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UT Career Services is hosting the seventh annual Diversity Job Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 10 from 3-5 p.m. The event will take place on the concourse level of Thompson Boling arena. More than 30 companies will be present. The career fair is designed to connect employers seeking a multicultural workplace…

KNOXVILLE—The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business recognized the accomplishments of two alumni and one corporation during its sixth annual Alumni Awards Gala on Nov. 14. The college also honored alumnus James A. Haslam II, for whom the College of Business is named, and celebrated the culmination of…

Molly Adams and Christi Branscom were honored at the Women in Business Conference on Oct. 24 with Accomplished Alumni Awards from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Adams (HCB ’84) currently is executive vice president of global product development for Disney Consumer Products, the business affiliate of The Walt Disney Company.…

KNOXVILLE—A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, center dedicated to construction safety research to reduce injuries and fatalities has received $20,000 to further its work. The UT Construction Industry Research and Policy Center recently received the gift from Amerisure Insurance Company. The center is based in the UT College of Business Administration.…

Joe Carcello, a professor at the University of Tennessee College of Business, is one of 21 people on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee. On Wednesday, July 16, he joined WUOT All Things Considered host Brandon Hollingsworth about his role on that SEC panel.  More

KNOXVILLE– Six student-owned businesses won the seventh annual Undergraduate Business Plan Competition at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, this spring. They were chosen from among 31 business plans that competed for $20,000 in donated prize money in a contest sponsored by the UT Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, housed…

A prospering partnership In September of 2011, Y-12 and the University of Tennessee signed a Joint Assignment Agreement, the first of its kind for an NNSA production site, to allow for the formal exchange of key personnel. Today, both sites are reaping the benefits of this unique partnership, which brings…

KNOXVILLE—A business that simplifies wedding registries for couples is the winner of this semester’s Vol Court pitch competition. Dave Seeman, senior in mechanical engineering and founder of Willow List, an innovative gift registry that uses crowd sourcing to fund gifts, won first place and received $1,000 to move his business…

KNOXVILLE—Rhonda Reger, a professor of strategic management and entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been appointed director of research for the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She will be responsible for fostering and generating external funding to support entrepreneurship research. The Anderson Center is based in the…

KNOXVILLE— Gary Pratt, an entrepreneur and chief executive officer of an internationally recognized health care nonprofit, has received the Accomplished Alumni Award from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The 1977 business administration graduate was honored during a UT visit to speak to new venture creation classes Thursday. Lee Patouillet, associate…