Category archive for ‘News Brief’ 
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Sandra Day O’Connor to Help Celebrate Baker Center Opening
The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy will celebrate the opening of its new facility on Oct. 31 with the help of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra...
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Campus Community Invited to DebateWatch
The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy invites the campus and community to watch the Oct. 7 presidential debate and then join in a live videoconference discussion with...
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Pre-Game Faculty Showcase Looks at Columbine
This Saturday's Pre-Game Faculty Showcase, "Understanding Columbine: How Social Rejection Fosters Mass Violence," will feature Lowell Gaertner, associate professor of psychology. The showcase will begin at 5 p.m. in the...
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UT President Visits Knoxville Campus Oct. 7
Knoxville-area UT staff are invited to meet with UT President John Petersen and UT Knoxville Interim Chancellor Jan Simek from 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the...
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In Memoriam: Jerome Eastham
The Chemistry Department will host a memorial for Dr. Jerome Eastham at 2 p.m. tomorrow in room 555 of Buehler/Dabney Hall. Eastham died on Aug. 22 at UT Medical Center...
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Tour UT Gardens’ “Friendship Plaza” Sunday
The UT Institute of Agriculture will dedicate its new "Friendship Plaza" at the entrance to the UT Gardens on Neyland Drive, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28. The...
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Jennings Wins Toni Morrison Book Prize
The book "Toni Morrison and the Idea of Africa" by La Vinia Jennings, associate professor of English, has won the Toni Morrison Society Book Prize for Best Single Authored Book....
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Freshman Seminar Proposals Now Being Accepted
The Office of the Provost is currently accepting proposals from tenured and tenure-track faculty to teach "129" freshman seminars for the spring semester. These are one-credit courses offered on a...
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Final Chancellor Finalist Visits Campus Today
A public forum with Dr. Jimmy Cheek, the last of five finalists for UT Knoxville Chancellor, will be held at 3:30 p.m. today in the University Center auditorium, and is...
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UT Inventors and Creators: Apply for Funding
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation announces the second annual UTRF Maturation Funding Program to help UT researchers further develop technologies that have the potential for commercial...