Microsoft recently announced two first-of-their-kind reasoning agents for work: Researcher and Analyst. They analyze vast amounts of information with secure, compliant access to your work data—your emails, meetings, files, chats, and more—and the web to deliver highly-skilled expertise on demand. Researcher helps you tackle complex, multi-step research at work—delivering insights with greater quality and accuracy than… Read More
Flu vaccines for the 2025–2026 season are now available at University Health Services. Flu vaccination is not required for the 2025-26 academic year, but vaccination is strongly recommended. Please note that some academic programs may require flu vaccination, so be sure to comply with all program-specific requirements. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted, the annual flu vaccine is… Read More
After 16 years of stellar leadership as the chair of the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Ashley Harkrider, PhD, has been named the new dean of the university’s College of Health Professions, effective Wednesday, October 1. A respected leader, strategic innovator, enthusiastic collaborator, and dedicated mentor to students and faculty,… Read More
The Three-Minute Thesis competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by students and their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience with a static slide. Sign up here before October 13. You can submit your slides until October 17. For students on distant campuses, we will have… Read More
Each Wednesday during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’ll present an online game to help you learn more about cybersecurity. Today’s game, a Word Search, will teach you some terminology to make cybersecurity easier to understand. Play the game here. All of October’s activities will be posted on our Awareness page. Come join the fun!
Friday, October 17, 2025 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Central Nikki Dyer, EdD Assistant Professor College of Dentistry Discover how Emotional Intelligence (EI) can transform your effectiveness as a healthcare educator, student, or provider. In this engaging and interactive virtual session, we will explore the five core domains of EI—self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills—and… Read More
The Office of Research has named Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, PhD, as executive director of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s research core laboratories, effective September 19, 2025. Read more on the UT Health Science Center News website.
October’s guest speaker is Ashley Ellis, PharmD, from the College of Pharmacy. She will discuss Improving Engagement in Diabetes Prevention and Education Services using the Place-based Neighborhood Health Hub Model on Tuesday, October 7. Join us in the Coleman Building, on the 2nd floor in the Nephrology Conference Room (Room B227). Link to register for… Read More
