Headlines from UT

UT's James A. Haslam II Business Building Now Open

The James A. Haslam II Business Building on the campus of UT Knoxville is now open for business. A grand opening celebration was held on Tuesday, Jan. 6, and classes began today. As part of the grand opening festivities, College of Business Administration Dean Jan Williams hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the atrium of the new building.
January 7, 2009

New Lecture Series Hosted by the UT College of Architecture and Design Explores Health Care Design

The College of Architecture and Design at UT Knoxville will host a special lecture series this semester as part of a new course on health care design. The series, Designing Environments for Health, will explore the importance of architecture in the construction of health-related facilities.
January 7, 2009

Two UT Architecture Professors Honored Nationally for Contributions to Design Education

Two professors in the College of Architecture and Design at UT Knoxville have been honored with prestigious awards. The awards were presented by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) in recognition of contributions to the advancement of architectural education.
January 5, 2009

Ten UT Knoxville Professors Named AAAS Fellows; More Than Any Southern School

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named 10 UT Knoxville faculty members as members of the 2008 class of AAAS Fellows. UT Knoxville has more new AAAS Fellows than any other college or university in the Southeast, and trailed only Ohio State, the University of California system and the University of Illinois in the number of 2008 Fellows.
December 18, 2008

59 Students Win Study-abroad Scholarships Funded by New Fee

Fifty-nine students have received the first round of study-abroad scholarships funded by a new international education fee collected from undergraduates. The students will use the scholarships for spring semester 2009. The new $10-per-year fee started this fall. Using that fee and existing funds, the Center for International Education awards about $300,000 of scholarships per year.
December 15, 2008

Professor's Work Named Top 100 Science Story by Discover Magazine

A research article by Joe Williams, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UT Knoxville, has been named one of the Top 100 Science Stories of 2008 by Discover magazine. Williams' article, which helped explain the amazing diversity in flowering plants, was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in July.
December 15, 2008