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1916 — Easter Rebellion begins

On this day in 1916, on Easter Monday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organization of Irish nationalists led by Patrick Pearse, launches the so-called Easter Rebellion, an armed uprising against British rule. Assisted by militant Irish socialists under James Connolly, Pearse and his ...

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1743 — Thomas Jefferson is born
    
Future President Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence and the nation's preeminent political theorist, is born on this day in 1743.
    
Historian and biographer Joseph Ellis has called Jefferson, who had a monumental role in shaping American politics, the American sphinx for ...

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Nuclear engineering students win Coryell Award

   
 Two UT alumni who studied nuclear engineering as undergraduates, Ben Farr and Jeremy Townsend, received the Charles D. Coryell Award in Nuclear Chemistry. This award, presented annually by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (ACS-DNCT), recognizes undergraduate excellence in ...

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New Norris House opens

    
With the cut of green ribbon, UT marked the opening of the New Norris House, a nationally recognized model for efficient and sustainable living.
    
The UT student-led team has worked for more than three years to bring the concept, first conceived in a classroom, to the ...

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JICS participates in UT’s “Computational Science Kickoff”

    A group of experts — including Director of the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS) Robert Harrison — gathered at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to speak with interested students, faculty, and staff about professional and educational opportunities in computational science and engineering. At ...

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Paul Ehrlich to lead discussion at Baker Center

   
 Baker Center Interdisciplinary Group on Energy and Environmental Policy will present Dr. Paul Ehrlich on Aug. 25 at 3:30 p.m in the Toyota Auditorium in the Baker Center.
    
Paul Ehrlich will give a 45 minute presentation and then lead a ...

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UT hosts First Day Free Play

   
Students are invited to enjoy games and entertainment at the Down Under Recreation Center in the UC Wednesday afternoon.
  
 As the first day of classes comes to an end, join your fellow students and friends for a relaxing afternoon of bowling, billiards, table tennis ...

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UT among Princeton Review's top 311 green colleges

UT has been recognized as one of the most environmentally responsible college campuses in North America by the Princeton Review. The education services company selected UT for inclusion in the second annual edition of its guidebook, The Princeton Review's Guide ...

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Chemistry department to hold Honors Day

The Department of Chemistry will be holding its 2011 Honor's Day Awards Ceremony today. Dub Shults, retired Associate Director of ORNL Analytical Sciences Division will be the guest speaker at this annual event.

Introduced in 1979, Honor's Day Awards Ceremony is held ...

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Maryville College president to discuss "The False Promise of Green Energy"

Maryville College President Tom Bogart will discuss his book, "The False Promise of Green Energy," today at UT.

The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium at the ...

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Girl Talk to headline Volapalooza on Friday

2011 Volapalooza: The Kickoff to Commencement concert will be held Friday at World's Fair Park featuring headliner Girl Talk with special guest Matt Costa and opener The Kingston Springs.

This year's concert is presented by Campus Entertainment Board, Cultural Attractions Committee ...

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UT Organic Crops Field Tour Features Tips for Commercial Growers and Home Gardeners

The University of Tennessee East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center will present its third annual Organic Crops Field Tour on Thursday. A trade show will open at 7:30 a.m., and tours and talks will begin ...

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Correction

In the April 19 issue of The Daily Beacon, Zac Ellis’ article surrounding proposed state gun legislation stated that the proposal would allow “permit-holding students, faculty and staff to carry firearms on campus.” State Senate bills 0051 and 0399 actually propose that any permit-carrying “full-time faculty and members of ...

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Engineering professor receives National Science Foundation award

Wei He, an assistant professor in UT's College of Engineering has received a National Science Foundation's (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award.

He received the award for her project "Immunologically Responsive Therapeutic Biomaterials to Modulate Wound Healing in the Nervous ...

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Ready for the World Café concludes semester with tropical flair

The Ready for the World Café at UT will offer a tropical menu for its final week of the semester, April 18–21.

The menu for this final week at the café is tropical salad, yummy honey chicken, sweet and ...