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April 18, 2006
Award-winning student authors to read works
Final Writers in the Library features creative writing students on April 24
Students in UT's Creative Writing Program compete annually for the John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Prizes in fiction and poetry. Winners were announced April 23 and will read from their award-winning works at the final WRITERS IN THE LIBRARY event of the season, 7 p.m. on Monday, April 24, in the John C. Hodges Library auditorium. The prizes were endowed by the same long-time UT English professor, author of the Harbrace College Handbook, for whom the Hodges Library is named.
Winners in fiction: First Place, Brad Tice, for his story "Antivenom." Second Place, Jessica Weintraub, for her story "The Center of the River."
Winners in poetry: First Place, Andrew Najberg, for his poem "Reverence." Second Place, Jessica Weintraub, for her poem "An African Conception."
Author of Harbrace Handbook made significant contributions to University Libraries, English lit
Dr. John C. Hodges came to UT Knoxville in 1921 and was named head of the English department in 1938, remaining in that position until his retirement in 1962.
His enthusiastic commitment to learning did not end with retirement, however. Three years earlier he had begun the task of improving the university's library collection, and he continued to serve voluntarily as coordinator of library development until his death in 1967.
His 41 years at the University were marked by far-reaching contributions to the study of English literature and the improvement of educational methods. Dr. Hodges' influence on the teaching of English continues today through his Harbrace College Handbook, the most widely used college text in the country.
The current John C. Hodges Main Library, which opened in 1987, was constructed around the John C. Hodges Undergraduate Library built in 1969.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 03:29 PM in Writers in the Library
April 12, 2006
Tennessee Reads: Dr. Bruce Wheeler to discuss Knoxville History
Dr. Bruce Wheeler presents: Knoxville: A Mountain City in the New South
Tennessee Reads
7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 25
University of Tennessee University Club (Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive)
Free and open to the public
Is Knoxville more Appalachian than Southern? Did onetime mayor and grocery store owner Cas Walker single-handedly impede progress in Knoxville for decades?
Discover Knoxville's complicated, colorful past on Tuesday, April 25 when Dr. Bruce Wheeler, author of Knoxville: A Mountain City in the New South, will speak to the Tennessee Reads Book Club. The talk begins at 7 pm and will be held at UT's University Club at the corner of Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive. The event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served.
Knoxville's history is often blanketed by myths and falsehoods. Wheeler will discuss the colliding forces that have shaped Knoxville's past: country and city, North and South, the poor and the elite. Wheeler will also highlight some of Knoxville's more interesting characters, such as Perez Dickinson, Edward Sanford, George Dempster (of Dempster Dumpsters), Louis Brownlow, Carlene Malone, Victor Ashe, Jake Butcher and the ever-captivating Cas Walker.
Attendees will have an opportunity to speak with Wheeler and purchase the book.
The Tennessee Reads book club was founded to celebrate the great literature and fascinating history of Tennessee by featuring titles from the University of Tennessee Press. The event is sponsored by the UT Press, WUOT, and the University of Tennessee Library Friends.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 04:00 PM in Events
April 11, 2006
Why Neutrons?
Tuesday, April 25, 2 pm
free and open to the public
What do credit cards, pocket calculators, compact discs, shatterproof windshields and satellite weather information have in common?
Each has been improved by neutron-scattering research.
Why do scientists use neutron beams to study materials and their properties? Here is your chance to find out!
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), a one-of-a-kind facility in Oak Ridge that will provide the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world, is almost complete. This $1.4 billion facility will allow thousands of scientists to improve the qualities of the materials that we use in our daily lives.
Dr. Ian S. Anderson, director of the Experimental Facilities Division for the Spallation Neutron Source will discuss SNS, why the facility is being built and what might be done with the neutrons it produces.
Dr. Ian S. Anderson is director of the Experimental Facilities Division for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). Before joining the SNS in March 2002, Dr. Anderson was Head of the Neutron Optics Laboratory at the Institute Laue Langevin, in Grenoble, France. There, he led a team working on the development and production of optical elements for neutron beam instrumentation. Dr. Anderson obtained a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in physics from Birmingham University and B.A. and M.A. degrees in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge, England.
Posted by Laura Purcell at 04:04 PM in Events