Arts and Sciences students are not academically adrift. Advisors provide students with knowledge and resources that empower them to make academic planning decisions that, if followed, will lead to timely graduation.
The Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures is making teaching and learning foreign languages more effective—and more fun—in their renovated, state-of-the-art language lab in Alumni Memorial Building.
Alumni from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences value the faculty who prepared them for successful careers. By giving back, they are ensuring EPS students continue to be taught by the best of the best.
Sixteen faculty in the University of Tennessee’s College of Arts and Sciences were honored for their extraordinary accomplishments at the college’s annual celebration of faculty on November 29, 2011. Awards...
Haslam Scholar, Lady Vol cross-country runner, and biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology major Chelsea Knotts has a lot on her plate; still, she makes time to help those in need through a unique club she organized this fall to encourage the homeless to race for their own cause.
Imagine how lucky you would feel to discover and hold one treasured fossil in the palm of your hand. Now imagine holding 240 fossils. Emily Napier did just that her senior year when she conducted research on edrioasteriods entombed in a rock, and the results she found on the estimated 280 million-year-old, starfish-like fossils were surprising.
Jeff Becker says his scientific research is emotionally driven. He goes to work each day hopeful that the basic research conducted in his laboratory has the potential to benefit humanity on a large scale. In a world where life-threatening fungal infections are increasing and there is a deficit of pharmaceutical antifungal drugs, Becker trusts that his efforts really matter.
UT students who participated in the new Gulu Study and Service Abroad Program this summer walked away with more than just six hours of anthropology and religious studies credit. Most encountered life-altering experiences through the combination of learning and service in war-affected northern Uganda.
Ken and Blaire Mossman began their lifelong partnership with one another and with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, when they met on campus as students. Their gift to the College of Arts and Sciences is a lasting tribute to the centrality of their beloved alma mater in their personal relationship and their successful careers.
While some Vols fans will be tailgating before football games this season, others will be “edu-gating” at the Pregame Showcase lecture series. For twenty-two years, friends and families have gathered two hours before kickoff on home game days to enjoy a slice of the academic life as they partake in a free learning experience as well as refreshments before heading to the game.
Most of us give wide berth to food waste bins at cafeterias and restaurants. But Professor Mike McKinney views food waste differently—he sees an opportunity to teach important lessons in science and environmental conservation through composting. This fall his students will launch a compost education program in local schools that will take lessons learned on campus to the larger community.
UT aspires to join an elite group of universities, schools, and conservatories in becoming an All-Steinway School, providing students and faculty in the School of Music with the highest-quality pianos from Steinway & Sons. Achieving this distinction will have a transformative impact on music education, from the practice room to the recital hall. Students and faculty alike are all “keyed” up about it.
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