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New DOE Grant Expands East Tennessee Switchgrass Research to Almost 7000 Acres

The University of Tennessee Biofuels Initiative continues to be recognized as among the nation’s leaders in the development of biofuels. On November 12, USDA and DOE announced a new round of $24 million in research grants, and the UT Biofuels Initiative is slated to receive some $2.35 million in funding to research and demonstrate various aspects of switchgrass production, harvesting and transportation logistics and ethanol yield for some 2000 acres of locally produced switchgrass.

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UT’s Kraken is Named World’s Fastest Academic Supercomputer and Third Most Powerful Worldwide

East Tennessee is now home to two of the world’s three fastest computers, according to new rankings released today.

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Microbiologist and Environmental Engineer Loeffler Named Sixth UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair

Frank Loeffler, a leading expert in environmental microbiology and the use of bacteria to clean and protect environmental resources, has been named the sixth University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair.

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Local Government Officials Complete UT Leadership Training

Sixteen county and municipal government leaders have successfully completed the 17th annual Local Government Leadership Program (LGLP) at the Jimmy Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership, an agency of the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service.

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UT Knoxville Wins $10M Grant for Powerful New Supercomputer

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, $10 million to develop a computer system that will interpret the massive amounts of data created by the current generation of high-performance computers in the agency’s national computer grid.

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