UT researchers are using AI and machine learning to speed up breast cancer treatment planning by analyzing pathology reports.
Hear from engineering student Bjorn Carlson about the study abroad experience at the University of Sydney in Australia.

UTSI Researchers Patent New X-Ray Imaging Technique University of Tennessee Space Institute Professor Jackie Johnson, UTSI Adjunct Research Associate Professor R. Lee Leonard, UTSI Senior Research Associate Chad Bond, and their colleagues have secured a patent for a technology that will improve medical imaging. Their innovation improves x-ray imaging technology by placing a standard light detector between two…

Michael Danquah, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the associate dean for academic and student affairs, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), a distinguished honor that recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of biological sciences. Election to Fellow status is one of the…

Connor Murphy was born with a genetic disease that inspired him to study engineering at the University of Tennessee. Murphy was just awarded a graduate research fellowship from NSF.
Hear from our engineering students about their study abroad experiences in San Jose, Costa Rica during the 2025 summer mini term.

Data-Driven Disaster Preparedness Starts at UT Knoxville This May, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) awarded a total of $1 million to two research teams blending academic and industry expertise within the University of Tennessee System. The award will be split evenly between grant recipient teams from UT Knoxville and UT Chattanooga,…
Hear from our students about their study abroad experience during the 2025 summer mini term in Milan, Italy.
During the May mini-term, I participated in the Nuclear Research Reactor Laboratory Abroad program in the Czech Republic that was hosted by the Czech Technical University in Prague at the VR-1 training reactor. The first week was used to apply reactor physics principles that we had previously only studied in the classroom. This gave a…

Haochen Li is developing a deep learning empowered flood hazard forecasting system for the East TN area that is more accurate than current flood risk models.
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