Research and Discovery

From his first encounter with William Bass, P. Willey (’82) knew he wanted to become an anthropologist. You might even say his future was ordained.

A skeleton found in an abandoned house haunted Jennifer Love (’99 & 01) for months. As the forensic anthropologist for Shelby County, Tennessee, it was her job to piece together clues from those bones to figure out who this person was and return the remains to their family.

David Hunt (’83 & ’89) remembers visiting the Dickson Mounds State Museum, not far from his home in Washington, Illinois, as early as age six and being fascinated by the skeletons that had been excavated—some of them with arrow points still in them.

Before she had her diploma in hand, Katherine Van Hooser (’91) had accepted a job with NASA. Twenty-five years later, she’s risen to the ranks of chief engineer.

What happens to all the stuff that people send after a tragedy occurs, and why do they even send it? Digital Humanities Librarian Ashley Maynor wanted to know, so she made a documentary about it.

WUOT FM is building on its Tenn Words project by hitting the streets of local communities to document and report on important issues facing East Tennesseans.

Not only do Volunteers occupy every corner of the Earth, now they’ve taken over space, too.

With more than 30 years of experience in design, repair, and fabrication of scientific glass pieces, Bo Bishop’s work is crucial to research and instruction in the the chemistry department. Bishop…

Take a closer look at a few of the community engagement projects that helped the university earn the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement classification.

Students and faculty from different disciplines across campus take a new approach to service-learning by helping solve community issues in one of the country’s most underserved areas.