Category archive for ‘In The News’
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August 19, 2011
Kevin Tomsovic, department head of electrical engineering and computer science, and Yilu Liu, Governor's Chair Professor in electrical engineering and computer science expertise, were featured by several local news outlets...Read More »
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August 17, 2011
This WBIR story reports that while overall donations to UT dropped during the 2009 recession, giving has rebounded since then to its highest figure ever. The story features UT Knoxville...Read More »
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August 17, 2011
In this report from WBIR-TV, Provost Susan Martin discusses what UT Knoxville is doing to alleviate so-called "bottleneck" courses. Large numbers of students fight for a limited number of spaces...Read More »
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August 16, 2011
The Class of 2015 was officially welcomed to the student body Monday night as more than 4,000 first-year students participated in Torch Night, a UT tradition since 1925. Students held...Read More »
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August 15, 2011
UT alumnus Mark Dean is making news by forecasting the decline of the personal computer. Dean is also IBM's Middle East and Africa chief technology...Read More »
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August 15, 2011
This News Sentinel story takes a look at the program to digitize historical Tennessee newspapers that published during the Civil War era. The program is a joint effort by UT...Read More »
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August 10, 2011
This week the University of Tennessee Police Department took to the streets to talk safety with students living in the Fort Sanders neighborhood. Several local media outlets were on hand...Read More »
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August 3, 2011
China was home to the world's fastest supercomputer for a mere six months before being passed up by Japan. In this story from NPR, Jack Dongarra, distinguished professor of electrical...Read More »
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August 2, 2011
This News Sentinel article reports on how UT professor Mingjun Zhang and colleagues used research on the Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite to improve the mobility of tiny...Read More »
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August 1, 2011
WBIR-TV spoke with UT Police Department Chief Gloria Graham about the decreasing crime rates in Fort Sanders, the neighborhood adjacent to the UT Knoxville campus. Last year the neighborhood saw...Read More »