The University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Arts & Sciences

Remembering Ray

If you’ve been on campus for a few years, there’s a chance you know about Ray’s Place, a locally-owned eatery behind South College on the Hill. On August 28, the long-time owner, Raymond Mowery, passed away. His decades of serving hot meals to hungry students, faculty, and staff and his impact on our Volunteer community will be cherished by many who knew him.

Read comments from a 2010 Torchbearer spotlight about Ray’s Place and stories about his passing from The Daily Beacon, KnoxNews, WATE, and WVLT.

SPOTLIGHTS

Eady Receives Inaugural Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry

Cornelius Eady, professor of English and Chair of Excellence in Poetry, received the Poetry Foundation award, which recognizes commitment and extraordinary work in poetry and the literary arts through administration, advocacy, education, publishing, or service. Read More

Psychology Researchers Publish Study on Acts of Kindness

Psychology graduate students Phillip P. McGarry and Andrew Heim, and Associate Professors Garriy Shteynberg and Timothy L. Hulsey, published a paper about their experimental research on the way people evaluate the morals of those with whom they disagree politically, which was highlighted by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Read More

UT Physicists Receive Prestigious NSF Grant

Physics Professor Adrian Del Maestro is part of a multi-university research team that received one of 18 NSF grants to pursue new sensor technologies that can control quantum phenomena to precisely measure the previously unmeasurable. Read More

In case you missed it… last week, we shared Part 1 of our In Conversation series featuring our new divisional deans, who shared ideas about their new roles and what they see as the benefits of our divisional structure pilot.

NEWS & NOTEWORTHY

Kirsten Benson, director of the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center, received an Engaged Scholarship Grant for The Flagship Tutoring Project.

Nature’s "Where I Work" series features Geomicrobiologist Karen Lloyd.

DOE’s Office of Science highlights research on the structure of atomic nuclei by UT Physics Professor Thomas Papenbrock.

Georgi Gardner, associate professor of philosophy, shares her “philosophy of love” in a video produced by Brynn Brickell, philosophy major.

Binder Lab publishes new research on ethylene and plant yields.

Linda Kah, professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, co-authored a paper published in Nature about the climate of early Mars.

TLI Faculty Spotlight: Bob DuBois

Meet the New Humanities Center Fellows

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DID YOU KNOW?

Studio headshots are available for UT Knoxville faculty and staff. We use these for faculty and staff profile pages, news items, and other announcements. If you do not have a professional headshot, please consider using this free service. The studio is open Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in 91 Communications Building. Learn More.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for Diversity Faculty Fellow: Division of Social Sciences

Registration is open for the NSF Fall 2023 I-Corps Regional Program

Funding Opportunity: CIFAR - Azrieli Global Scholars (Submissions due Oct. 30)

Save the Date for One Health and Humanities Days Oct. 25-27

Save the Date: UT Campus Chest, Oct. 2-6

Open Office Hours for Website Support

Kayla Lang, the digital communications manager for the college, offers open office hours for website support Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Link available on our website request form page.

MEDIA MENTIONS

Science.org: Fruit flies may enjoy taking carousels for a spin (mentions Gordon Burghardt)

New York Times: Hitting Theater Hard: The Loss of Subscribers Who Went to Everything (quotes Ken Martin and Thomas Cervone)

Forbes: This Tony And Grammy Nominee Is A Force In The Musical ‘Rock & Roll Man’ (mentions UT graduate Valisia LeKae)

NASA.gov: Cracks in Ancient Martian Mud Surprise NASA's Curiosity Rover Team (features Linda Kah's work)

Science.org: Ancient mud cracks on Mars point to conditions favorable for life (features Linda Kah's work)

WKRN: Cheatham County cold case victim identified 40 years later; Search continues for killer
Forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee determined the remains belonged to that of a young, white female, originally estimated to be between 14 and 17 years old. Also, Clarksville Now: Body found in 1981 in Cheatham County landfill ID’d as that of Clarksville teenage girl who disappeared; NewsChannel5: Tennessee teen killed in the 1980s finally identified, TBI says

New York Times: The Quest for a Crocodile Dictionary
Vladimir Dinets of the University of Tennessee has studied American alligators from Texas to South Carolina and described a ritual in which alligators gather to swim in circles “like an old-fashioned village dance.”

Money Talks News: This Mosquito ‘Killer’ Is a Total Waste of Money, Scientists Say
Think your bug zapper works on mosquitoes? Scientists reveal the ugly truth that might change your outdoor plans. The Washington Post reports that bug zappers are ineffective at protecting people from mosquitoes. James Fordyce, an entomologist at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, tells the Post: “When it comes to mosquitoes, bug zappers don’t work. I don’t know any insect ecologist that doesn’t know that.”

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Psychology spotlight photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

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