The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that 19 additional medical schools pledged to require at least 40 hours of nutrition education, or an equivalent competency requirement, for students starting in fall 2026.
Paris native Austin Dunagan received his business administration degree May 2 during commencement exercises at the University of Tennessee at Martin. However, he won’t use his finance major to become a banking professional or wealth adviser. This fall, he’s headed to the UT Health Science Center in Memphis to pursue his doctor of dentistry degree,… Read More
Tennessee’s numerous new laws, effective July 1, reshape key areas from criminal justice and education to immigration.
ORNL, UT researchers unite to develop targeted radiation therapies that could transform treatment for one of the state’s deadliest diseases.
The federal government is spending $5 million on a voluntary medical school nutrition initiative, but fewer than 40% of the nation’s 202 accredited medical schools have signed on.
Medical accreditors, assessors and organizations have joined HHS’ nutrition education initiative.
On Monday, a giant box of orange dental floss sat outside of the Kingsport Higher Education Center under a sign that read “Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary.” The occasion was the ribbon cutting — or rather, floss cutting — of a new dental course at Northeast State Community College in collaboration with the University of Tennessee.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., standing next to Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center Dr. Jessica Snowden, speaks during an event about nutrition education,… Read More
