal-Mart and the people you meet don’t fit in any of those categories.

“It’s like all these comments on websites. Do you know any of those people? We shouldn’t mistake those for the public perception.”

Sundquist, who served in the US House of Representatives for twelve years before becoming governor, said today’s politicians, especially those in Washington, DC, don’t seem to share the same camaraderie they once did. While Congressmen used to stay in Washington for longer stretches, today they fly in and fly out—some on a weekly basis, he said.

When he and Howard Baker worked in Washington, DC, he said, Washington politicians “knew each other and we worked together.” They forged relationships that fostered civility.

“You’re less likely to attack a member if you know his family, go out socially,” he said.

To some extent, the governors agreed, changes in the media have exacerbated incivility.

“From the old world of having three major networks to where we are now, where you can have the filter you want,” Haslam said.

Because they’re in a battle to win readers and viewers, media are “in the entertainment business,” Haslam said. As citizens and voters “our job is go listen and expose ourselves to as many points of reference as we can.”

Bredesen said civility—and finding common ground that both sides embrace—is critical to making lasting changes in government.

He pointed to the education reforms he saw enacted while serving as the mayor of Nashville from 1991 to 1999. Six months after he left office, some of those reforms already had been set aside.

The same thing may happen with Obama’s health care changes; because they are so hotly debated, they risk not standing the test of time.

“When you push something through, you seed its undoing by the next guy,” he said.

Thursday’s forum was the third of three held across the state as part of “Civility and Free Expression in a Constitutional Democracy—A National Dialogue,” funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and conducted in partnership with the American Bar Association Division for Public Education.

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, ablakely@utk.edu)

In recognition of Faculty Appreciation Week, February 25 to March 1, faculty members attending this week’s Ready for the World Café will have the chance to win Rocky Top Institute items and café tickets.

The café, sponsored by Sysco Foods, operates from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Thursdays in the UT Visitors Center, 2712 Neyland Drive. Each luncheon typically consists of an intermezzo or small appetizer, salad or soup, entrée, and dessert. Advance tickets will be sold for the luncheons, and capacity is eighty diners. Cost will be $12, and the faculty-staff discount does not apply. For tickets and reservations, see Marcia Johnson in the Jessie Harris Building, Room 110, call 865-974-6645, or e-mail rhtm@utk.edu.

The northern Italian menu is:

Appetizer: Insalata di carciofi (artichoke salad)

First course: Porcini mushroom polenta cake with sausage ragu, garnished with white truffle oil, parmesan cheese, and basil

Second course: Veal Milanese (thinly pounded veal, crusted with bread crumbs and fried) with lemon-seasoned arugula and cherry tomatoes

Dessert: Tiramisu (layered dessert with emphasis on coffee, chocolate, and mascarpone cheese)

Lunch dates and themes for the remainder of the semester are:

• March 7, Southern France
• March 21, Northern France
• April 4, Sushi
• April 11, Japanese Cookery
• April 18, Spain
• April 25, Japanese/French Fusion
• May 2, Spanish/Italian Fusion

The luncheons are produced through a collaboration of HRT 445 (the Advanced Food Production and Service Management class), the UT Culinary Institute, and the Pellissippi Culinary Institute.

Students enrolled in the UT course will work as general managers, dining room attendants, assistant kitchen managers, dining room managers, and dining room service employees. They will be responsible for the execution of the dining experience, managing staff, menu planning, food preparation, cooking, cost analysis, service during meal time, marketing of the event, and customer satisfaction activities.

Pellissippi State students will do most of the food preparation and will assist with dining room responsibilities.

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C O N T A C T :

Marcia Johnson (for tickets): (865-974-6645, rhtm@utk.edu)

Christine Copelan (ccopela7@utk.edu)

The race will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Circle Park. Registration is available on the day of the race from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m. The UT Graduate Student Senate is sponsoring the event.

The UT Graduate Student Senate has hosted the race since 1992. Proceeds from the event will help the libraries buy electronic resources, books, equipment, and other critical items for students.

The Knoxville Track Club will manage the finish line and compile race results. An awards ceremony will follow.

For more information, visit the UT Libraries website.

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CONTACT:

UT Graduate Student Senate (865-974-2377, gss@utk.edu)

Entrances to all university buildings are designated as smoke free, and smoking is prohibited within twenty-five feet of all doorways, windows, and ventilation systems to avoid infiltration of smoke into buildings.

Smoking also is prohibited inside all buildings owned or operated by the university, including parking garages, indoor and open-air athletic facilities, performance halls, residence halls, classrooms, laboratories, and administrative offices.

University employees or students who are found to have violated this policy may face disciplinary action.

For more information, read the full policy here.

