Arts & Sciences in the News
Faculty, staff, and students in the College of Arts and Sciences are in the spotlight quite often. The news stories below are from a variety of news outlets across the world featuring research and creative achievements. This list is a compilation of stories from June to October 2018.
Humanities and Visual & Performing Arts
- Binged it on Netflix? 5 Things to Know about ‘Alias Grace’ on UT’s Carousel Stage (Theatre)
- Blue plate specials: A list of local diners that offer lunchtime meat and three meals (History)
- Germany Will Now Allow Some Nazi Symbols in Video Games. Here’s What to Know About the History of That Ban (History)
- Speaking poetry to power: Joy Harjo (English)
- Chicago Talent Headlines Bernstein’s ‘Candide’ in Knoxville, Tennessee (Theatre)
- Don’t Let Voltaire Scare You: Clarence Brown’s ‘Candide’ Is Note Perfect, Sumptuous Play (Theatre)
- Marilyn Kallet Named as City’s New Poet Laureate (English)
- UT Chamber Singers Soaring Abroad (Music)
- ‘Leave No Trace:’ Knoxville’s Dale Dickey Starring in Acclaimed Firm Now in Theaters (Theatre)
Natural Sciences
- Plate Tectonics May Have Started Since the Earth’s Beginning (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Mysterious “microbial dark matter” dominates our planet’s environments (Microbiology)
- Scientists discover what caused the worst mass extinction of life in history (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- On the hunt for a silent salamander-killer (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Rhododendron? Hydrangea? America Doesn’t Know Anymore (EEB)
- What Is The Red Material Found On Uranus’ Moons? (EPS)
- Study suggests potential therapy for Huntington’s Disease (BCMB)
- As Climate Warms, Algae Blooms In Drinking Water Supplies (Microbiology)
- Mass Extinction in Pre-Historic Earth Happened Due to Huge Volcanic Eruption? (EPS)
- Ozone depletion caused largest ever mass extinction, finds study: Facts on the 5 extinction events of Earth (EPS)
- UT Professor Co-Authors Study Uncovering Details of Ancient Extinction, aka ‘The Great Dying’ (EPS)
- Before the Dinosaurs, a Million-Year-Long Volcanic Eruption Destroyed the Ozone Layer (EPS)
- Great Dying Mystery Revealed Explaining How Volcano Eruption Wiped Out 90 Percent of Life (EPS)
- Russian Volcanoes Fingered for Earth’s Largest Mass Extinction (EPS)
- This Ancient Volcanic Eruption Killed 90 Percent of All Life on Earth—and Now Scientists Know Why (EPS)
- Global Warming’s Infectious Trojan Horse: Animals Moving North May Bring New Diseases (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Students Hope Mosquito Model Will Reduce La Crosse Encephalitis Rates (Physics)
- Research Indicates Spiders Use Electric Fields to Take Flight (Biology)
- Spiders Can Fly Hundreds of Miles Using Electricity (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- How Did the Massive ‘Salty’ Crocodile Captured in Australia Get So Big? (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Study examines human impact on diversity and virulence of zoonotic parasite (Microbiology)
Social Sciences
- Will Taylor Swift’s Political Endorsements in Tennessee Races Make a Difference? Experts Weigh In (Political Science)
- ‘Real’ fake research hoodwinks US journals (Mathematics)
- Two-headed animals: What causes them and how common are they? (Psychology)
- Rare two-headed Eastern Copperhead snake found in Virginia (Psychology)
- EHS Sociology Class Gets Help from University of Tennessee Body Farm (Anthropology)
- East Tennessee may see rain, tornadoes, flooding in wake of Florence, local experts say (Geography)
- Finding Murder Victims in Unmarked Graves Can Be Made Easier with Lasers, Study Shows (Anthropology)
- Mike Pence Pick Rejected in Tennessee Primary Election (Political Science)
- The 2 Must-Watch Races in Tennessee’s Primaries, Briefly Explained (Political Science)
- Key Tennessee Primary Races Could Affect Judiciary (Political Science)
- Pirate Attacks on the Rise in 2018 (Political Science)
- Radio Transmissions, Tide Tables Bolster Amelia Earhart Castaway Theory (Anthropology)
- Amelia Earhart’s Desperate Calls For Help Heard In Radio Distress Signals (Anthropology)
- Amelia Earhart DID Crash on Deserted Island Where ‘Her Skeleton’ Was Found Years Later (Anthropology)
- Study: Radio Signals May Prove Amelia Earhart Crashed on Pacific Island (Anthropology)
- Amelia Earhart’s Last Days: New Distress Call Analysis Provides Intimate Portrait of Her Final Week (Anthropology)
- God-Fearing Countries Are among the Least Wealthy—with One Notable Exception (Anthropology)
- 6 Things You Didn’t Know about Amelia Earhart (Anthropology)
- 9 Facts About Human Decomposition (Anthropology)
- Before Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers Was Killed for His Work There Was Elbert Williams. His Case Is Being Reopened (Anthropology)
- Driverless Car Technology Could Help Find Unmarked Graves (Anthropology)
- National political pundits are watching Tennessee’s women (Political Science)
- Naming the Borderland’s lost (Anthropology)
- Reopening of 1940 Elbert Williams case part of national effort to bring justice to civil rights heroes (Anthropology)
- New laser scanner finds unmarked graves (Anthropology)
- Here’s Why Diabetics Should Get Proper Sleep (Psychology)
- Poor Sleep May Delay Wound Healing in Diabetics (Psychology)
- New evidence on the Watts murder case (Anthropology)
- UT ‘Body Farm’ Founder Dr. Bill Bass Turns 90 (Anthropology)
- New Water Worlds (Anthropology)
- Seeking a Scientific Explanation for Trans Identity Could Do More Harm than Good (Psychology)
- Families Belong Together: Knoxville Rallies on Immigration, Child Separation (Psychology)
- What Dead Pigs Can Teach Us about Missing Migrant Bodies in the Desert (Anthropology)
- Non-Religious Countries Experience Greater Economic Growth, Study Finds (Anthropology)
- It’s Only Natural: Dendrochronology (Geography)
Other College Programs
- Endowment Provides Support for Middle East Studies (Middle East Studies)
- Legacy Gift Lays Foundation for Future of Judaic Studies (Judaic Studies)