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  • Growth In Tennessee’s Economy To Continue

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s monthly index of leading economic indicators is charting a steady course of growth through 1996, University of Tennessee economists said Tuesday. But, cautioned UT economist Matt...

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  • UT To Sample Awareness Of Pre-Pay College Tuition Plan

    MARTIN, Tenn. — The tax break built into the state’s new pre-paid college tuition program should encourage parents to take advantage of the plan, a University of Tennessee financial aid...

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  • UT African-American Achievers Scholarships Awarded

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Knox County student is among 29 incoming-freshmen from Tennessee who have accepted University of Tennessee-Knoxville African-American Achievers scholarships for the 1996-97 academic year. Adrienne Jamila Williams,...

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  • UT Lifestar To Work Olympics At Ocoee

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Lifestar medical helicopter will be five air-minutes from the site of Olympic canoe and kayak-slalom competition on the Ocoee River July 26-28. Lifestar is the aeromedical...

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  • Tennessee Peach Crop Wiped Out By Weather

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The unusually cold winter virtually wiped out Tennessee’s peach crop, and lack of pollination cut the apple crop nearly in half, a University of Tennessee fruit specialist...

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  • Head Of New UT Industry Programs Office Named

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Harold Schmitt, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville industrial engineering professor, will head a new program to build and enhance UT’s participation with the industrial and commercial world....

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  • Kimberly Watkins Wins UT Architecture Scholarship

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– Kimberly Watkins, an architecture student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, is the first recipient of a scholarship created by a Chattanooga architectural firm. Watkins, a 1995 graduate of...

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  • UT Missing Piano Found

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– A missing Kimball grand piano, given to the University of Tennessee music department in 1987 by then-Gov. Lamar Alexander, has been located. UT auditors were notified by the...

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  • UT’s Phillips Heads National Personnel Group

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– Sara Phillips, University of Tennessee assistant vice president, is president-elect of the College and University Personnel Association. Phillips, who heads personnel services for the UT system, will serve...

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  • UT Economist Forecasts Growth In South, But…

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The outlook for economic growth in the Southeast remains bright unless inflation and higher interest rates cause consumers to retrench, a University of Tennessee economist said Wednesday....

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