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WATE-TV: UT Board of Trustees approves budget, tuition increases

Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: In The News

The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a $1.8 billion budget for fiscal year 2010. It includes one-time federal stimulus funding and increases tuition at every campus.



News Sentinel: UT trustees want more program cuts; buildings, diversity key issues

Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: In The News

University of Tennessee trustees advocated more aggressive private fund-raising, mulled a lack of diversity at UT Knoxville and pushed for more aggressive cuts in academic programs as they began two days of meetings June 16.



News Sentinel: UT Trustees Talk Cuts, Consider Removing 3 Programs

Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: In The News

University of Tennessee trustees discussed deeper cuts in academic programs, scrutinized budget plans and pushed for more aggressive private fund-raising as they began two days of meetings Tuesday, June 16.



The Interdisciplinary Science Library The Interdisciplinary Science Library

Jun 17th, 2009 • Category: In The News

UT Knoxville Chancellor’s Professor Carol Tenopir, a faculty member in the School of Information Sciences, is featured in this Inside Higher Ed story on how university libraries are serving the growing field of interdisciplinary studies.



What to read?

Jun 15th, 2009 • Category: In The News

Many experts say kids should be allowed to read pretty much whatever they want in summer. Richard Allington, a professor in theory and practice in teacher education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and an expert on reading, tells The Washington Post how parents should choose summer reading material for children.



Once-Stolen Civil War Diary Sheds Light on Time Period Once-Stolen Civil War Diary Sheds Light on Time Period

Jun 10th, 2009 • Category: In The News

The News Sentinel ran this front-page story on a UT Libraries project to scan, digitize and post online the Civil War diary of Henry Pippitt, who was in a Union Army regiment that fought battles around Nashville as well as in other states.



UT Knoxville Video Featured on Front Page of YouTube UT Knoxville Video Featured on Front Page of YouTube

Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: Featured Story, In Brief, In The News

Dolly Parton’s speech to the 2009 graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences was one of four commencement videos featured on the front page of YouTube.com recently, resulting in great exposure for UT Knoxville.



Ready for the World Cafe Features Asian, European and Latin Flavors Ready for the World Cafe Features Asian, European and Latin Flavors

Apr 3rd, 2009 • Category: In The News, Ready for the World

Jennifer Lee spent spring break in Costa Rica and fell in love with the country and the food. She’s using that experience as inspiration this week as manager of the Ready for the World Café. The menu includes “gallo pinto” (a traditional Costa Rican breakfast food), fried plantain, “sofrito” mashed potatoes, Golabki Polish-style casserole and Indian fish curry.



The Longevity Dividend

Mar 12th, 2009 • Category: In The News

UT Knoxville law professor Glenn Reynolds has a guest column in the March 30, 2009, edition of Forbes Magazine, in which he discusses the impact of peoples’ lengthening lifespans on the economy, medicine and politics.



Reshaping the Image of Booker T. Washington Reshaping the Image of Booker T. Washington

Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: In The News, UT Spotlight

In this article in the Chronicle Review, the book-review companion to the Chronicle of Higher Education, UT Knoxville history professor Robert J. Norrell discusses his book Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington.



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