Researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have shown that when they use cameras mounted on a drone, they can develop a digital model of a crater faster and with more detail than previously possible. Their study, “A Drone-Based Thermophysical Investigation of Barringer Meteorite Crater Ejecta,” was published in the February 2025 issue of the […]
New study shows that higher education levels combine with experiences of recent warming temperatures to increase concern about climate change in the US. A new interdisciplinary study by UT faculty shines light on how educational levels impact climate concerns in the US within communities that experience local, direct effects from the changing climate. Alex Bentley, […]
A substantial gift from alumna Wanda Rushing creates the Rushing Fellows Program for the Department of Sociology. A generous gift from UT doctoral alumna Wanda Rushing establishes a new fellowship program that supports graduate students in the Department of Sociology as they work toward their master’s degrees and PhDs. For Rushing, this is both an […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sargasso Sea plankton and other marine microbes take turns sharing nutrients. A new study co-authored by Steven Wilhelm, Kenneth and Blaire Mossman Professor in microbiology; Joshua Weitz, mathematical modeling professor at the University of Maryland; and team found that microbes in the Sargasso Sea divide nutrients throughout their communities over time, supporting coexistence and efficient […]
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 […]
Malaysian artists share their creative community with UT artists during Big Ears Festival. Within the Big Ears Festival schedule, Pangrok Sulap plans to conduct printing sessions, open to the public, in the South Garden of the Knoxville Museum of Art during performance intermissions in the museum’s Ann and Steve Bailey Great Hall. Big Ears Festival […]
Don’t Miss This Join our students on March 27 and 28 as they take over the College of Arts and Sciences Instagram Story to share their Big Ears Festival experience. Follow us at @artssciencesut for live updates and photos from the event! For a group of undergraduates at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the Big […]
When Tamar Shirinian prepared to visit Armenia in 2012 her research was focused on activism, but events in the post-Soviet republic starting that year led to a closer look at politics. Over more than a decade and multiple trips to the country, she developed a new view of multiple forces at work. Now an assistant […]
