The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $20 million to the new Oak Ridge Institute at the University of Tennessee to expand the university’s partnership with the Oak Ridge National …
Rick Hollow: Out of the ‘sauna,’ into the fire
Rick Hollow has practiced all kinds of law in a 50-plus-year career, from product liability to malpractice. But he is nationally known as a First Amendment attorney, defending media outlets …
Classroom Q&A: Michael Rodgers, Maynard/South Knox
A native of Williamsburg, Va., Michael Rodgers moved to East Tennessee to study music at Knoxville College. After graduating, he earned a master’s degree at the University of Tennessee and …
Weiss adorns fans with one-of-a-kind jewelry creations
When Jessica Weiss took her first metalsmithing class, at The Penland School for Crafts near Asheville, she hadn’t yet envisioned the “casually elegant” jewelry that she would create in the …
Boyd to eliminate UTIA, subject to Friday vote
UT Interim President Randy Boyd is reorganizing the Knoxville campus, merging the Institute of Agriculture campus into UT-Knoxville and the chancellor of the Ag campus is being demoted to a …
Pellissippi State names Kevin Fillers Alumnus of the Year
Pellissippi State Community College has recognized Kevin Fillers as its Distinguished Alumni Award winner for 2019.
Fillers, business manager at Innovative Design Inc., graduated from Pellissippi State in 2011 with an …
A Volunteer from Israel lands in Seymour
Yarden Batz is a 20-year-old junior at the University of Tennessee who is busy working toward a degree in biochemistry on an academic scholarship. She is an Israeli, born in …
Dump the UT system
The University of Tennessee is looking for a new chancellor and a new system president. There has been some discussion about moving the president’s office off-campus to avoid confusion about …