University of Tennessee, Knoxville

James M. Buchanan dies at 93; won Nobel Prize in economics

2013-01-10 00:00:00

James M. Buchanan, the U.S. economist who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for applying the principles of economic self-interest to understand why politicians do what they do, has died. He was 93. He died Wednesday at a hospital in Blacksburg, Va., according to...

Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies at 102; pioneering female pilot

2012-05-21 00:00:00

With her husband serving in the Army Air Forces during World War II, Evelyn Bryan Johnson was looking for something to occupy her time when she wasn't running their dry-cleaning business in Jefferson City, Tenn. She found it in a small advertisement...

Touring 'Birds in Art' exhibit at McClung Museum for summer

2013-05-18 10:34:02

Snowy egrets to screech owls are the topics of the works in the "Birds in Art" exhibit opening Saturday, May 25, at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. The University of Tennessee museum at 1327 Circle Park Drive on campus will show the...

Yuma competition drives auto engineers to excel

2013-05-17 11:24:04

There's only so much a student can learn within the confines of a classroom when it comes to automotive engineering. In order to better equip future generations of engineers with hands-on experience, the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors have...

Court News: Guilty pleas set in sex trafficking

2013-05-17 02:54:03

Guilty pleas set in sex trafficking A 31-year-old Atlanta man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he trafficked at least one woman to Tennessee for paid sex. Khari "King Black" Troutman was arrested by local police on Jan. 19 after the woman...

Sen. Stacey Campfield sees liberal bias on Tennessee campuses

2013-05-17 02:54:03

A conservative Republican lawmaker says he sees a liberal slant among Tennessee public university student and faculty councils choosing speakers and events paid for from student activity fees. During this year's legislative session, Sen. Stacey...

UT President Joe DiPietro, Stacey Campfield spar over 'Sex Week'

2013-05-17 04:44:01

University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro defended the Knoxville campus's spring "Sex Week" program under critical questioning Thursday from state Sen. Stacey Campfield in a legislative hearing. "In my professional opinion, it is very, very...

BRIEF: Knoxville lawyer Pamela Reeves nominated for federal judgeship

2013-05-17 00:00:00

President Obama has nominated local lawyer Pamela L. Reeves as U.S. district judge for East Tennessee. If confirmed by the Senate, she would replace sitting U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Phillips, who retires this summer. Reeves has been a member...

Experts offer input on Knox County school security

2013-05-17 00:00:00

A committee has established a draft set of standards for security systems in Knox County Schools. "We've brought together a group of security and technical experts from around the region to help us think through those standards and have now actually...

UT names Joel Reeves as its chief information officer

2013-05-16 11:04:02

The University of Tennessee has tapped its interim chief information officer to take over the position permanently. Joel Reeves, who started as a computer programmer for the university in 1986, has been the interim assistant vice chancellor for...

Records: Ousted UT student affairs director under review was model employee

2013-05-16 06:34:02

Peers called Jenny Wright "very professional," "diligent" and "hard-working," records show. Her boss at the University of Tennessee referred to her as "an incredible asset to the division and the university." And two months before she was ousted...

Track & Field: Like father, like daughter as Freeman gets D-I scholarship

2013-05-14 20:14:00

Like father, like daughter: Hayley Freeman is going D-I. The South Hagerstown senior track star signed a letter of intent Tuesday with the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., where she will receive an athletic scholarship to compete at the...

Paul Goleb, of Rockville, takes the pot of dollar bills given to the last University of Maryland School of Medicine student to receive an envelope in Davidge Hall. Goleb will continue his medical training at the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee.

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Dr. Jeffrey N. Moore has joined Ingalls Center for Rehabilitative Medicine as a physiatrist. He specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation. His areas of particular clinical interest include balance and gait disorders, falls, and fall prevention in elderly adults.

2012-11-04 15:10:00