Category archive for ‘In Brief’ 
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Search for UT Police Chief Underway
The search for a new chief of the University of Tennessee Police Department has begun, and a search committee has been named. Assistant Chief Debbie Perry has been serving as interim chief since August Washington stepped down in July to become the chief of police and assistant vice chancellor for Vanderbilt University.
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UT Knoxville to Host “Paper Purge Party” Week
UT Knoxville wants to beat the University of Florida Gators and help the environment at the same time. That’s why the university is hosting its first ever Paper Purge Party, where everyone on campus is invited to get rid of their unwanted paper. Every day for the week of March 22-26, volunteers with the Facilities Services department will be making the rounds to buildings on campus, going door to door and picking up paper for recycling.
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Faculty, Staff Input Sought on VOL Vision
A series of meetings have been set for UT Knoxville faculty, staff and students to provide input on VOL Vision, the campus’ strategic plan, which is now under development. To keep the groups to a manageable size, colleges and specific employee groups will have their own meetings. However, two open sessions for faculty and staff have been planned, as well as one open forum for students.
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Visiting English Scholar to Lecture on Campus This Week
The UT Knoxville Department of English is sponsoring a series of events this week featuring Richard Halpern, professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. Halpern will lecture on “Greek Theater and Democratic Thought: Arendt to Rancière,” on Thursday, March 18, and will lead a seminar on his recent essay, “Hamlet and the Political Economy of Playing,” on Friday, March 19.
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Distinguished Historian of American Religion to Lecture on March 18
Jon Butler, a leading historian of American religion from Yale University, will deliver a lecture on Puritans in American history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on Thursday, March 18, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public. Butler’s lecture, “Whatever Happened to the Puritans–and to Colonial American History?” will examine why historians have become seemingly less interested in studying the New England Puritans, and how this has influenced the importance of colonial American history within the historical profession.
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Thompson-Boling Arena Sports New Logo
An orange-hued image, located at the four corners on the exterior of Thompson-Boling Arena, is the new logo for UT’s basketball arena. The image represents a view of the arena as seen at an angle slightly above the roof. Michael Cate, a UT facilities planning associate architect, said that because the arena is so massive, the designer’s intent was to break up the large surfaces with graphics and letters to give the arena more visual interest, identity and human scale.
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Hodges Elected to Conference of Southern Graduate Schools Executive Committee
Carolyn R. Hodges, vice provost and dean of the graduate school, has been elected to a three-year term on the executive committee of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS).
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UT Knoxville Renames Two Campus Buildings
UT Knoxville has renamed two campus buildings that bore similar names, the White Avenue Building and the White Avenue Biology Annex, in order to clear up any confusion about their location and purpose.
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WUOT Hosts NPR’s Carl Kasell for Brown Bag Lunch Event March 16
As part of WUOT’s 60th anniversary celebrations, legendary NPR newscaster and “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” star Carl Kasell will share his experiences in public broadcasting and answer questions at a brown bag seminar from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, in the University of Tennessee’s University Center Shiloh Room.
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Three UT Faculty Members Safe, Still In Chile; Most Others Back in Knoxville
A group of 67 students and four faculty members from UT’s full-time MBA program were en route to Santiago, Chile, for a 10-day international immersion experience when the magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit on Saturday. Another three faculty members had arrived in Santiago on Thursday. All faculty and students are fine.