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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…

Written by Whitney Heins Many children want to be an astronaut when they grow up. Or a professional basketball player. Or a famous singer. Not Ellen McIntyre. Growing up in…

Research from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is getting widespread attention. Take a look at some of our faculty’s latest work and where it has turned up…

Written by Addie Morton As a FUTURE student, Landen Greene thoroughly enjoyed his internship in the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center and being around student–athletes, so much so that he…

Written by Addie Morton UT and Pellissippi State Community College have come together to help bring STEM teachers to classrooms in Appalachia. VolsTeach for Appalachia aims to grow and diversify…

Mary Jane Bell Sharp, a graduate of the Home Economics program in 1948, has passed away. The Home Economics program is now known as the Department of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism…

Bilingual children do not have more advantages than monolingual children when it comes to executive function, which includes remembering instructions, controlling responses, and shifting swiftly between tasks, according to a…