This section of Dialogue features a roundup of outside media coverage faculty in our college received, as well as additional news items from departments. If you have a news item you would like included in the next Dialogue, please email Amanda Womac.
Humanities and Visual & Performing Arts
- Local historian discusses UT, Knoxville history, relates to present (History)
- Marine Veteran Eric Barton Makes $3.14 Million Gift to School of Music (Music)
- Arab Fest 2018 Celebrates Middle Eastern Culture (Religious Studies)
- Barton Gives $3.14M to UT School of Music (Music)
- Maryville Resident and Former Marine Donates $3M to UT’s School of Music (Music)
- Knoxville Historian Shares the History of the Vol Navy (History)
- Artist-in-Residence lectures at UT, October 25 (Art)
- Student, filmmaker recognized on national stage (Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures)
- UT student film, ‘Tangier to Casablanca,’ goes from study abroad project to competition finalist (Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures)
Natural Sciences
- What Zombie Plants Can Teach Us (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Physics students hold annual Pumpkin Drop (Physics & Astronomy)
- Local Chemist Shows That Chemistry Is Out of this World (Chemistry)
- NASA Astronomer Lecture and Planetarium Show Set for Oct. 23 (Physics & Astronomy)
- All bats big and small: Southern California is a popular home for the winged creatures of the night (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- What Happens When Humans Fall In Love With An Invasive Species (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Scientists Are Opting for Remote Postdoc Positions (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Building a better brain shunt: For physics professor and students, this research is personal (Physics & Astronomy)
- UT hosts first-ever biological survey (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Social Sciences
- Maya Neal a leader on defense, advocate for the people of Liberia (Political Science)
- Love Knows No Species: Emu and Donkey Have Fallen For Each Other, Caretakers Say (Psychology/EEB)
- Facing pro-Trump Blackburn in a red state, Tennessee’s Bredesen thinks he knows how to win (Political Science)
- Study says students have PTSD-like symptoms from election (Political Science)
- Experts: Record-Breaking Early Turnout in TN Makes Predicting Election Results Difficult (Political Science)
- Political scientists weigh in on whether celebrities can help drive midterm voter turnout (Political Science)
- Rare Two-Headed Baby Copperhead Snake Found, on Display at Wildlife Center (Psychology/EEB)
- Knox Co. Mayor Jacobs still plans to wrestle at WWE’s Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia (Political Science)
- In Tennessee, a Democrat scrambles to turn out voters as polls show slide (Political Science)