Category archive for ‘In The News’ 
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March 21, 2013
Larry Taylor, distinguished professor of earth and planetary sciences, has samples of the meteor which exploded over Russia. He is studying them to see what insight they can provide into...Read More »
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March 21, 2013
Journalism professor Bonnie Hufford recently spoke with the Knoxville News Sentinel about her ongoing battle with cancer and her never-surrender mentality. The newspaper also spoke with several of Hufford's former...Read More »
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March 18, 2013
Howard Hall, UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for nuclear security, and several South Korean students studying at UT were interviewed by the Knoxville News Sentinel about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. Hall said...Read More »
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March 18, 2013
US Navy Captain Teresa Kennard, a clinical instructor in the College of Nursing, was interviewed by multiple media outlets when she arrived home Friday from serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Faculty,...Read More »
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March 14, 2013
Hap McSween, earth and planetary sciences professor, spoke to NPR about NASA's Mars Curiosity mission's latest discovery. An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient...Read More »
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March 14, 2013
Linda Kah, associate professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences, spoke to WATE-TV about the latest finding of NASA's Mars Curiosity over. An analysis of a rock sample collected by the...Read More »
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March 14, 2013
UT’s Recyclympics was featured by the Knoxville News Sentinel. In the spirit of friendly competition and going green, faculty, staff and students competed in six Olympic-style recycling-themed events to win...Read More »
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March 14, 2013
Chris Cherry, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, was interviewed by Reuters for a story about the positive and negatives of electric cars. The story highlighted the growing popularity...Read More »
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March 12, 2013
UT and its supercomputer, Kraken, were mentioned in the New York Times profiling high school-aged scientists competing in the nationwide Intel Science Talent Search. One of the teens was 17-year-old...Read More »
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March 12, 2013
Americans are more sedentary than ever and that is a problem even among people who exercise regularly, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article. The article features David Bassett, a...Read More »
