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Elementary Students Win National AI Competition With Support From UT

posted on June 10, 2026

A team of fourth- and fifth-grade students from Alcoa, Tennessee, won the national finals in the elementary category of the Presidential AI Challenge.
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Five elementary school students stand in front of an "AIS Leaders in Learning" backdrop and next to a large "A" and "I."

Elementary Students Backed by UT’s AI Tennessee Advance to National Competition

posted on June 2, 2026

With support from the AI Tennessee initiative and UT faculty, a team of elementary students from Alcoa Intermediate School in Alcoa, Tennessee, will compete in the national finals of the Presidential AI Challenge. Their success brings a classroom-driven vision for artificial intelligence in education to the national stage.

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A student conducts an experiment in the Molecular Beam Epitaxy core facility at the University of Tennessee.

UT Launches Knoxville Quantum Accelerator To Advance Tennessee’s Future

posted on May 29, 2026

UT is launching the Knoxville Quantum Accelerator (K-Quantum) to strengthen the region’s leadership in quantum technologies and translate quantum innovation into tangible economic benefits for companies and communities across Tennessee.

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Thomas Papenbrock is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in UT’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Research Rock Stars: Thomas Papenbrock Explores the Forces at the Core of Matter

posted on May 28, 2026

Theoretical Nuclear Physics professor Thomas Papenbrock is studying atomic nuclei using advanced theory and computation to better understand how matter behaves at its most basic level. 

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Keerthi Krishnan and graduate student Jacob Elrod discuss data visualization inside Krishnan’s lab at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Uncovering How the Brain Adapts—and Why It Sometimes Can’t 

posted on April 23, 2026

From learning instruments to mastering sports, the brain constantly adapts in response to experience through an ability known as plasticity. UT neuroscientist Keerthi Krishnan studies what happens when this process goes awry, aiming to uncover insights that could inform treatments for neurological disorders.

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Deep Jariwala, a leading scholar in quantum materials.

UT Names New Governor’s Chair for Quantum Devices

posted on April 8, 2026

Jariwala, a leading scholar in quantum materials and next-generation electronic devices, studies novel materials that can be used to create “microchips of the future.” He will establish a new research lab for material deposition and characterization, building on UT’s existing expertise in quantum materials and expanding the university’s leadership in artificial intelligence.

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