Professor Madhuri Sharma and co-author Mikhail Samarin (’23) from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are receiving the Wrigley-Fairchild Award for the best paper published in the Geographical Review in 2024. Their research examined the experience of immigrants in the Nashville housing market. In the Department of Geography and Sustainability, Sharma has been exploring why people […]
Seconds count for first responders heading to an emergency, and students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are working this semester to give Oak Ridge firefighters an edge with better maps. Using skills they have learned in the classroom for geographic information systems (GIS), UT students will enhance what firefighters see on a wall-sized map […]
For John Clugg (’21, ’22), the path to studying history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and becoming a teacher started with his childhood interest in pirates. While watching the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, he became fascinated by the British Empire and the Age of Discovery, when people across the world began to intermingle […]
The American Society of Criminology (ASC) has honored the research of a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, doctoral candidate studying the link between policing practices and gentrification in his hometown. Diego Taboada (’16), who is pursuing advanced degrees in sociology and geography, was named co-winner of the 2024 Graduate Student Paper Award from the ASC Division […]
Paige Braddock (’85) received a 2024 Distinguished Alumna Award, the highest alumni honor from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The recognition from the university’s Alumni Board of Directors is reserved for alumni who excel at the national or international level, and whose achievements have brought credit to the university and benefited others. Braddock came to […]
The College of Arts and Sciences strengthened multiple foundations in 2024 with the launch of five new research centers and creative activity units, a reboot for an existing center, and a new strategic support structure for interdisciplinary programs. These initiatives support endless new opportunities for students and faculty and sharpen the college’s focus as an […]
Eight College of Arts and Sciences faculty members were recognized for their contributions to digital learning during Digital Learning Week in October. Their work helps UT achieve its goal of providing high-quality educational opportunities for people at every stage of life, whenever and wherever they seek to learn, a priority in Chancellor Donde Plowman’s strategic […]
Assistant Professor Amit Joshi joined an international group of colleagues to publish new research findings about cellular biology for an October 2024 cover story in Science. Their work explains the formation of an important mechanism in cellular growth and development in plants. Channels in plant cell walls, called plasmodesmata, provide molecules with a bridge to […]
Theme: Access and Advocacy for Mental Health in East Tennessee Connecting Across Disciplines is a student-led conference dedicated to fostering dialogue, innovation, and collaboration in the field of mental health advocacy, with an emphasis on supporting our local communities. We invite students, professionals, and community organizations to submit proposals for presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions […]
A new course launched this fall to help equip University of Tennessee students with skills to navigate ethics when engaging with artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. Adam Cureton, Lindsay Young Professor of Philosophy, developed the undergraduate-level course to give students a forward-looking edge with these quickly evolving tools. The College of Arts and Sciences awarded Cureton […]
