On Thursday, April 12, poet and critic Kevin Young will read as part of an event sponsored by the Department of English Creative Writing Program. Kevin Young is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Poetry Editor of the New Yorker, and the author of eleven books of poetry and … Continued
Join us at Hodges Library for free screenings of independent and foreign films. Feature films will be screened at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium on the first Wednesday of each month, throughout the semester. Showing Wednesday, April 4, at 7 p.m.— Patema Inverted Patema Inverted is a perspective-twisting sci-fi adventure about two kids … Continued
High school, middle school, and early college students can explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at Big Orange STEM Saturday (BOSS), April 7, on the University of Tennessee campus. Students — and their parents — are invited to attend the mini-conference from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the John C. Hodges Library, … Continued
The UT Libraries Diversity Committee hosts a series of lunchtime discussions to facilitate comfortable dialog about diversity and inclusion. Lunch and Learn invites students and other members of the campus community to talk openly but respectfully about complex issues that impact their lives and their campus experience. Join us for a workshop on: Having Difficult … Continued
The singer/songwriter duo Count This Penny were the first artists to partner with the UT Libraries to create works of art to celebrate our unique collections. Amanda and Allen Rigell (aka Count This Penny) composed two songs inspired by materials in the Wilma Dykeman and James R. Stokely Jr. Papers, which are preserved by and … Continued
On Monday, March 26, poet Ali Cobby Eckermann will read as part of UT’s Writers in the Library reading series. Ali Cobby Eckermann is a Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal poet from Adelaide, Australia who is the author of seven books, including the verse novel Ruby Moonlight, the poetry collections Inside My Mother and Love Dreaming & Other … Continued
PowerNotes is a great way to gather, organize, and keep track of your online research. The UT Libraries has purchased a trial subscription that gives members of the UT Knoxville community free access to PowerNotes. To get started, visit powernotes.com and download/install the PowerNotes extension into your Chrome browser. Create a free account using your … Continued
Join us at Hodges Library for free screenings of independent and foreign films. Feature films will be screened at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium on the first Wednesday of each month, throughout the fall and spring semesters. Showing Wednesday, March 7, at 7 p.m.— The Automatic Hate When Davis Green’s alluring young cousin … Continued
This week, March 5-9, is Open Education Week, and we’re celebrating open educational resources. Open educational resources (OERs) are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching and learning. Open textbooks are one type of OER. Open Textbooks Just two years ago, we knew that one course had … Continued
The UT Libraries Diversity Committee hosts a series of lunchtime discussions to facilitate comfortable dialog about diversity and inclusion. Lunch and Learn invites students and other members of the campus community to talk openly but respectfully about complex issues that impact their lives and their campus experience. Join us for two workshops this spring: Gender … Continued