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.
WATE: What’s next? UT professor provides insight on White House transition (Political Science)
- WBIR: UT joins national virtual celebration of Douglass Day (English)
- WVLT: Roane County boy acing honors classes at UT (Math)
- National Geographic: Appalachian snake handlers put their faith in God—and increasingly, doctors (Psychology)
- WVLT: UT investigating after reports of racial slur on classroom whiteboard (Africana Studies)
- WBIR: UT apologizes after faculty member writes racist acronym on whiteboard (Africana Studies)
- Inside Higher Education: U of Tennessee Africana Program Apologizes for Classroom Use of Slur (Africana Studies)
Commentary and Opinion
- KNS: George Washington’s warning about political partisanship still applies (Misty Anderson, English)
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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Paul Armsworth, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about showing croplands are prevalent in protected areas, which challenges the efficacy in meeting conservation goals. Read More |
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EPS Professor Annette Engel and graduate student Hannah Rigoni study a cave-dwelling bivalve, Congeria kusceri, also known as the Cave Clam, which won third place in the Mollusc of the Year 2021 competition. Read More |
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Rachel Golden, associate professor of musicology, discussed her new book, Mapping Medieval Identities in Occitanian Crusade Song, on BBC Radio 3 program, Music Matters, in January. Learn More |
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Suzanne Lenhart, professor of mathematics, will serve as the Hedrick Lecturer at MathFest 2022. The Earle Raymond Hedrick lectures are named for the first president of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). They were established to present to the Association a lecturer of known skill as an expositor of mathematics “who will present a series of at most three lectures accessible to a large fraction of those who teach college mathematics.” |
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The School of Art Printmaking Program will host Remote Contact, a student-led virtual printmaking symposium intended to provide a forum for students in printmaking March 12-13. Learn More |
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The School of Music’s Aulos String Quartet is among seven finalists recently named to compete in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) national string competition. MTNA is the oldest and largest musical organization in the US. The finals will be held virtually on February 18. Read More |
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In Memoriam
Lida Barrett, former department head of mathematics, passed away in January. Barrett served as president of the Mathematical Association of America and worked in applied mathematics at ORNL. Read More