Category archive for ‘Faculty & Staff’
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October 31, 2012
Modest employment gains, an uptick in consumer spending on automobiles, and marginal improvements in the housing industry are indications the US and Tennessee economies are inching toward recovery. But it...Read More »
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October 31, 2012
One hundred fifty years ago, Vermont Representative Justin Morrill had a big idea that helped shape the future of Tennessee and the rest of the nation: He believed higher education...Read More »
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October 31, 2012
Professor and philosophy department head David Reidy will address the structure of authority in our American democracy in his presentation, "The Authority of Citizens: Its Nature and Limits," at Saturday's...Read More »
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October 30, 2012
The chronology of California's battle for same-sex marriage will be performed at UT. A reading of 8, a play written by Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Milk, will...Read More »
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October 30, 2012
Nineteen elite South Korean athletes—from Olympic gold medalists to world champions—will spend the next few months at UT learning skills to become coaches and international sports ambassadors. The retired athletes...Read More »
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October 30, 2012
Basketball season has arrived at UT, with home opening games set for this week and next week. The first exhibition home game for the women is Thursday, November 1, against...Read More »
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October 30, 2012
Theda Skocpol, professor of government and sociology at Harvard University, will be at UT on Thursday, November 1, to talk about the post-election future of health-care reform. The event is...Read More »
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October 29, 2012
NIMBioS welcomes Ernest Brothers as associate director for diversity Enhancement, a newly created leadership role at NIMBioS. Brothers is an assistant dean in the Graduate School, overseeing the Office of...Read More »
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October 29, 2012
J. P. Dessel, Steinfeld Associate Professor of Near Eastern History and Archaeology, has been excavating a site in the 'Amuq Plain of Turkey since 2008. He'll discuss the latest finds...Read More »
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October 29, 2012
Culinary adventurers will take a trip to the Far East when they feast on sushi and other Japanese fare at the UT Ready for the World Café on Thursday, November...Read More »