Preview: this Saturday in Knoxville
Explore the City of Knoxville this weekend by joining in one of the many activities offered this Saturday, April 13. Sports, culture, food and fun are all available.
Courses
Work provided by JEM courses.
Nonviolent Activism: What to do when hate groups come to campus
Perry Baines addresses how to remain safe yet active when hate groups speak on campus
Opinion: Rend Collective leads powerful night of worship
Jolin Baker recaps Rend Collective's performance at Fellowship Church on Thursday, April 14.
Opinion: Big Ears 2016 is an experiential feast
Alexis Kamolnick explores the grandeur of this past weekend's seventh annual Big Ears Festival.
Opinion: Top 7 Easter activities
Jolin Bakers offers some suggestions for a celebratory Easter holiday with family and friends.
International conflict mediator shares strategy for countering extremism in Syria
Samar Ali presented a lecture titled “Countering Violent Extremism in Syria and Beyond” on Monday, Feb. 29 in the Howard Baker Center. Her lecture discussed the Syrian conflict over the past decade and strategies for countering violent extremism in the Middle East.
Paleontologist, author discusses link between humans and fish
Dr. Neil Shubin discussed the connection between humans and fish during the lecture "Your Inner Fish," part of McClung Museum's annual Darwin Day celebration on Thursday.
Black Lives Matter group protests city council meeting
Members of a protest group associated with the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement attended the Knoxville City Council meeting on Tuesday to protest the Magnolia Avenue Corridor Plan.
UT Alumnus encourages diversity at trailblazer series
Don Frieson, an alumnus of the University of Tennessee and executive vice president of operations at Sam's Club, told listeners to embrace diversity while speaking in the College of Communication & Information Scripps Lab on Thursday night.
Psychologist calls on African Americans to ‘take pride in race’
UT’s McClung Museum was packed with students ready to hear Dr. Umar Johnson’s lecture, The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Africa for the African’s Movement, on Wednesday. The clinical psychologist, educator and political scientist called on all African Americans to take pride in their race as part of the Pan-Africanism movement.
