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University of Tennessee

Nation’s dominant program post-COVID, the Tennessee Vols seeking elusive title

Teresa M. Walker, AP

June 7, 2024

The Volunteers’ 204 victories and 540 home runs since the start of the 2021 season are the most of any Division I program. They’ve won two SEC regular-season titles and two conference tournament championships.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball, University of Tennessee

Tennessee, Virginia AGs suing NCAA over NIL-related recruiting rules with Vols under investigation

Teresa M. Walker, APandRalph D. Russo, AP

January 31, 2024

The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday that challenged its ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes, and in response to the association’s investigation of University of Tennessee. The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee […]

Filed Under: Education, Sports Tagged With: Associated Press, Attorney General, Jonathan Skrmetti, lawsuit, NCAA, Tennessee Attorney General, University of Tennessee, Volunteers

The University of Tennessee is among America’s largest collections failing to return Native American human remains

Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, Ash Ngu, ProPublicaandGraham Lee Brewer, NBC News

January 12, 2023

As the United States pushed Native Americans from their lands, museums and the federal government encouraged the looting of Indigenous remains, funerary objects and cultural items. Many of the institutions continue to hold these today — and in some cases resist their return.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Native American, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, University of Tennessee

Help wanted: Tennessee boosts teacher apprenticeship program with $20M

Blaise Gainey

May 16, 2022

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Tennessee’s program to develop and train more teachers is expanding its reach. The state is investing $20 million in the Grow Your Own initiative, with the goal of increasing the number of teachers in the state.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: teachers, tennessee department of education, University of Tennessee

Black males aren’t graduating with their peers from Tennessee colleges. What are the solutions?

Damon Mitchell

May 6, 2022

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The six-year graduation rate for Black males at public colleges is at least 20 percentage points below the rates of their peers each year, according to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: APSU, Austin Peay State University, college, college graduation rate, East Tennessee State University, Higher Education, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee Tech University, TSU, University of Memphis, University of Tennessee, UT

Two years after the FBI labeled him a spy, a Tennessee professor returns to the classroom

Marianna Bacallao

April 7, 2022

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Civil rights advocates have criticized the so-called “China Initiative” for targeting professors based on their ethnicity. For one Tennessee professor, it’s been a long journey back to the classroom after his arrest.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: China, University of Tennessee, UT

Dentists could get higher pay from Medicaid as part of Tennessee’s proposed expansion

Blake Farmer

March 1, 2022

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Dentists are generally supportive of Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to expand dental coverage to everyone on TennCare. But they’re reserving their full-throated support until the details are worked out.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Jeannie Beauchamp, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee Dental Association, University of Tennessee

TennCare proposes offering dental coverage to just about everyone in its program

Blake Farmer

February 15, 2022

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Tennessee is trying to improve oral health. But which comes first: more dentists or more patients with dental coverage? It’s a classic chicken and egg problem. So state leaders are trying to expand both at once.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: dental health, Lisa Piercey, Meharry Medical College, oral health, Stephen Smith, TennCare, University of Tennessee

For Newly Forming UT Southern, The Mascot Blends The Clashing Colors Of 2 Merged Schools

Blake Farmer

July 1, 2021

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Martin Methodist College in Pulaski is now officially part of the University of Tennessee system. Starting today, it’s known as UT Southern. One challenge has been finding a way to blend the school colors of red and highlighter orange.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Higher Education, University of Tennessee, UT Southern

In Hiring Blitz, UT Names New Football Coach — Also From Central Florida

Rachel Iacovone

January 27, 2021

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Josh Heupel was hired by his former boss Danny White, who was announced as UT’s new athletic director last week. Heupel is a former quarterback at Oklahoma.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: football, University of Tennessee, UT, Vols, Volunteers

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