Introducing the College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences is the gateway to knowledge for every undergraduate student at UT. We are the largest, most diverse college and a central driver of the...
Category: Social Sciences
Faculty Bookshelf
The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Pelvis: An Integrative Approach Benjamin Auerbach, Department of Anthropology Cambridge University Press, 2020 A Demon-Haunted Land Monica Black, Department of History Metropolitan Books, 2020...
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...
Soaking up the Sun
As more solar power is being generated and used than ever before, managing its growth, and the policies governing its use, requires a better understanding of the factors driving that...
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...
UT National Champions
The award-winning Tennessee Speech and Debate Society (TSDS) launched its season September 21, 2019, kicking off its fourth annual alumni-led workshop with the announcement of a new endowment named for...
Model UN Program
Department of Political Science Applying skills learned in the classroom to real-world scenarios is the goal of experiential learning at UT. Students in the Department of Political Science excel at...
Forensic Science Internship Program
Department of Anthropology For more than three decades, the UT Forensic Anthropology Center has garnered an international reputation for research on human decomposition and become a destination training facility for...
PiPES: Outreach as Service
Department of Psychology Historically, people in Appalachia have limited access to healthcare and public health education, which contribute to increased incidences of disease and shorter lifespans than the conventional population...
Mission: Outreach
Department of Geography UT geography students in the GIS Outreach and Community Engagement Lab are bridging the gap between the knowledge of geography and geospatial technology and the need for...
Studying Community Engagement
Department of Sociology In spring 2018, students in the Department of Sociology’s applied research course engaged in advanced undergraduate community-based participatory research on gentrification and development in Knoxville. Louise Seamster,...
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...
