The University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Arts & Sciences

Welcome Back for Fall 2023!

Interim Executive Dean Hinde welcomes new faculty, staff, and students to Rocky Top and shares some news that explains why it's an exciting time to be part of the College of Arts and Sciences community.

Read his welcome message to our faculty, staff, and graduate students.

SPOTLIGHTS

Black Art in America

Althea Murphy-Price, professor of printmaking in the School of Art, talks about her work, ideas of realness and perfection, and being a “good printer” with Jamaal Barber in an August 4 edition of Studio Noize: A Black Art Podcast. Listen to their conversation.

Investing in Green Job Strategies

Sociology Professors Jon Shefner and Stephanie Bohon received a grant to form a learning community to deepen their understanding of regional needs at the intersection of climate change and workforce development. Read more about their effort.

Simberloff Honored by British Ecological Society

Daniel Simberloff received the Society’s highest honor for his exceptional contribution at the international level to the generation, communication, and promotion of ecological knowledge and solutions. Read more about his research.

College Connect and New Vol Picnic

We are excited to welcome our first-year students to explore all the College of Arts and Sciences has to offer during our College Connect event August 22. Faculty from all departments have the opportunity to engage with first-year students from 9:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in the Student Union Ballroom.

Faculty also have an opportunity to have lunch with our first-year students at the New Vol Picnic, hosted by New Student Orientation. Arts and Sciences students will be in the Humanities Plaza August 22 in two groups from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Faculty are welcome to attend either lunch!

DID YOU KNOW?

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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.

Religious Studies Lecturer Jack Love examines the various theories of the existence of Mount Sinai and provides insight on its early mentions in the Bible and throughout history. Political Science Professor Rich Pacelle’s examination of power and authority of the court was included in a roundup about the 2023 Supreme Court ruling on Alabama’s political districts.

Interested in writing for The Conversation? Contact us to learn more about this opportunity.

Call for Proposals:
Exploring the Use and Integration of Generative AI Tools in Classroom Activities

The College of Arts and Sciences, in collaboration with the AI Tennessee Initiative, invites faculty, staff, and graduate students to submit proposals investigating the integration of generative AI tools into classroom activities. This initiative aims to enhance teaching, learning, and assessment while addressing potential challenges and impacts. Proposals should focus on areas such as robust assessment methods, student digital literacy, formative feedback, disciplinary concerns, and bias mitigation. Learn More.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Be Well Publishes Campus Walking Routes

Expanding Horizons Cohort Members Announced

Human Health and Wellness Funding Programs

Applications Open for 2023 Multidisciplinary Research Seed Grant Program

UT Humanities Center Offers Two New Funding Opportunities

UT-ORII Seeks Proposals for Next UT-ORNL Convergent Research Initiatives

Just in Time Tips for Student Success in the Online Classroom Workshop, August 21

NEWS & NOTEWORTHY

Congratulations to Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology Assistant Professor Jianbin Wang and Associate Professor Tian Hong for each receiving a second National Institutes of Health grant.

Political Science Professor Jana Morgan is a Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.

Psychology Professor Patrick Grzanka received the George A. Miller Award for an article published in American Psychologist.

Artist Stacey Robinson will be spending a week in residence with the Ewing and UT Downtown Galleries.

Do you have a news item for consideration in an upcoming edition of Dialogue? Please use this link to submit your news item. Thank you!

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

NPR.org: Elaine McMillion Sheldon on her documentary 'King Coal.'
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Elaine McMillion Sheldon, UT assistant professor of cinema studies, about her documentary, King Coal. It's about Appalachia's deep economic and cultural ties to coal.

Tennessee Tribune: UT Hosts Summer Camp for Local Middle Schoolers
With summer in full swing, The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE), the Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT), and the University of Tennessee (UT) collaborated last week to host “Adventures in STEM”.

Knoxville News Sentinel: 4 candidates are vying to be Knoxville's municipal judge. What does the position entail?
Tennessee's court system has been described as "a confusing patchwork of specialized courts" by University of Tennessee professor Joe Jarret, and it's likely not too many people know what a municipal court judge actually does.

Yahoo!: Long-held myth says Hurricane Andrew sparked Florida's Burmese python problem. Is it true?
From 1995 to 2000, 11 pythons were sighted or captured in the southwestern part of Everglades National Park — miles away from the destroyed reptile facility in Homestead. "When the population started to grow initially, in the 1990s, most of it was 20 miles [32 km] away from that facility," Dan Simberloff, an ecologist at the University of Tennessee, told Live Science.

WBIR: Clarence Brown: Hollywood's 'forgotten master' left abiding legacy at UT
After stepping away from the motion picture business in the early 1950s, Brown would become one of UT's biggest benefactors. He and wife Marian Brown gave $500,000 to build the Clarence Brown Theatre on campus, and then after Marian died in 1993, the couple bequeathed $12 million to further benefit his alma mater.

Miss an edition of Dialogue? You can catch up on news and announcements from the college online at artsci.utk.edu/dialogue.

Contact Us

College of Arts & Sciences
Office of the Dean
312 Ayres Hall
1403 Circle Drive
Phone: 865-974-5332
Website: artsci.utk.edu
Email: artscidean@utk.edu

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