Coping with Covid
We are at the end of one of the most complicated semesters we have faced as a Volunteer community. I am proud of the way our faculty, staff, and students...
Category: Natural Sciences
Contributing to a Better World
As UT’s academic foundation, the College of Arts and Sciences is the largest contributor to all aspects of the university’s mission of instruction, research, and service to society. One major...
News & Noteworthy
Arts & Humanities News Kirsten Benson, director of the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center, received the Paul E. Trentham, Sr. Library Partner Award during the UT Libraries Virtual Spirit Awards...
Illuminating Research
UT engages the world’s top scholars and students in the quest for solutions to complex global issues. It is the hub of a vibrant research community that includes Oak Ridge...
Expanding Horizons
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology Diversity in the scientific workforce is on the rise thanks to numerous programs across the country engaging underrepresented minorities in science. One...
Collaborating with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Kimberly Sheldon understands the challenges of being a first-generation college graduate and when she met Caleb Hickman, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation,...
Sharing the Marvels of the Physical World
Department of Physics & Astronomy Are space and time intertwined? Is light a particle or a wave? What are the building blocks of the universe? Finding answers to these questions...
Ask a Scientist
Department of Microbiology Exploding lunch bags, homemade lava lamps, and a clock charging off orange juice are just a few ways graduate students in the UT Department of Microbiology spark...
Space Grant Consortium
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences In the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, the TN Space Grant Consortium promotes space and science education through Tennessee. Members of the consortium...
Record-Breaking Year
In its history, UT has had 77 student Fulbright recipients, with the first in 1959. This year, 19 students received Fulbright awards – a single-year record for the university. Of...
Remembering the Mossmans
The campus celebrated the late Ken and Blaire Mossman Friday, September 21 with the official opening of the Ken and Blaire Mossman Building. “The Mossmans are like fairy godparents to...
Uncovering Microbial Mysteries
Karen Lloyd studies highly diverse microbial systems to understand what life is like on earth.
