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A newsletter from the Office of Research and Engagement

UT's new Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development (ORIED) expands the mission of the former Office of Research and Engagement, in an effort to provide faculty based in Knoxville, Nashville, and Tullahoma with the support necessary to conduct world-class research, scholarship, and creative work and to enhance the impact of this work in Tennessee and around the world.

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UT Rallies Support to Land Prestigious NIH T32 Training Grant

Todd Reynolds, professor of microbiology, recently received a prestigious T32 graduate student training grant from the National Institute of Health. Reynolds led the Integrated Membrane Program (IMP) T32 Training Grant proposal effort to address a gap that exists in the biomedical workforce of the future: integrated training for studying biological membranes.

Scientists at UTIA have been awarded $550,000 from the National Science Foundation to understand ice recrystallization in frozen items, and to study ways to restrict the growth of ice crystals caused by fluctuations in freezing temperatures.

University of Tennessee students exhibited creativity designing floating wetlands

Chancellor Plowman has authorized the investment of $1M in recurring funds to elevate graduate assistant minimum stipends by up to 20%. Graduate assistants are essential to UT's success, as both teaching assistants and innovators in the university's research enterprise.

Earlier this summer, the first class of participants in the Academy for Global Scholars traveled to San José, Costa Rica, for a week-long service-learning experience to renovate the landscape at Parque La Libertad (Liberty Park).

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Recognitions

Marianne Wannamaker Appointed Executive Director of Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy—Kevin Bai Wins IEEE Award—Joshua Fu Named Fellow by A&WMA—Cheng-pin Kuo Recognized for Air Quality Research—Lee Han Wins Excellence in Transportation Engineering Award.

Read all recent Recognitions

Upcoming Events

Find additional events on ORIED's workshop portal or on the UT calendar.

ArcGIS: Online Fundamentals and Story Maps
7/8/21, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Qualtrics: Basics
7/14/21, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Research: Moderated Mediation Regression Models
7/15/21, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Conflict of Interest Workshop: Faculty
7/20/21, 10–11 a.m.
SAS: Programming Basics
7/20/21, 1–3 p.m.
Conflict of Interest Workshop: Graduate Students
7/21/21, 2–3 p.m.
Conflict of Interest Workshop: Deans and Department Heads
7/29/21, 11 a.m.–12 p.m.

Contact Us

Office of Research, Innovation & Economic Development
1534 White Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37996-1529
Phone: 865-974-3466
Email: research@utk.edu
Website: research.utk.edu

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