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Vols Behind the Vision: Teresa Volkodav-Crabtree
“I cannot say enough about how fortunate I am to be part of the Big Orange family—I wouldn’t want to work anywhere else! I truly feel honored to work alongside such kind and generous people.” Teresa Volkodav-CrabtreeAssistant to the Executive DeanCollege of Arts and Sciences What do I love about working for the college? What…
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Disarming Cause in Lupus Patients’ Infections
UT microbiologists discovered what is interfering with white blood cells’ ability to fight bacteria. Microbiology researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have discovered why patients with the autoimmune disease lupus are susceptible to serious bacterial infections. A new study published in Cell Press Blue shows that lupus-associated inflammatory signals can reprogram white blood cells,…
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Practical Career Preparation Part of UT College Experience
Internships, field work, and undergraduate research are among the many ways students in UT’s College of Arts and Science gain real-world experience before graduation. By taking advantage of undergraduate opportunities to work in businesses, nonprofits, communities, and laboratories, students graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences with documented experience and professional networks that stand…
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Build Presentation Skills, Confidence, and Networks
Through the College of Arts and Sciences, students learn how to communicate clearly about their work and form career-building professional relationships. College graduates who couple their deep knowledge with confident communication and professional connections are unstoppable in the job market. UT’s College of Arts and Sciences ensures students have exceptional opportunities to hone all of…
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Fulbright Faculty Circle the Globe to Bring Home Bold Ideas
College of Arts and Sciences researchers step out for international collaborations as Fulbright scholars. Snapshot of Fulbright Scholars Seven of the nine recent UT alumni receiving Fulbright US Student Grants for the 2026-2027 academic year have either a major or minor in arts and sciences. These grants provide support for these Vols in recognition of…
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Targeting Tumors
Professor Francisco N. Barrera’s lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology is engineering peptides that can target cancer cells. Researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are working on a promising strategy to make therapies targeting cancer smarter and more precise, with peptides that switch on in the acidic environment surrounding…
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Vols Behind the Vision: Mitchell Harper
“I enjoy the people in the college. There are some really nice individuals that I work with all the time.” Mitchell HarperAccounting CoordinatorCollege of Arts and Sciences What do I love about working for the college? I enjoy the people in the college. There are some really nice individuals that I get to work with…
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Fulbright Collaboration Develops New Candidate Treatments for Disease
Fulbright scholar Ryan Awori works with the Department of Microbiology to research new methods to cure Malaria-like diseases. Visiting Fulbright scholar Ryan Awori established strong collaborative ties to the College of Arts and Sciences while working on his PhD approximately three years ago. As these ties developed, an epidemic in his home nation of Kenya…
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New Class Steals a Look at Recent US History
Tore Olsson’s unique history classes sift fact from fiction in popular gaming entertainment: from digital horseback to virtual automotive crime sprees. Tore Olsson has a knack for time travel, theoretically speaking, and he takes students along for the ride via his unique approach to teaching history through the lens of popular video games. In his…
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What Caused Larger Brains and Smaller Faces in Humans?
A new study by UT anthropologists and colleagues suggests that human evolution took a different course than previously thought, challenging long-held assumptions about the evolution of the human skull. A new study published today in the journal Nature Communications suggests that two of the best-known trends in human evolution—brain growth and the reduction in the…
