Category archive for ‘Featured Story’ 
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May 8, 2009
Entertainment legend, philanthropist and East Tennessee native Dolly Parton was honored Friday with only the second honorary degree granted by UT Knoxville. The degree, a doctorate of humane and musical...Read More »
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May 4, 2009
UT Knoxville welcomed Jimmy G. Cheek as its seventh chancellor Friday during an investiture ceremony held in his honor. The event, held to formally acknowledge Cheek's new role, in which...Read More »
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April 23, 2009
UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek lent a helping hand yesterday to Knoxville Habitat for Humanity's "Blitz Build," an effort to construct six homes in seven days in the Mechanicsville...Read More »
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April 17, 2009
Children's book illustrator Christopher Myers will speak at 7 p.m. today in the UC Auditorium. The event celebrates the 10th anniversary of UT's Center for Children's & Young Adult...Read More »
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April 16, 2009
National Public Radio member station WUOT 91.9 FM, licensed to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received two 2009 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association...Read More »
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April 7, 2009
Faculty, students and staff were recognized at the annual Chancellor's Honors Banquet Monday night at the University Center. The banquet is the largest UT honors event of the year, and...Read More »
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March 31, 2009
UT Knoxville English professor Stanton B. Garner Jr. has co-authored "The Norton Anthology of Drama," the first of its kind to join the prestigious Norton Anthology series used in colleges...Read More »
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March 26, 2009
UT Knoxville faculty have written nearly 90 books over the last year, on topics ranging from textbooks on analytical statistics to the history of American cinema. The university recently recognized...Read More »
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March 20, 2009
Howard Hall, a nuclear chemist and expert in preventing and responding to nuclear terrorism, has been named as the third UT-ORNL Governor's Chair. Hall, currently the radiological detection and response...Read More »
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March 12, 2009
UT Knoxville has named Wayne T. Davis as the dean of its College of Engineering. Davis, who has served as the interim dean since May 2008, has worked at UT...Read More »
