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 …
Research and Discovery
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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 …
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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 …
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Written by Jennifer Jabson Tree, MPH, PhD We all experience stress—good stress (e.g., a promotion at work) and bad stress (e.g., family crisis). You may be experiencing one or both …
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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 …
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College students in southern Appalachia are affected by food insecurity at a higher rate than the national average, which can translate into poor academic performance and unhealthy spending habits and …
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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 …
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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 …
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By Sarah Plemmons During the summers of 2016 and 2017, a UT professor traveled to the Southern Highlands of Ethiopia to observe families from the small community of Doko. Department …
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by Sarah Plemmons Stefanie Benjamin, assistant professor in the Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management, first encountered improv while studying for her PhD of Educational Foundations and Inquiry at …