Research & Creative Activity
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Writing for The Conversation Adds to Scholarship ROI
Faculty from UT’s College of Arts and Sciences reach millions of people with their research by writing articles distributed through news organizations around the world. Faculty from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are sharing their expertise with a wide audience through The Conversation, a nonprofit, independent news organization with a vast global reach. During the 2025 calendar…
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NEH Grant Supports Jackson Papers Project
A substantial new National Endowment for the Humanities grant helps continue and expand UT’s Papers of Andrew Jackson project. UT’s Papers of Andrew Jackson project received a grant worth over $2.8 million from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the largest grant ever awarded to the project, which launched in 1971. The goal of the…
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UT Research Shows Viral Impact on Ocean Oxygen
An international research team unveils how viral lysis of blue-green algae in the Sargasso Sea enhances ecosystem-scale productivity. Newly published interdisciplinary research led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and University of Maryland shows viral infection of blue-green algae in the ocean stimulates productivity in the ecosystem and contributes to a rich band of oxygen…
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McDonald Family Endowments Add Professorships
Alumni share geologic passion through new endowed professorships. Alumni David and Barbara McDonald established two endowed professorships that support new faculty members specializing in critical minerals and energy in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (EEPS). Assistant Professor Manuel Scharrer began in August 2025 as the David McDonald Endowed Professor in Critical Minerals.…
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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…
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NIH Grant Supports UT Research on Chronic Wounds
Assistant Professor Carolyn Ibberson is investigating the interaction of microbes to discover what might prevent infection and promote healing. Assistant Professor Carolyn Ibberson at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received a four-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support research on infections in chronic wounds. The R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research…
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Cormac McCarthy Scholar Analyzes Author’s Language
Associate Professor Bill Hardwig’s new book, How Cormac Works, explores the author’s unique literary style and experimentation with words. Associate Professor Bill Hardwig recalls being spellbound when he first read Cormac McCarthy’s descriptions in a novel, and for nearly two decades he has been introducing students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to the author’s…
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Mead’s Quarry Research Reveals Toxic Algae Drivers
UT research into a pink algae bloom that closed the popular swimming area at Ijams Nature Center in 2024 is providing insight into how the organisms thrive. Researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who quantified high toxin levels during a 2024 pink algae bloom at Mead’s Quarry Lake have published a new study identifying…
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McClanahan is Critical Criminologist of the Year
Bill McClanahan has been recognized as Critical Criminologist of the Year for his published research and teaching. Assistant Professor Bill McClanahan, Department of Sociology, is a co-recipient of the American Society of Criminology’s Division on Critical Criminology & Social Justice (DCCSJ), 2025 Critical Criminologist of the Year Award. McClanahan’s contributions was honored at the DCCSJ…
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Faculty Authors Celebrated at Book Party
Annual Book Party gathering honors faculty members’ published works for the year. The College of Arts and Sciences community gathered for the third annual fall Book Party this month, celebrating 29 book-length works published in the last year by 27 faculty members in the Division of Arts and Humanities and the Division of Social Sciences.…