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Sport Management Grad Jerod Mayo Named New England Patriots Head Coach
From New England Patriots/Tennessee Athletics Announcement Tennessee Vol For Life Jerod Mayo, who left his mark in Knoxville as one of the greatest linebackers in program history, has been tabbed as the 15th head coach of the New England Patriots, the historic franchise officially announced on Friday. Mayo succeeds legendary coach Bill Belichick, who he…
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UT College of Education, Health and Human Sciences Receives $3.7 Million for Multi-Institution Special Education Doctoral Program
Preparing the next generation of special education teachers and researchers through a collaborative, multi-institution project KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s not every day that faculty researchers have an opportunity to design and implement a project using the same grant competition that funded their own doctoral training. For Tara Moore, associate professor of special education in the Department…
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NSF Grant to Advance Racial Justice in Elementary Education Mathematics
Black and Latinx parents in urban schools will lead change and advance racial justice in their children’s elementary mathematics classes with the help of a National Science Foundation-funded research project conducted by Frances Harper, assistant professor of STEM and Mathematics Education in the Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education. Harper, who was recently awarded a…
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$1 Million Grant Bringing Culturally Relevant Robotics to Two Knox County Schools
Three faculty from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) were recently awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Computer Science for All program. This funding will bring Culturally Relevant Robotics to Fair Garden Preschool and Sam E. Hill Primary School in the Knoxville area. The research team is made up of Frances Harper,…