Arts and Sciences alumni take high ground on the Rocky Top Business Awards. The Rocky Top Business Awards, presented by the University of Tennessee and PYA Accountants and Advisors, celebrate the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UT alumni. This year, alumni of the College of Arts and Sciences lead 16 of the 64 companies […]
Students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have been researching historic sites along the Tennessee River as part of a long-term project to educate people about the area’s natural and cultural heritage. The capstone project for students taking a public history course during the spring 2025 semester was part of a partnership with the Tennessee […]
Sculpture Professor Jason Brown has been named a James R. Cox Professor by the Provost of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The three-year award recognizes faculty members for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. “The University of Tennessee is honored to have scholars of your caliber among our faculty, and we look forward to the […]
UT Alumna Katharine Burnett joins Denbo Center to help grow research and public-facing programs for humanities and the arts. Katharine Burnett will join the Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts in July as Associate Director of Transdisciplinary Programs, a role central to Denbo’s future growth. In this role, she will help support the center’s […]
History Professor Charles Sanft will spend the 2025-2026 academic year in Germany, focusing on his research into premodern Chinese manuscripts with the support of a Humboldt Research Award. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation makes up to 100 awards each year to honor internationally leading scholars from all disciplines for their work. Although the award does […]
Marco symposium connects premodern studies to the latest technologies with an eye for using AI to teach ethical, critical thinking. Info and Registration: Symposium on AI in the Humanities and Social SciencesApril 25 and 26Haslam Business School Building The Symposium on AI in the Humanities and Social Sciences will bring together researchers and faculty from […]
Digital tools help build human connections and learning through UT’s collaborative Digital Project Cultivator. The Digital Project Cultivator (DPC) is a collaboration between UT Libraries and the interdisciplinary Digital Humanities program within the College of Arts and Sciences. It offers participating faculty access to the Hodges Library’s Virtual Reality (VR) Lab to enable and advance […]
Faculty Honored at the Annual College of Arts and Sciences Convocation The College of Arts and Sciences hosted its annual awards ceremony on Monday, March 31, 2025, at the UT Conference Center in downtown Knoxville. The annual ceremony honors faculty members in all areas of the college’s mission, selected by their colleagues as representatives of […]
ASUReS Event: Morning and Afternoon sessions, Wednesday, April 09 Awards Ceremony: 3:30–5:30 PM Monday, April 28, the Student Union The Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium (ASUReS) provides a venue for undergraduate students across all disciplines in the college to showcase their research and creative achievements in individual or group projects or their contributions to […]
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 […]
