UT Gardens’ Blooms Days Festival and Marketplace 2009

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Unique garden goods, live musical performances, workshops, children’s activities and more make the UT Gardens’ Blooms Days a great destination for more than just gardeners. Blooms Days has become a summer tradition, drawing families, students, and Knoxville natives to experience the splendor of the gardens. The event will run Saturday, June 27, … Continued

PLoS 10% discount on publication fees

Reminder: UT authors receive a 10% discount on PLoS publishing charges because UT is an institutional member. Core principles of PLoS are available. Funding to cover the PLoS publication fees is available from the UTK OA Fund on Main Campus. In the UTIA?  Contact your Dean or Director of Research for funds. Researchers can also … Continued

UT Press Overstock Book Sale, June 26, UT Conference Center

On Friday, June 26th, the University of Tennessee Press will hold a Scratch & Dent & Overstock Book Sale. Most books will be priced $5 for paperbacks and $10 for hardcover. The sale will take place in the UT Press lobby, located in front of Suite 110 of the UT Conference Center Building, 600 Henley … Continued

Library helps solve atomic bomb mystery on “History Detectives”

Microfilmed patent documents in UT’s Hodges Library helped PBS’s “History Detectives” resolve a mystery relating to the invention of the atomic bomb. Episodes of “History Detectives” attempt to solve historical puzzles submitted by viewers. In an upcoming program, a contributor is certain that his father worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. His … Continued

UTK on iTunes U

• Listen to podcasts from all over the world • Download lectures and interviews • Subscribe to podcasts • Explore UTK academics • Take it “to go” on your iPod or iPhone http://itunesu.utk.edu/

Pendergrass Library is cashless.

Pendergrass library will follow the UT Libraries no cash policy starting May 11 2009. This branch will no longer have cash available to make change or to accept cash payments on account charges. Volcard, debit card, credit card, and checks are accepted payment options at this branch. Visit the online Volcard payment center to add … Continued