In this section of Dialogue, we have the opportunity to highlight faculty in the college who received local, regional, and national attention for their research and scholarly work. The following is a quick wrap-up of media mentions for August.
Humanities and Visual & Performing Arts
- NPR Interviews Feller About Calls to Investigate Clinton and Political Norms (History)
- Reed Publishes Chapter in New York Times-reviewed Book (History)
- Dolly Talks to New York Times About UT Course Bearing Her Name (History)
- Freeberg Pens News Sentinel Column on History of Free Speech at UT (History)
Social Sciences
- New Oral Microbiome Study Could Provide Better Estimate of Time since Death (Anthropology)
- NPR, News Sentinel Talk to Alderman about Confederate Monuments (Geography)
- Ray Publishes Essay Aimed at Political Elite Following Charlottesville White Supremacist Rally (Sociology)
- Alderman Discusses Elvis Presley Fandom with WBIR (Geography)
- Grissino-Mayer Talks to News Sentinel Following Firewise Meeting (Geography)
- Alderman’s CityLab Piece: Intersection of Confederate Memorials and Street Renaming (Geography)
- Chronicle of Higher Ed Quotes Alderman Work on Public Memory and Slavery (Geography)
Natural Sciences
- Local, National Media Showcase UT Faculty Expertise in Preparation for Solar Eclipse (Physics and Astronomy)
- McSween Discusses Mars 2020 Rover Mission Details in Scientific American, Space.com Stories (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
- Simberloff Comments on Forest-Species Study in New York Times (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
- WBIR: UT Astronomer Explains What’s Happening in Your Eclipse Photos (Physics and Astronomy)
- New Scientist: Magic Mushroom Effects on Insects (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
- Science Mag Uses Efremenko Neutrino Discovery As Cover Story (Physics)
- Science Pubs Highlight Bat Research of Post Doc Leppanen (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Additional Faculty News
- Subimal Datta receives five-year, $1.7 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Lenhart Named National Women in Math Fellow
- Decades of Growth and Discovery Mark NASA Research at UT
- Cambridge University Press recently published Non-Muslim Provinces Under Early Islam, by Alison Vacca, assistant professor of history, in the Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization series.