by Randall Brown Walter Isaac shares his life experience and education with UT students across an array of course subjects, from African and African American studies to Jewish and religious studies and philosophy. A lecturer in the Department of Africana Studies, he brings to the university a unique background as a scholar and African American […]
Lori Mitchell joined the College of Arts and Sciences in November 2023 as the administrative associate for the college’s associate deans. In this role, she schedules appointments and meetings for the deans and a wide variety of other tasks within the college to help support the HR team. She embraces her enthusiasm for organization to […]
An increasing number of Vols in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) earned awards through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). It marks a successful effort from the department to support researchers at the graduate level. EEB winners are Sam Wilhelm, Kate Loveday, and Keelee Pullum. Other 2024 fellowship […]
As tectonic plates shift over time, so does scientific focus evolve for researchers chronicling the forces that shape the Earth and other planets. UT’s Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (EEPS) added the “environmental” element to its name in spring 2024 to expand on its existing mission and research initiatives with an eye for […]
Are we paying enough attention? Are we paying too much attention? Are we paying attention to the right things? Researchers in philosophy and related fields will gather this July 1–5 in Budapest, Hungary, to address these questions of today’s attention economy at the Ethics of Attention summer university course at Budapest’s Central European University (CEU). […]
Meet and Greet with Ian Kelly Noon Wednesday, April 24Mary Greer Room, Hodges LibraryFree, open to the public Ian Kelly keeps such a busy schedule as a playwright, stage and screen actor, and screenwriter that his participation in a major movie franchise is not even on the first page of his website. Only the most […]
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Office of Research and Creative Activity expanded this spring to help guide the vibrant interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and creative activity throughout arts and humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. This office provides expert concierge service to all college faculty for the preparation and submission of all non-technical […]
Assistant Professors Tova Holmes and Larry Lee are particle physicists and in their line of work to think big, you have to think small. That’s where muons come in, and it’s how they became part of a Science Magazine story—including creating the cover art. In “The Dream Machine,” journalist Adrian Cho reviews the newly-drawn roadmap […]
A Celebration of Research and Creativity by College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduates When: April 23, 2024 Time: 8 a.m. – 2:10 p.m. Where: Third/Fourth Floor, Ayres Hall Program Arts & Humanities Natural Sciences & Mathematics Social Sciences
A Celebration of Research and Creativity by College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduates When: April 23, 2024 Time: 8 a.m. – 2:10 p.m. Where: Third/Fourth Floor, Ayres Hall Contextualizing Shakespeare’s King Lear depiction of aging, cognitive decline, and child-parent caregiving in a medical humanities framework Presenter: Christiane Alvarez (Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology); Faculty […]
