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Written by Brian Canever Photos by Steven Bridges The hour before the announcement felt like one of the longest in Kami Lunsford’s life. A 2006 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, alumna,…

With COVID-19 still looming and flu season quickly approaching, it’s more important than ever that we continue to boost our immunity. In an interview with WBIR Channel 10, Lee Murphy,…

“The thing with community and local economies is that the more you prop up your local economy, the stronger your local economy will be.”   Written Stefanie Benjamin and Sarah…

Written by Brian Canever Cody Neighbors, a fourth-year student in the Deaf Studies program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, sensed it the moment he walked onto the silent second…

Three faculty from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) were recently awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Computer Science for All program. This funding will bring Culturally…

Child and Family Studies Jeremy Kanter is an assistant professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies. In 2019, he received his PhD in Human Development and Family Science from…

The 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is on Sunday, July 26, 2020. This landmark law forever changed the landscape of inclusion and accessibility in the United…

It was a win-win situation born from the most unpredictable circumstances for a dozen University of Tennessee, Knoxville, teacher education students and Centro Hispano, a local nonprofit serving Latino youth…

David Bassett, professor in Kinesiology, Recreation, & Sport Studies, conducted a study with I-Min Lee, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and colleagues to debunk the age-old myth that walking…

Samantha Ehrlich, from the Department of Public Health, and colleagues have an article published in the newest volume of The Lancet: Diabetes & Endocrinology Journal, that examines whether a lifestyle intervention can help…