Faculty Honored at Annual Awards Banquet
Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences were honored for their research, teaching, creative activities, outreach, and leadership in diversity at the college awards banquet February 28. Learn more about the awardees.
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Divisional Structure Pilot Update
RJ Hinde provides an update on how the divisional structure pilot is taking shape, divisional dean searches, and news on the role and portfolio of our associate dean for research and facilities. Read his update.
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World Languages and Cultures at UT
The Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures has changed its name to reflect not only the variety of interests in the department, but the communities they serve, support, and represent. Read more about their decision.
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Resources for the Humanities Center
UT made a significant new investment into the Humanities Center, signaling a strong commitment to advancing interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the arts and humanities across campus. Learn more about the support.
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Studying Mysteries of the Microbiome
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MacGyver with Sense of Adventure
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Sall Honored by MLK Commission
Amadou Sall, lecturer and vice chair of the Department of Africana Studies, received the 2023 MLK Education Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission. Learn more about this honor.
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Men on Boats to Play in the Lab Theatre
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Plant Evolution and Sea Rise
Michael Blum, professor of ecology, is part of team studying plant evolution to inform climate change impacts on wetland ecosystems. Read more about their research.
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Stephanie Wall was named Director of Finance and Human Resources for the College of Arts and Sciences in Feburary 2023. She will lead budgetary and other staff services for the college. Congratulations Stephanie!
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Kelly Sauskojus, a graduate student in English and incoming UT Humanities Center graduate fellow for next year, has been named a Career Diversity Workshop Fellow for Humanities Without Walls. Read more about this opportunity.
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Chris Magra, professor of history, presents Unhealthy Food: Chocolate Production, Slavery, and Unfree Food Systems at noon Thursday, March 30 for the UT One Health Initiative.
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UT Knoxville has joined The Conversation—an independent source for news articles and informed analysis written by the academic community and edited by journalists for the general public. Faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences are some of the most active participants of this partnership.
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Did you add a social media account for your department this year? If so, please share the handle with the college communications team so we can tag you in our social media posts. Please email artscicomm@utk.edu with the platform and handle. Thank you!
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Open Office Hours for Website Support
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DNYUZ: Tennessee and the Anti-Drag Race “The point of the law is to terrorize people.” That’s how Patrick Grzanka, a professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the chair of the university’s interdisciplinary program in women, gender and sexuality, describes Tennessee’s new, extreme anti-drag law — among the first of its kind in the country.
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