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Education, Location Impact Climate Awareness
New study shows that higher education levels combine with experiences of recent warming temperatures to increase concern about climate change in the US. A new interdisciplinary study by UT faculty shines light on how educational levels impact climate concerns in the US within communities that experience local, direct effects from the changing climate. Alex Bentley,…
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Alumna’s Gift Creates New Graduate Fellowship
A substantial gift from alumna Wanda Rushing creates the Rushing Fellows Program for the Department of Sociology. A generous gift from UT doctoral alumna Wanda Rushing establishes a new fellowship program that supports graduate students in the Department of Sociology as they work toward their master’s degrees and PhDs. For Rushing, this is both an…
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The Future of Medieval Studies
The Symposium on AI in the Humanities and Social Sciences will bring together researchers and faculty from across disciplines to share groundbreaking techniques and technology for the use of artificial intelligence in higher education. “Collaborating across disciplines in arts and sciences is essential for teaching and research using AI, as I hope our event will…
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Human Connections through Digital Space
Digital tools help build human connections and learning through UT’s collaborative Digital Project Cultivator. The Digital Project Cultivator (DPC) is a collaboration between UT Libraries and the interdisciplinary Digital Humanities program within the College of Arts and Sciences. It offers participating faculty access to the Hodges Library’s Virtual Reality (VR) Lab to enable and advance…
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ASUReS – College Of Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium 2025: Program
A Celebration of Research and Creativity by College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduates When: April 9, 2025 Time: 8:10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Where: Third / Fourth Floor, Ayres Hall Program 8:10 – 9:25 am 9:45 – 11:00 a.m. 11:20 – 12:35 pm 12:55 – 2:15 pm
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ASUReS – College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium 2025: Abstracts
A Celebration of Research and Creativity by College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduates When: April 9, 2025 Time: 8:10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Where: Third/Fourth Floor, Ayres Hall Abstracts by Lead Presenter’s Last Name Language Attitudes Towards Appalachian, African American, and New Orleans Englishes at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Co-Presenters: Izzy Alexander (English), Leighanne…
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Annual Awards Recognize Excellence in Arts & Sciences
Faculty Honored at the Annual College of Arts and Sciences Convocation The College of Arts and Sciences hosted its annual awards ceremony on Monday, March 31, 2025, at the UT Conference Center in downtown Knoxville. The annual ceremony honors faculty members in all areas of the college’s mission, selected by their colleagues as representatives of…
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Symposium Features Undergraduate Research
The Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium (ASUReS) provides a venue for undergraduate students across all disciplines in the college to showcase their research and creative achievements in individual or group projects or their contributions to class capstone projects. ASUReS, pronounced “azures,” offers an opportunity for research Vols to gain experience in delivering professional presentations…
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Microbial Manners on the High Seas
Sargasso Sea plankton and other marine microbes take turns sharing nutrients. A new study co-authored by Steven Wilhelm, Kenneth and Blaire Mossman Professor in microbiology; Joshua Weitz, mathematical modeling professor at the University of Maryland; and team found that microbes in the Sargasso Sea divide nutrients throughout their communities over time, supporting coexistence and efficient…
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Poetry, Politics, Plague, and More
Students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, hosted undergraduates from more than a dozen other colleges and presented their own papers during the 13th Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference in March. “This conference is a competitive event featuring outstanding undergraduate research from across the country,” said Assistant Professor Jessica Westerhold, faculty sponsor from the…