UT System News Article: KNOXVILLE—Stacey Patterson, University of Tennessee associate vice president for research since 2015, was confirmed by a vote of the UT Board of Trustees today as the University’s next vice president for research, outreach and economic development. Patterson was appointed interim vice president by UT President Joe DiPietro in July, filling a (read more)
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NSF I-Corps Wraps up at the University of Tennessee
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Fall Regional program concluded at The Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Thursday, October 19. The program marked the beginning of UT’s participation in the I-Corps South Node, one of eight regional networks developed to support innovation education, infrastructure, and research. Shawn Carson, a lecturer at the UT (read more)
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Tao Lowe
Tao Lowe, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Her primary interest is the use of biomaterials for translational research in areas such as nanotechnology, drug and gene delivery, regenerative medicine, precision medicine, neural engineering, stem (read more)