Rogero will deliver the keynote address and also will be presented with the 2013 College of Communication and Information Diversity Award.

Alice R. Bowling Wirth, a lecturer in the college’s School of Communication Studies and director of the college’s Diversity Student Leaders Society (DSLS), said the banquet is DSLS’s major fundraiser for the year.

“The banquet provides an inspirational diversity experience for everyone who attends in addition to raising funds to support the college’s diversity and inclusion program,” Wirth said. “Our goal is to provide an open and accepting community for CCI students, to provide underrepresented students with support, mentoring, and programs to help them stay in college, and to help students be more marketable in the global workforce.”

Rogero was elected mayor of Knoxville in 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office. Her official biography says she “believes Knoxville’s strength comes from the diversity of its people” and the region’s natural resources.

Prior to joining the City of Knoxville, Rogero held leadership positions in organizations such as UT’s Community Partnership Center, Knoxville’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth, Dolly Parton’s nonprofit Dollywood Foundation, and the Coal Employment Project.

Rogero is a 1992 graduate of Leadership Knoxville and a 1994 graduate of Community Leadership. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Furman University and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from UT.

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Rogero placed her college studies on hold in the 1970s to work with labor leader Cesar Chavez to help farm workers improve their living and working conditions.

In addition to the keynote speech, the program will include creative diversity presentations, music, and dancing. A limited number of tickets are still available. To check on ticket availability, contact Beth Cole at 865-974-1540 or bethcole@utk.edu.

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C O N T A C T :

Charles Primm (865-974-5180, primmc@utk.edu)

He will discuss the fire service and tell his stories at Friday’s Science Forum.

The Science Forum is a weekly brown-bag lunch series that allows professors and area scientists to discuss their research and the general public to learn about science through a conversational presentation.

The weekly presentations begin at noon on Fridays in Room C-D of Thompson-Boling Arena. Attendees can bring lunch or purchase it at the arena. Each presentation is forty minutes long and is followed by a question-and-answer session. Science Forum presentations are free and open to the public.

Nix will talk about the “hot-potato baby” phenomenon that firefighters encounter.

He said that when firefighters or paramedics answer a call at a home with a sick or injured child, parents often bring the child outside instead of waiting.

“The parent presents us with a very sick child as soon as we get there,” he said. “Sometimes when we pull up, they come sprinting out.”

In contrast, when adults in the house are in need, they wait inside. Children are portable and often inspire more worry, Nix said.

Nix will also present a general history of the fire service and talk about the medical work he does.

Future Science Forums will feature:

• March 1: Juan-Carlos Idrobo, research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, discussing “Exploring the Universe One Atom at a Time.”
• March 8: Paul Campbell Erwin, professor and head of the Department of Public Health, presenting “John Snow and Cholera: The Foundation for Modern Disease Investigation.”
• March 15: Kevin Hoyt, director of UT Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center, presenting “The Proposed UT AgResearch Gas and Oil Well Research Project.”
• April 5: William T. Bogart, president of Maryville College and professor of economics there, discussing “Cargo Cult Economic Policy: Urban Development and Green Energy.”
• April 12: Stephanie K. Drumheller-Horton, instructor of earth and planetary sciences, presenting “Crocodylian Bite Marks in the Fossil Record.”
• April 19: Devon M. Burr, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences, discussing “The Moon That Would Be a Planet: Saturn’s Giant Titan.”
• April 26: Joan Markel, curator of Civil War exhibits at the McClung Museum, presenting “Digging into Our Civil War Past.”

The Science Forum is sponsored by the UT Office of Research. For more information about the Science Forum, visit the Office of Research website.

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, amy.blakely@tennessee.edu)

Holly Gary (865-974-2225, hgary@utk.edu)

Gov. Haslam

Gov. Bill Haslam will be joined by two former Tennessee governors at a panel discussion about civility on February 21.

Haslam, along with Phil Bredesen and Don Sundquist, will participate in “Balancing Civility and Free Expression,” a panel discussion that will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. It is free and open to the public.

Memphis lawyer Bill Haltom of Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell PLLC will moderate.

This is the third of three forums across the state.

“Every day we hear about rancorous debate being a roadblock in government. It’s critical that we find ways to eliminate those roadblocks so decisions can be made, votes taken, and progress made on important issues,” said Matt Murray, director of the Baker Center.

Bredesen

“Sen. Baker is known for his ability to get politicians on both sides of the aisle to sit down and work together civilly. That is why the Baker Center works so hard to further the mission of civility.”

Haslam, Bredesen, and Sundquist will discuss the relationship and conflict between civility and free expression in political discourse, especially in political campaigns, debates, legislative sessions and citizen interaction with politicians. A question-and-answer session will follow.

Haslam, a Republican and former mayor of Knoxville, was elected governor in 2010.

