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Native American Art Tells Ongoing Story at Museum
Starting in January 2025, visitors to the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will see new representations of Native Nations that use contemporary art to tell the stories of people who are still alive now and not relics of the past. Homelands: Connecting to Mounds through Native Art involved co-curators from four Native Nations…
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Mikucki Digs Deep for Space-Bound Microbiology
The smallest Earth-bound organisms can inspire technology that will someday reach far across the solar system in the search for extraterrestrial life. UT Microbiology Professor Jill Mikucki studies how microbial life forms interact with their environments—and helps fellow scientists and engineers test the tools to detect the microbial impact throughout entire ecosystems. Mikucki’s field work…
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UT Team Studies Legal Aid in Knox County Evictions
The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) has awarded UT’s Appalachian Justice Research Center (AJRC) a $74,800 grant to support its study of a legal aid program for tenants facing evictions in Knox County. Amid rising rents and evictions, Knox County increased the availability of counsel at various stages of the eviction process in late 2023, through…
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Justice Studies Program Adds Insight to Any Major
UT’s interdisciplinary justice studies program launched in 2024 to offer students an enhanced understanding of social and economic justice issues across a variety of fields and career paths. “It’s an interdisciplinary approach to the study of justice and injustice,” said Tyler Wall, associate professor in sociology and chair of the program. “It’s justice broadly construed—we’re…
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New UT Institute Leads Climate Studies for Community Concerns
The Institute for Climate and Community Resilience (ICCR) launched in July 2024 along with a set of new collaborative research initiatives for the UT College of Arts and Sciences and partners across the university. The ICCR builds on the skills and expertise of UT faculty to advance climate science and create equitable solutions for climate…