Research News (14 of 15) | UTK College of Architecture + Design

Monday, March 24, 2014

UT Landscape Architecture Professor Receives Research Fellowship

An assistant professor of landscape architecture and plant sciences has received a research fellowship to develop performance evaluation methods for regional landscape projects. Brad Collett was recently named a 2014 research fellow of the Case…

Monday, March 10, 2014

Research for Rural Appalachia Provides Winter Weather Tips

Students and faculty of the College of Nursing and the College of Architecture and Design are addressing rural Appalachia’s wellness and disaster planning through the UT Appalachia Community Health and Disaster Readiness Project. Funded by…

Monday, December 2, 2013

UT Architecture Professor’s Project Honored for Outreach and Engagement

An associate professor of architecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received a national award for his exemplary engagement and outreach scholarship. This was one of eight granted in the nation. Thomas K. Davis'…

Thursday, October 31, 2013

UT, City of Knoxville to Mark Progress of Pathways in Historic Cemeteries

For almost five years, UT students and faculty have been working with city and county officials, the community, and members of the Knoxville Re-Animation Coalition to rehabilitate two historically and culturally important cemeteries in East…

Monday, September 9, 2013

Jennifer Akerman: Food as a Designed Thing

Jennifer Akerman, adjunct assistant professor in architecture, has the idea to develop an “urban food corridor” in Knoxville. Her students have been going to various places, including Asheville, to learn a variety of urban farming…

Saturday, July 6, 2013

UT New Norris House Named Among Nation’s Top 10 Green Projects of 2013

The New Norris House, a project of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is one of the nation's top 10 examples of sustainable architecture and green design, according to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and…

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

UT Renovates Classroom Building to Focus on Student Collaboration

From the Wall Street Journal, as released from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville: The renovation of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building, a project of the College of Architecture and Design, envisioned, in part, by the students and faculty…

Monday, April 15, 2013

Graphic Design’s Lowe is a Fulbright Scholar

Note: This story first appeared on the School of Art's website. Professor Sarah Lowe, Graphic Design, received a Fulbright research fellowship to spend the 2012-2013 school year working as a visiting researcher within InterMedia; an…

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Graphic Design App Converts Literature into Abstract Pictures

Note: This story originally appeared on the School of Art's website. School of Art 4D and graphic design professor Evan Meaney, along with the Electrical Engineering & Computer Science department’s Amy Szczepanski, have created an app…

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Friday, April 27, 2012

UT, City of Knoxville Mark Progress in Historic Cemeteries Rehabilitation

For years, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, students and faculty have been working with the City of Knoxville, the Knoxville Re-Animation Coalition, and the community to rehabilitate two historically and culturally important cemeteries in East Knoxville.…