UT System News

Non-Profit and the University of Tennessee Research Foundation Enter into Agreements to Use X-Ray Technology for Improved Medical Diagnostics in Developing Nations

A Knoxville-based non-profit organization has signed license agreements with the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) to use a portable x-ray imaging device and an associated medical image–generating software. This technology will provide better access to affordable diagnostic imaging in developing nations. “We are excited to see this technology developed at the University of Tennessee … Continued

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UT President: State Budget Favorable to Higher Education But More Work To Be Done

Among UT’s top budget requests that were funded: a new West Tennessee 4-H Center, a new science building for UT Knoxville, pay raises for employees, and full funding of the state’s higher education productivity gains.

Advocacy

Nationally Recognized Leader in Higher Education Excellence and Former UT Martin Administrator to be appointed Interim Chancellor

Robert M. Smith, who led award-winning innovations in enrollment management, improving retention and graduation rates, and strengthening academic quality during more than nine years as president of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, has been selected to serve as interim chancellor at the University of Tennessee at Martin.

Headlines

UT’s Blake Reagan Wins National Procurement Award

As a public institution, the university is bound by many laws and regulations that can make the procurement process less than efficient, but Reagan has implemented several initiatives to make the process better.

Employees

UT’s Research Enterprise Helps Boost State’s Profile

KNOXVILLE – New ideas are a commodity in the knowledge economy, and they are produced every day across the University of Tennessee. Combined with education and training, that innovation is helping boost the growth of the state of Tennessee’s research profile as announced in a report that analyzes the strength of research in the United … Continued

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