Bredesen, a Democrat, served as governor from 2003 to 2011. He was mayor of Nashville from 1991 to 1999.

Sundquist

Sundquist, a Republican, served as governor from 1995 to 2003. He is now a partner at Sundquist Anthony LLC, a firm he co-founded in Washington, D.C. He was a member of Congress from 1989 to 1995.

The event is sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association, the Baker Center, the UT College of Law, and the First Amendment Center. The program is made possible by a grant from the American Bar Association Division for Public Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Haltom

(The program is part of Civility and Free Expression in a Constitutional Democracy—A National Dialogue, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and conducted in partnership with the American Bar Association Division for Public Education. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, or any of their program partners).

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C O N T A C T :

Nissa Dahlin-Brown (865-974-8681, nissa@utk.edu)

The public is invited to the free concert, which will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The event will feature a seventy-piece orchestra and more than 150 singers on stage—members of the Chamber Singers, the Concert Choir, the Men’s Chorale, the Women’s Chorale, and the Symphony Orchestra—all students from the UT School of Music.

“In the past, faculty and professional musicians would be needed to help a university-level ensemble attempt a work like Beethoven’s Ninth,” said James Fellenbaum, UT director of orchestras, who will conduct the concert. “Today, UT has many talented students who are more than capable of performing the vocal solo, orchestral, and choral parts.”

Symphony no. 9 was a revolutionary piece that changed the face of classical music, Fellenbaum said. Before Beethoven, no one had used a chorus and vocal soloists in a symphony before.

“The Ninth Symphony is just as challenging to play today,” he said. “It is a big undertaking for any program—professional or university-level—to perform.”

Some of the work is well known to the public.

“Music from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony is often used to underscore a moment of triumph or joy in a lot of different media, like TV, movies, and radio,” Fellenbaum said. “For example, the trailer for the new Die Hard movie uses parts of the symphony’s final movement.”

For more information about the concert, visit www.music.utk.edu/events.

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CONTACT:

Lola Alapo (865-974-3993, lola.alapo@tennessee.edu)

Barbara Hill (865-974-8935, bhill29@utk.edu)

Karns High School came in second, and the Christian Academy of Knoxville was third.

The event, sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the College of Arts and Sciences, was held Wednesday.

Austin-East will now have the opportunity to compete at the first National High School Ethics Bowl at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on April 19 and 20.

The Ethics Bowl is a competition in which five-student teams from various high schools try to develop solutions to realistic dilemmas using ethical theories and reasoning.

Other schools that participated this year were Anderson County High School, Carter High School, Central High School, Clinton High School, Farragut High School, Hardin Valley Academy, and Jefferson County High School.

During the competition, teams received dilemmas to consider. The students’ proposed solutions were judged by philosophy professors and graduate students on how well they considered the moral aspects of their case and whether or not they provided a good analysis of ethical theories.

Jason Fishel, co-coordinator of the event with Jeff Cervantez and graduate student in philosophy, said, “[Austin-East's coach] recruited a team at the end of last school year and started teaching them the ethical theories and going over old cases. It will be very hard to beat that level of commitment.”

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, amy.blakely@tennessee.edu)

Holly Gary (865-974-2225, hgary@utk.edu)

Online registration is now open at the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage website.

The five-day exploration of plant and animal life will be held April 23 through 27 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The pilgrimage kicks off with a welcoming luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, at the Mills Conference Center. It will feature Ila Hatter, an interpretive naturalist, artist, interpretive hike leader, and guest chef at Blackberry Farm. Hatter has more than thirty-eight years of experience teaching the cultural heritage of native plants. The event includes 143 guided walks and indoor presentations that cover the region’s rich wildflowers, fauna, ecology, and cultural and natural history. The 110 pilgrimage leaders are specialists in a variety of areas.

The event also features a photography contest, an art exhibition at the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, a native plant sale, a history display of the first 62 years of the pilgrimage, and numerous exhibitors at the registration site.

Tickets are $75 per person for two or more days. Single-day tickets are available for $50. Student tickets are $15 and must be verified with a student ID.

For more information, call 865-436-7318, ext. 222, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., or visit springwildflowerpilgrimage.org.

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C O N T A C T :

Ken McFarland (865-974-6841, kdmcfarl@utk.edu)

Whitney Heins (865-974-5460, wheins@utk.edu)

The event, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m., will include a tour given by museum educators of the current temporary exhibit, Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia. Educators will also provide instruction for a jewelry-making activity.

The exhibit showcases elaborate silver and gilt jewelry, carpets, and clothing from the Turkomen peoples of Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. All supplies for making the craft will be provided, and children will be able to take their project home. No reservations are needed.

