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Volkswagen launches new research collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Volkswagen Group of America’s Innovation Hub Knoxville, the company’s technology unit for applied materials science, has expanded its research col…

Michele Mackeown November 4, 2021

New strategic vision recognizes and celebrates UTK’s role in advancing Tennessee’s innovation economy

During its fall meeting at the end of October, the University of Tennessee (UT) Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new strategic vision for the …

Michele Mackeown November 4, 2021

UTRF Feature Story: CTN2, A Statewide Enabling Collaboration for Clinical Trials

A subsidiary of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation, the Clinical Trials Network of Tennessee (CTN2) facilitates industry-sponsored clin…

Michele Mackeown November 2, 2021

Students Design Outdoor Recreation Center for UT Research Park

In early October 2021, Rose’s studio completed the first phase of a design/build project in support of a proposed outdoor recreation center for the�…

Nicole Allen October 27, 2021

Curtain Comes Down on “Innov865 Week” with Panel Discussion at ETEC

In the final event for “Innov865 Week,” Tricia Martinez, Managing Director of the “Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator,” led a pane…

Nicole Allen October 25, 2021

At UT Innovation is Everywhere

Innovation is everywhere. The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is proud to support innovations from all colleges and departments across the…

Nicole Allen September 29, 2021

UTK-led Consortium Receives $5M DoD Grant

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced the awarding of five grants totaling approximately $25 million under the “Defense Manufacturing Communi…

Nicole Allen September 29, 2021

Manufacturing Camps Showcase Expertise to Pre-College, Industry Professionals

A recent series of camps teaching computer numerically controlled machining focused on training the current and future workforces that will be using t…

Nicole Allen September 22, 2021

UT Partners in Advanced Composites Research through NSF Program

A recent National Science Foundation grant involving faculty in UT’s Tickle College of Engineering will further strengthen that presence through t…

Nicole Allen September 22, 2021

UT’s Baker Center Hires First Director of Policy Partnerships

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy announced that Bill Lyons will join the center’s staff as …

Nicole Allen September 13, 2021