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Big Orange Ears Open Wide
Connections of art, literature, and music come alive for UT class through Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival. For the second year in a row, a musically adventurous class of UT students had the unparalleled experience of attending the Big Ears Music Festival, which draws performers and fans from across the globe to Knoxville each spring. This…
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A Home for Civic Explorers
A new Living and Learning Community (LLC) proposed by the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the Department of Political Science will begin hosting students in the fall of 2026. The new Civic Explorers LLC, to be located in Robinson Hall, aims to introduce students to careers that promote civic engagement and build their appreciation…
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Dumpster Treasures Research Shows UT Student Waste
A UT graduate student is researching the salvageable items students discard when they leave the Knoxville campus in spring. Chris Mayer has been sorting through dumpsters, cataloging the contents, and curating an art show to call attention to the waste. While earning his PhD in rhetoric, writing and linguistics, Chris Mayer has turned his interest…
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Center for the Study of Family Health and Well-being
Interdisciplinary UT researchers work directly with communities to tackle issues facing families and children. Guest Lecture “The Freedman’s Bank and the (Un)Making of Reconstruction” Monday, April 6, 20263:30–5:00 p.m. Justene Hill Edwards, associate professor of history at the University of Virginia The Center for the Study of Family Health and Well-being (CSFHW) is an interdisciplinary research…
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Center Receives Award for Contributions to Military History
The Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War receives first ever Public History Award. The Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been awarded the first ever Public History Award from the Society for Military History (SMH). The inaugural award, received at the Society’s annual conference…
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A Group Effort to Preserve History
The ninth annual Frederick Douglass Day Transcribe-a-Thon connected Vols with a national network dedicated to keeping Douglass’s historic words alive and available to all. Vol students and faculty joined local grade-school students and colleagues from across the nation February 11–13 to celebrate Frederick Douglass Day as part of Black History Month. For the past eight…
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Collaboration Across Disciplines
The Center for Social Theory creates a crossroads for interdisciplinary research in social and cultural theory. The Center for Social Theory launched in 2025 to support research and teaching faculty and graduate students working in the areas of social and cultural theory. Professor Harry F. Dahms, Department of Sociology, directs the center as it builds…
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Africana Studies Brings Girls Poetry, Music, Food
UT’s Department of Africana Studies has collaborated with Girls Inc. to create Black History Month activities for elementary students in East Tennessee. During February, elementary school girls across three counties are exploring poems, jazz, and Southern foods with support from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Professor Natalie Graham, interim head of the Department of Africana…
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250 Years of Common Sense
An event observing the 250th anniversary of Common Sense gave students a look at how the ideas of American democracy spread throughout the colonies. If Thomas Paine were writing today, his 47-page pamphlet Common Sense might be known as the most famous blog or podcast in the country. It was published in Philadelphia in January…
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Advantages Uncovered in Blue-Green Algae Colonies
UT microbiology research into cyanobacterial blooms reveals that colonies take on metabolic functions and resistance to viruses. An international team of researchers led by a visiting scholar at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is shedding light on the dynamics in cyanobacterial blooms that can threaten freshwater safety. By analyzing Microcystis spp. in single cells and…