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Category Archives: Student Spotlight


Read about some winning Student Faculty Research Award proposals that cover topics such as psychology, public health, nutrition, and nursing.


In 2019, Tickle College of Engineering launched an Engineering Education graduate certificate program to provide training in education theory, research […]


We are proud to announce our Fall 2021 Commencement speaker, Bikash Bogati!


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


Bikash Bogati, a PhD candidate in the Department of Microbiology, was recently featured in Science in the Working Life section. Bogati submitted a personal essay in which he reflects on his volunteer experience and how it has helped him through his program.


David Dooley, working toward his PhD in chemical engineering, is using gene-editing technology in the battle against illness and disease. Read more about Dooley, his work, and his plans for the future in this month’s ORE Graduate Student Spotlight.


We are proud to announce our spring 2021 Commencement speaker- Sa’Nealdra Wiggins! Sa’Nealdra moved here in 2013 in pursuit of a graduate degree from UT, after receiving a BS in health education with a concentration in public health from Middle Tennessee State University. She is currently a Tennessee Doctoral Fellow and a trainee in the Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Training program. She is also certified as a Health Education Specialist (CHES) and will sit for the examination to be a registered dietitian following graduation. You can read Sa’Nealdra’s full bio on our website at gradschool.utk.edu/graduation/graduate-professional-hooding/featured-speaker/