For Naijia Hao and countless others, the spring 2020 semester ended abruptly and without the usual fanfare and celebration typically associated with completing a PhD program. Hao didn’t even get to say goodbye to many of her friends and colleagues before she left Knoxville for New Mexico to begin a post-doctoral research associate position.

The Graduate School would like to introduce the newest member of our team, Jennifer Rawdon, who will be assisting graduate students with last names starting with A–K get through the graduation process.

Read about twelve graduate student/faculty pairs who were awarded funding through the Student/Faculty Research Awards.

If you plan on graduating fall 2020 there are a few major deadlines coming up on November 23rd.

Will you be teaching a face-to-face or hybrid course next spring for the first time? This Thursday, join instructors who have previously taught in these forms to learn strategies and approaches to create a successful learning experience for your students.

Brittany Panos hopes to provide support for efforts that make farming more environmentally sustainable through the intersection of agriculture and bird conservation.

ACTive bystander training isn’t just for undergraduate students, it’s for graduate students too.  Participants in the Vols ACT training will learn how to identify sexual harassment behaviors and red flags, understand the effects of harassment in academia, and apply Vols ACT to real-world situations to prevent and respond to sexual harassment.

IRB 101 is an overview of IRB requirements and procedures, and is open to anyone who wishes to learn how to receive human subjects approval for research at the University of Tennessee. If you are doing research, you should probably know what an IRB is, and why it matters to you, so consider attending. For more details about the sessions, visit the Office of Research and Engagement. The next session for fall 2020 is Thursday, November 12th from 10:00am to 12:00pm. You can register for this session at tiny.utk.edu/irb101.

Vols Online is hosting a Brown Bag series on online teaching and learning. There are two upcoming sessions and speakers will be sharing strategies, tips and recommendations for successful teaching and learning online.