This section of Dialogue features a roundup of outside media coverage faculty, staff, and students 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
- WATE: East Tennessee Native Wins Pulitzer Prize (Music)
- Tulsa People (podcast): The Homecoming—Joy Harjo (English)
- VAntage Point: Rosemary Mariner: A Woman Trailblazer (History)
- Daily Beacon: Graduate Students Present Winning Poetry, Prose at Final Creative Writing Reading of the Year (English)
- WBIR The City’s Concerts on the Square Series is Back for the Summer (Music)
Natural Sciences
- Tech Times: Iconic ‘Death Roll’ Universal In Crocodile Species, Study Finds (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Science Blog: Infamous ‘Death Roll’ Almost Universal Among Crocodile Species (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Brinkwire: Iconic ‘Death Roll’ Universal In Crocodile Species, Study Finds (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Geek.com: Terrifying ‘Death Roll’ Almost Universal Among Crocodile Species, Study Finds (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Washington Post (AP): Moon Rocks to Be Studied at UT (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Associated Press: Moon Rocks to be Studied at University of Tennessee AP story also ran in more than 180 outlets, including Minneapolis Star Tribune, Times Free Press, Quad City Times, WREG, WHNT, WZTV, Tucson.com; Seattle Post Intelligencer, Austin American-Statesman, US News and World Report, Vancouver Sun, Sacramento Bee (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Miami Herald: Moon Rocks to be Studied at University of Tennessee (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Atlanta Journal Constitution: Moon Rocks to be Studied at University of Tennessee (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Canadian Homesteading: Moon Rocks to be Examined Starting With Next Month (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- Oak Ridger: Moon rocks to be studied at UT (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- News Sentinel: UT-Knoxville Professor to Unseal Moon Rocks from Apollo 17 Mission in ‘First of Its Kind’ Study (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- BBC: Why ‘Plant Blindness’ Matters and What You Can Do About It (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Mountain Life: Unnatural Nature: Why Scientists Give Invasive Species Scary Names (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Science and Technology Research News: AIDS-Immunocompromised Populations See More Antibiotic-Resistant Infections (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Lebanon Democrat: Using Thoreau, Scientists Measure Climate Change On Wildflowers (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Scientific American: How Long Do Neutrons Live? Physicists Close In on Decades-Old Puzzle (Physics & Astronomy)
- KnoxTNToday.com: A Volunteer from Israel Lands in Seymour (Biological Sciences)
- Daily Beacon: UT Water Quality Core Facility Used to Test Acid Rain Effects in Great Smoky Mountains (Microbiology)
- Astrobiology.com: Microbes Could Influence Earth’s Geological Processes As Much As Volcanoes (Microbiology)
Science Daily: Microbes May Act as Gatekeepers of Earth’s Deep Carbon (Microbiology) - Geek.com: Global Expedition Finds Nearly 200,000 Marine Viruses Lurking in Oceans (Microbiology)
- Gizmodo: Around-the-World Expedition Finds 200,000 Species of Viruses in the Oceans (Microbiology)
- Science Blog: Microbes Could Influence Earth’s Geological Processes As Much As Volcanoes’ (Microbiology)
- Mirage News: Microbes May Act as Gatekeepers of Earth’s Deep Carbon (Microbiology)
- Science Daily: Microbes May Act as Gatekeepers of Earth’s Deep Carbon (Microbiology)
- Science and Technology Research News: Study Uncovers New Materials Interactions That Could Improve Data (Physics & Astronomy)
- The Scientist Magazine: Nearly 200,000 Viral Populations Live in the World’s Oceans (Microbiology)
- Gizmodo: Around-the-World Expedition Finds 200,000 Species of Viruses in the Oceans (Microbiology)
