Professor Gichingiri Ndigirigi, Department of English, was named president of the African Literature Association (ALA) at the group’s 2024 conference, held in May in Louisville, Kentucky. In this role, he will work with the ALA’s executive committee to guide the association’s activities in 2024–2025. “I am particularly interested in developing collaborations with Africa-based academics and […]
Two new grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support research for a book on the history of retirement in America and the continued publication of US President Andrew Jackson’s papers, exploring the last years of his administration. The NEH funding will contribute to both a new project and a long-term effort under […]
A new book examining the bridges between medicine and the performing arts includes research on vaccine skepticism by Stanton B. Garner Jr., a professor in the English and theatre departments at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Garner wrote a chapter titled “At the Needle Point: Theatre and Vaccine Skepticism” in The Routledge Companion to Performance […]
Steven Wilhelm joins a distinguished roster this year with his election as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Academy of Science. This recognition is the RSC’s highest honor in areas of arts, social sciences, humanities, and science. “The RSC inducts fellows to help them build a better future in Canada and the […]
Initiative Designed to Elevate Teaching Excellence The Community of Scholars for Advancing Teaching Excellence (CATE) launched in summer 2024 along with other new collaborative research initiatives supported by the UT College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Over the next two years, CATE will build a community among instructors and develop resources and guidance on teaching […]
Courtney Christopher started college as a pre-med major but realized chemistry could hold answers to complex human health questions. Now as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Chemistry, she’s uncovering novel links between a microbial derived metabolite, the gut microbiome, and conditions ranging from systemic inflammation to Alzheimer’s disease. Most of her postdoctoral […]
The College of Arts and Sciences’ dynamic range of academic programs and career-focused advising prepare our students with valuable skills, content knowledge, and the vocabulary to successfully promote themselves in the ever-evolving job market. New programs introduced for students in 2024 include a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, which prepares students to evaluate and mitigate […]
Colton Adams, a 2023 graduate in honors ecology and evolutionary biology and psychology, continued his academic journey as one of UT’s 13 Fulbright Scholars for 2023–2024, contributing to the Big Orange reputation as a top producer of these accomplished students. Adams traveled to the University of Latvia, in the city of Riga, to collaborate with the zoology and animal […]
Political science PhD student Jennifer Shaneberger traveled to Sweden for her 2023–2024 Fulbright Scholar experience. There she worked with Linköping University’s Division of Migration, Ethnicity, and Society to explore issues affecting migrants in Sweden. “I was able to complete 39 interviews with migrants, six interviews with national level politicians, five interviews with citizens, and two […]
As a high school student Drew Fabiszak started researching colleges online. That’s where he discovered that the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is nationally recognized as an R1 Doctoral University—Very High Research Activity. The Research tab on UT’s homepage and the opportunities for undergraduate research he found there further piqued his interest. What Fabiszak learned on […]
