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Thursday, October 22, 2020

Tennessee RiverLine Announces 15 Partner Communities Across the State and Region

Fifteen communities have been accepted to the inaugural cohort of the Tennessee RiverTowns Program as part of the Tennessee RiverLine, North America’s next great regional trail system. This transformative initiative is led by the University…

Monday, October 19, 2020

Graphic Design Students Place as Finalists in National Typography Competition

Students from Christopher Cote’s spring 2020 Graphic Design Foundations I course placed as finalists in the 2021 Communication Arts Magazine typography competition. They are being recognized for their work titled the Quarantine Object Alphabet. The…

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Students Design Templates and Help Little Vols Carve Jack o’Lanterns

The creativity and generosity of spirit from our students extends past the classroom and into giving back to the community. This month, students brought Halloween smiles to Volunteer families and festive Jack o’lanterns to many…

two children with Jack o'lanterns on porch

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Alumni-Owned Dead End BBQ Chosen for TV Series

If you thought you saw TV cameras and hubbub at Knoxville’s Dead End BBQ recently, you did. Those TV cameras were from the Foodable Network in town for three days to shoot a story about…

George Ewart and his workers in front of Dead End BBQ

Monday, October 5, 2020

Brackney Puts Studies to Work, Transforms a Bus Into His Home

Caleb Brackney, a student in our Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture dual degree program, put his education, skills, ingenuity and creativity to practice to design and build a unique home for himself…

Back end of Roamer bus by Caleb Brackney

Friday, October 2, 2020

School of Design Plays Role in Hearing Protection Initiative

https://youtu.be/fbMj7ecs6q4 October is National Protect Your Hearing Month, and our college is playing a significant role in an important program to raise awareness of hearing protection with students in UT's School of Music. By Brian…

Graphic image showing Pause Protect Play

Friday, October 2, 2020

Architecture Students Receive International Scholarship for Study Abroad

Four students in our School of Architecture were awarded the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The students, Grace Hooper, who is in her 3rd year, and 4th-year students Melissa Lozano Lykes, Kari…

A view of a statue in Krakow looking out across the water.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Students Use Patterns in Weaving to Communicate within Historical Identities

Felicia Dean, assistant professor in the School of Interior Architecture, wove a unique story. In a new course, she taught students how pattern found in weaving is a powerful communication technique. In the course, titled…

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Magner Named 2020-2022 Tennessee Architecture Fellow

We are pleased to announce the appointment of the 2020-2022 Tennessee Architecture Fellow, Jeremy Magner. As fellow, Magner will conduct original research, teach and exhibit and present his work. Now extended to a two-year program,…

Friday, September 18, 2020

Students Design “Parklets” for Knoxville’s Virtual PARK(ing) Day

Students in our School of Architecture and School of Landscape Architecture are participating in 2020 PARK(ing) Day in the city of Knoxville. Representing the American Institute of Architecture Students and the American Society of Landscape…