Scopes Trial Centennial Celebration
The Scopes Trial Centennial at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was a year-long program…
Happy Birthday, Darwin
UT Knoxville faculty and students share science and history to celebrate Darwin Day. Biologist Charles Darwin would be 216 years-old in 2025, and museum educators and UT scientists at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture celebrated with Darwin Day in February. This annual event invites families to the museum for a fun-filled day […]
“Yes, And” for Science
A group of UT Knoxville faculty and communications staff engaged in a unique workshop in January that found them applying elements of improvisational acting to science communications. The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science presented information-sharing approaches that further enhance the high standard of interdisciplinary collaboration and inquiry of the College of Arts and Sciences […]
Courage to Question
Clarence Brown production of Inherit the Wind celebrates the art and science of asking the big questions. One hundred years ago and less than 100 miles from the UT Knoxville campus, high-school teacher John Scopes went on trial for violating the Butler Act, which outlawed the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee’s public schools and […]