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Time: Colleges need to change. Trump’s plan would only make them worse
Oct. 22, 2025—Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor and professor of medicine, health, and society, co-authored this opinion piece.
The Conversation: Giant ground sloths’ fossilized teeth reveal their unique roles in the prehistoric ecosystem
Oct. 22, 2025—Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of biological sciences, co-authored this piece.
What would a small black hole do to the human body? Robert Scherrer aims to answer that
Oct. 21, 2025—Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small black hole tried to pass through your body? An article by Professor of Physics Robert Scherrer in the International Journal of Modern Physics D poses and answers that very question. Scherrer set...
Knoxville News Sentinel: What’s the Hatch Act? Why lawmakers, advocates say Trump shutdown messaging is illegal
Oct. 17, 2025—John Dearborn, Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Dean’s Faculty Fellow and assistant professor of political science, quoted.
Axios: Exclusive: OpenAI hires black hole physicist in broader science push
Oct. 17, 2025—Alex Lupsasca, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, featured.
On the 10-year anniversary of the first gravitational wave detection, A&S astrophysicists lead the way in discoveries
Oct. 16, 2025—On September 14, 2015, at 4:51 a.m. Central Time, scientists witnessed something no human had ever seen before: two black holes colliding. These black holes, which were 29 and 36 times the mass of the sun, respectively, had been circling each other for millions of years. Their rotations became increasingly faster until they eventually collided...
CNBC: Trump says the war is over, but the path to peace in the Middle East is fragile
Oct. 15, 2025—Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, quoted.
CNN: Trump’s free speech backflip was 250 years in the making
Oct. 13, 2025—Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, quoted.
WTVF, Channel 5: Buddhism in America
Oct. 10, 2025—Adeana McNicholl, assistant professor of religious studies, interviewed.
Wired: The first animals to appear on Earth were sea sponges.
Oct. 10, 2025—Research from Antonis Rokas, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biological Sciences, cited.