A second free family day is planned for Saturday, April 13, with details to follow.

The museum is located at 1327 Circle Park Drive. Free parking will be available in front of the museum and in adjacent lots. The museum’s hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays.

For more information about the McClung Museum and its collections and exhibits, visit the McClung’s website.

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CONTACTS:

Abby Naunheimer (865-974-2144, anaunhei@utk.edu)

Catherine Shteynberg (865-974-6921, cshteynb@utk.edu)

The event, sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and College of Arts and Sciences, will take place today in the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.

The Ethics Bowl is a competition in which five-student teams from various high schools try to develop solutions to realistic dilemmas using ethical theories and reasoning.

Participating schools this year are Anderson County High School, Austin-East High School, Carter High School, Central High School, Christian Academy of Knoxville, Clinton High School, Farragut High School, Hardin Valley Academy, Jefferson County High School, and Karns High School.

During the competition, teams will get dilemmas to consider. Questions address a variety of issues: If MLB allows Pete Rose to “hold records,” then should it allow him into the Hall of Fame? Should employers be allowed to request access to applicants’ social media profiles? Background information about the questions is also provided.

The students’ responses will be judged by philosophy professors and graduate students, who consider how well the team considered the moral aspects of their case and whether or not they provided a good analysis of ethical theories.

This year’s winning team will have the opportunity to compete at the national Ethics Bowl at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Jason Fishel, co-coordinator of the event with Jeff Cervantez and graduate student in philosophy, says it’s perfect for “thinking students who like to participate in critical analysis to determine what they would do in someone else’s situation.”

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, amy.blakely@tennessee.edu)

Holly Gary (865-974-2225, hgary@utk.edu)

The event, hosted by the Department of Religious Studies, begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Building’s Cox Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.

Fredriksen, the William Goodwin Aurelio Chair Emerita of the Appreciation of Scripture at Boston University and distinguished visiting professor at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, will discuss the topic of her most recent book, Sin: The Early History of an Idea.

Going through the history of sin, Fredriksen will examine how ancient Christians invoked sin to account for a range of things, from the death of God’s son to the politics of the empire that eventually worshiped him. The lecture will survey the first four centuries in which Christian ideas about sin emerged, including the significant shift from sin as something one does to sin as a condition into which one is born.

“The changing ways in which early Christian leaders talked about sin continues to have a significant impact on how we understand ourselves and our world. Fredriksen’s work examines these early Christian conversations in their Roman context, while raising interesting questions about their modern implications,” said Tina Shepardson, associate professor of religious studies.

In addition to the well-received Sin: The Early History of an Idea, Fredriksen has written From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Jesus, for which she won the 1988 Yale Press Governors’ Award for Best Book, and Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianity, for which she won a National Jewish Book Award.

The David L. Dungan Memorial Lecture honors former UT professor David Laird Dungan, who regularly shared his scholarship on biblical interpretation, as well as on religious issues in public life, in the wider community. By bringing in leading scholars, the Department of Religious Studies seeks to communicate the importance of the academic study of religion in our globalizing world.

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C O N T A C T :

Rosalind Hackett (865-974-6980, rhackett@utk.edu)

The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to use green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use.

The Partnership’s Top 20 College and University list represents the largest green power users among higher education institutions within the Green Power Partnership, and the list is updated quarterly.

UT ranked tenth on the January 2013 list after not being ranked the previous year. UT is the only SEC school in the top ten and was noted for its use of biogas, small-hydro, solar, and wind resources, as well as its partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

UT’s commitment to environmental responsibility has also been recognized by the Princeton Review and by the Sustainable Endowments Institute as one of the nation’s top campus sustainability programs.

Over the past eight years, the campus has used funds from the student environmental fee to gradually increase the amount of green power it purchases.

“This rating is a tribute to our students and their commitment to sustainability and the funding needed to make it happen,” said Dave Irvin, associate vice chancellor for facilities services.

For more information on UT’s sustainability initiatives, visit environment.utk.edu.

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C O N T A C T :

Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, ablakely@utk.edu)

Culpepper teaches Psychology 110, a class of mostly freshmen, and noticed that many of her students did not know anyone else in the class. This semester, she’s putting her students into groups and designing discussion areas on Blackboard so they can talk and get to know each other. She’s also posting videos of her lectures and putting materials online that coincide with topics she covers in class.

She won a GTA@OIT grant that has allowed her to implement her new ideas.

GTA@OIT grants are awarded twice annually to graduate teaching assistants or associates who have sole responsibility for teaching a class and want to enhance their teaching using Online@UT tools. To apply, interested individuals must submit a proposal about how they would redesign their class. Winners receive $1,000 for travel or other purposes and work with an IT graduate student assistant mentor to implement their redesign ideas.