- CNN: The World’s Oceans Have Nearly 200,000 Viral Species—About 12 Times More Than Previously Known (Microbiology)
- BBC: Hundreds of Thousands of Viruses in Oceans (Microbiology)
- Sciencemag: Breaking Bread with Rivals Leads to More Fish on Coral Reefs (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Nature: Social-Ecological Alignment and Ecological Conditions in Coral Reefs (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Science and Technology Research News: Scientist Explore Causes of Biodiversity in Perching Birds (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Nature: Social-Ecological Alignment and Ecological Conditions in Coral Reefs (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Bioengineer: Breaking Bread With Rivals Leads to More Fish on Coral Reefs (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- ScienMag: Cooperation Among Fisher Can Improve Fish Stock in Coral Reefs (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Earth and Space Science News: Sampling in the Dark: Challenges in Fine-Root Research (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Wall Street Journal (The Future of Everything podcast): The Alien, Iron-Breathing Microbes of Blood Falls (Microbiology)
- Futurity: When Resources are Lean, ‘Shy’ Animal Groups Beat Bold Ones (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Pharmaceutical Microbiology: Virus-Infected Bacteria Could Provide Help in the Fight Against Climate Change (Microbiology)
- Associated Press: UT Knoxville Professor Plans to Unseal Moon Rocks, which also appeared in numerous other publications, including: The Telegraph, Journal Courier, Edwardsville Intelligencer, San Francisco Chronicle, SeattlePI.com, MyFox Memphis (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
- WREG: UT Knoxville Professor to Unseal Moon Rocks
Social Sciences
- AL.com: Manitou Cave’s Fame Soars with New Cherokee History Find, But What Now? (Anthropology)
- Rolling Stone: Elizabeth Warren Wants to Wipe Out Student Debt for 42 Million Americans (Sociology)
- The Eagle: Fake Smile, Real Benefits? Texas A&M Researcher Says Expressions Can Subtly Shift Emotions (Psychology)
- HuffPost: Elizabeth Warren Proposes Wiping Out Almost Everyone’s Student Debt (Sociology)
- AOL.com: Elizabeth Warren Proposes Wiping Out Almost Everyone’s Student Debt (Sociology)
- Washington Post (Jaren Bernstein): Another Sign of Elizabeth Warren’s Relentless Focus on Inequality (Sociology)
- Inside Higher Ed: Warren Shakes Up Student Loan Debate (Sociology)
- Chronicle of Higher Ed: Warren’s Free-College Plan Would Cancel Student Debt for Millions (Sociology)
- Bloomberg (Michael Strain): Warren’s College-Loan Plan Is a Subsidy for the Comfortable Class (Sociology)
- Health Beat: Life Got You Down? Grin and Bear It (Psychology)
- Red Tricycle: Need a Happy Boost? All You Have to Do Is Smile (Psychology)
- Nature: A Simple Approach to Dating Bones (Anthropology)
- Nature: Effect of Topography and Protecting Barriers on Revegetation of Sandy Land, Southern Tibetan Plateau (Geography)
- News Sentinel: UT Professor and AKIN Activist Sues Knox Sheriff for Records on 287(g) Deal with ICE (Sociology)
- Market Watch: Who Really Benefits the Most from Elizabeth Warren’s Student-Debt Cancellation Plan? (Sociology)
- Cosmos: Deep in a Cave, Cherokee Texts Still Have Much to Teach (Anthropology)
- Associated Press: Group Seeks to Reverse Naming Of Kansas City Street for King (Geography)
- The Conversation: Brazil’s Long, Strange Love Affair with the Confederacy Ignites Racial Tension Also appeared in the Houston Chronicle, SFGate, Edwardsville Intelligencer (Geography)
Opinion & Commentary – College of Arts and Sciences Faculty & Staff
- Jewish Standard: ‘A Desecration of Memory’ (Helene Sinnreich, Judaic Studies)
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Dan Simberloff and others): The Growing Peril of Biological Invasions (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
- Motherhood Moment (blog): Music Minute: Sean McCullough—Earworm (Music)