In the News
This section of Dialogue features external media coverage faculty, staff, and students in our college received. Links are sourced from UT System News Roundup.
- Knoxville News Sentinel: Knoxville filmmaker gets $50K to fund documentary about Appalachian coal mining (Art)
- WBIR: Why certain foods are believed to bring ‘luck’ in the new year (Judaic Studies)
- The Oak Ridger: ORNL scientist speaks on efforts to research COVID-19 treatments (Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology)
- WJHL: UT professor awarded $78K after public records lawsuit against Knox County Sheriff’s Office (Sociology)
- Citizen Tribune: UT Theatre Department presents Capote’s ‘A Christmas Memory’ (Theatre)
- WATE: UT professor provides context to US Capitol riot (Political Science)
Department News & Noteworthy Achievements
This section of Dialogue features internal news and noteworthy achievements by faculty, staff, and students in our college, as well as other department news. If you have a news item, please email Amanda Womac.
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Professor Emerita Marcia Goldenstein received a Tennessee Arts Commission 2021 Individual Artist Fellowship for her project, Women in Stiches, which features embroidered portraits of women activists. Read More |
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Dan Simberloff, the Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Science in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is the most-cited scientist at UT, according to a study conducted by Stanford University. Read More |
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Mariam Thalos, professor and head of the Department of Philosophy, published a light-hearted article about working from home in the journal Think. Read More |
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Hanno Weitering, professor and head of the Department of Physics, is part of a research team that successfully modified a semiconductor to create a superconductor. Read More |
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The Teaching and Learning Innovation team featured Brandon Winford, associated professor in the Department of History, as a faculty spotlight in the November 2020 edition of their newsletter. Read More |
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The Department of Energy featured news from the physics department in the University and Stakeholders news section of their website. Read More |
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Students in the College of Architecture and Design contributed to designs for the planned new Ula Love Doughty Carousel Theatre. Read More |
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In Memoriam
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Rebecca Klenk, lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, passed away November 15, 2020. Klenk was an accomplished cultural anthropologist who mentored and taught UT students for many years. Read More |