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UT Team Studies Legal Aid in Knox County Evictions
The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) has awarded UT’s Appalachian Justice Research Center (AJRC) a $74,800 grant to support its study of a legal aid program for tenants facing evictions in Knox County. Amid rising rents and evictions, Knox County increased the availability of counsel at various stages of the eviction process in late 2023, through…
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Justice Studies Program Adds Insight to Any Major
UT’s interdisciplinary justice studies program launched in 2024 to offer students an enhanced understanding of social and economic justice issues across a variety of fields and career paths. “It’s an interdisciplinary approach to the study of justice and injustice,” said Tyler Wall, associate professor in sociology and chair of the program. “It’s justice broadly construed—we’re…
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Research Seeks Noninvasive Study of Brain Chemicals
Currently, there are only invasive methods to monitor neurochemicals in the brain. Researchers in the Department of Chemistry are developing methods to change that. “We’re trying to develop a noninvasive spinal tap,” providing information on neurochemicals without having to use needles, explained Associate Professor Bhavya Sharma. The project in the Sharma Raman Lab is in…