NEW: Free Access to the Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Network!

Access to the Social Science Research Network’s Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Network (ERPN) is now available to the University community. ERPN’s resources include professional announcements (calls for papers, conferences, etc.), professional job listings, a professional directory, and free access to worldwide research papers. SSRN’s goal is to “provide worldwide distribution of research to authors and … Continued

Films in March

Film Movement Film Series Tuesday, March 11 7:30pm Hodges Library Auditorium The Way I Spent The End Of The World Romania / d. Catalin Mitulescu / 106 min Set in Romania towards the end of the Ceausescu regime, The Way I Spent the End of the World depicts a few months in the life of … Continued

Michael Knight to Read at Writers in the Library, March 10

Michael Knight, UT associate professor of creative writing, will read from his recently published book, The Holiday Season, at the March 10th Writers in the Library event. In the first of two novellas comprising The Holiday Season, a father and two adult sons struggle through the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays to redefine their relationships after … Continued

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! RocknRoll

Taylor Hackford’s Chuck Berry. Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ roll Chatsworth, CA : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, [2006]. DVD: ML420 .B365 T3 2006 The unforgettable life and music of pioneering legend Chuck Berry celebrated in this landmark feature film, capturing a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of rock and roll’s finest! In 1986, Keith Richards invited a roster … Continued

Student Art in the Library – Call for submissions

UT Libraries seeks submissions to the Fall Student Art in the Library exhibition. Entrants must be registered graduate or undergraduate students. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 8. Selected artwork will be installed in May and remain on view through November 2008 in first floor reference room, Hodges Library. For more info, contact Jennifer … Continued

Who are the Melungeons? Wayne Winkler to speak, March 11

****EVENT MOVED TO THE MARY E. GREER ROOM**** ****258 Hodges Library (at Melrose Ave. entrance)**** Who are the Melungeons? These mysterious inhabitants of Hancock County, Tennessee and environs are one of a number of “tri-racial isolate”* groups living in southern Appalachia. Like other mixed-race groups, they were the targets of legal and social restrictions enacted … Continued

Topiary artist Pearl Fryar to visit UT, Feb. 27-28

Self-taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar will visit UT this month. Fryar, an African American man in his mid-60s who began creating a three-acre topiary garden in 1984 in an effort to win Yard of the Month for his home, has become an international phenomenon and is the subject of an award-winning film. The film, A … Continued

ProTools workshop in Hodges Library

Beyond GarageBand: Introduction to ProTools. Taught by Matt Jordan of the Music Library, this class is designed to introduce participants to Pro Tools, an industry standard audio recording software. This hour long class, on February 13 from 4:00-5:00 in Room 127 of Hodges Library, will be a discussion and demonstration only. Although there is not … Continued