Student Experience
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The Sky Isn’t the Limit for Undergraduates
Javier Gómez Marchant was surrounded by a passion for science during his childhood in Santiago, Chile, and YouTube videos drew his interest to astronomy. Undergraduate research opportunities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, cemented his interest in a career seeking to better understand the cosmos. He is graduating with a BS in physics and preparing…
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Combining Passions on Way to Counseling Career
At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Jennifer Gary’s preparation for a career in counseling didn’t sideline her passion for the arts. The Franklin, Tennessee, native will graduate this spring with a double major in psychology and cinema studies. “I’ve had a love for psychology ever since high school and enjoy learning about what makes people…
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Students Flex Professional Skills in Symposium
Winning research presentations highlight professional growth opportunities for arts and sciences students. Thirty-two undergraduate students from across the College of Arts and Sciences earned top scores for their research and creative achievements during the Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium (ASUReS) on April 9. Winning presentations were recognized during an awards reception on April 28.…
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Alumna’s Gift Creates New Graduate Fellowship
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…
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Symposium Features Undergraduate Research
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 class capstone projects. ASUReS, pronounced “azures,” offers an opportunity for research Vols to gain experience in delivering professional presentations…
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Vols Make International Art Connection
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…
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Defense Scholarship Supports Microbiology Student
While pursuing a PhD in microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Meaghan Adler knows exactly where she’ll be starting her career. The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded her a scholarship for service, providing financial support for her studies in exchange for future employment with the DoD. Adler joined the Department of Microbiology in 2023…
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Video Games Offer New View for Religious Studies
The study of religion is taking some students to the gaming lab at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, allowing them to simulate field work and actively engage with questions about mythological narratives, transformations, and more. For 20 students enrolled in the first offering of Religious Studies 310 Religion and Gameworlds, the week starts with a…
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We Were Here Film and Talk
Filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu will present his documentary We Were Here and host a question-and-answer talk after. Acclaimed Afro-Italian filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu will present his documentary We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, and engage in a question-and-answer session afterward in the Lindsay…
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Expanded Douglass Day Involves Community in History
At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, celebrating Black history lifts the topic out of the textbook, highlights current scholarship on campus, and engages the community in further research. The activities are very much in the spirit of “sankofa,” a word from the African Twi language that refers to looking to the past to inform the…