March 2025
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Microbial Manners on the High Seas
Sargasso Sea plankton and other marine microbes take turns sharing nutrients. A new study co-authored by Steven Wilhelm, Kenneth and Blaire Mossman Professor in microbiology; Joshua Weitz, mathematical modeling professor at the University of Maryland; and team found that microbes in the Sargasso Sea divide nutrients throughout their communities over time, supporting coexistence and efficient…
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Poetry, Politics, Plague, and More
Students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, hosted undergraduates from more than a dozen other colleges and presented their own papers during the 13th Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference in March. “This conference is a competitive event featuring outstanding undergraduate research from across the country,” said Assistant Professor Jessica Westerhold, faculty sponsor from the…
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Vols Make International Art Connection
Malaysian artists share their creative community with UT artists during Big Ears Festival. Within the Big Ears Festival schedule, Pangrok Sulap plans to conduct printing sessions, open to the public, in the South Garden of the Knoxville Museum of Art during performance intermissions in the museum’s Ann and Steve Bailey Great Hall. Big Ears Festival…
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Big Ears Festival Opens Students’ Eyes
Don’t Miss This Join our students on March 27 and 28 as they take over the College of Arts and Sciences Instagram Story to share their Big Ears Festival experience. Follow us at @artssciencesut for live updates and photos from the event! For a group of undergraduates at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the Big…
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New Book Examines Culture and Politics in Armenia
When Tamar Shirinian prepared to visit Armenia in 2012 her research was focused on activism, but events in the post-Soviet republic starting that year led to a closer look at politics. Over more than a decade and multiple trips to the country, she developed a new view of multiple forces at work. Now an assistant…