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Collaboration Between UT and UTMC Could Revolutionize Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Researchers in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Tickle College of Engineering are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide treatment plans to breast cancer patients more quickly by analyzing pathology reports and other clinical records to determine how much breast cancer is in the body. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in Tennessee and…
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Five UT Faculty Receive Fulbright Awards
Five faculty members at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville — Christopher Cherry, Virginia Corrigan, Bernard Issa, Hector Pulgar and Tong (Toni) Wang — have been selected to receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards for the 2025-26 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Fulbright U.S. Scholars are faculty,…
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Kalinin, Melcher Named NAI Fellows
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Professors Sergei Kalinin and Chuck Melcher have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the organization announced Tuesday morning. NAI fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors and recognizes their exceptional achievements for contributions that have made a significant impact on innovation, economic development and society’s welfare.…
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Vaidya Honored as UTRF’s Innovator of the Year
Uday Vaidya, UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing Professor, was honored as the Innovator of the Year at the 2024 UT Research Foundation’s Innovation Awards. Vaidya’s pioneering leadership in advanced composites and materials has transformed lightweight, high-performing materials, driving innovation across industries. Vaidya’s work has fostered impactful partnerships among academia, government, and industry to…
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UT Researchers Receive NSF CAREER Awards for Science, Engineering
Two researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have received prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER awards to help them establish a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. Stephanie Kivlin, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Wei Wang, an assistant professor in the Department…
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Four UT Faculty Members Named SEC Academic Leadership Development Fellows
Four faculty members from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, were selected as 2024-25 Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows. The program seeks to identify, prepare and advance academic leaders for roles within SEC institutions and beyond. Representing a range of leadership positions and academic interests, the fellows were named through a competitive process after…
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Faculty and Staff Members Named to Knox News ‘40 Under 40’
One faculty member and two staff members from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have been named to the Knox News 40 Under 40 class of 2024. Dustin Gilbert is an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Tickle College of Engineering. His research focuses on nanotechnology, with an emphasis on magnetism and spin…
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With $5M Award, NSF Selects UT to Lead Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts
The University of Tennessee (UT) has received a $5 million grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to start tackling one of the world’s biggest scientific challenges. UT’s award is part of the 2024 Global Centers competition, a nearly $82 million international funding collaboration among agencies in the US, Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic…
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Cao, He Receive Collaborative Award Grants
Qing “Charles” Cao and Qiang He are part of a new collaborative grant program led by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine-Knoxville (UTHSC COM-K) to support research and scholarly activities addressing health issues across Tennessee and beyond. The program will fund six awards totaling more than $450,000 to support teams of clinicians, faculty, and…
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UT Leads $25M Nuclear Technology Consortium
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the lead institution for a $25 million cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to support research that underlies its nuclear security and nonproliferation missions. Read more at news.utk.edu