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UT-ORII Hosts Biggest Group of SMaRT Interns
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Read more →: UT-ORII Hosts Biggest Group of SMaRT InternsThe University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII) is hosting its 4th Student Mentoring and Research Training (SMaRT) internship program this summer, with its biggest group of students yet — 59 undergraduates from 21 states! Each year, UT-ORII recruits the nation’s best and brightest undergraduates for its SMaRT internaship program. This year’s SMaRT group includes…
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Sholl Selected as UT-ORII Executive Director
Read more →: Sholl Selected as UT-ORII Executive DirectorApril 11, 2024 – Oak Ridge, Tenn. – David Sholl has been named the executive director of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII) and vice provost of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, after serving as the institute’s interim leader since June 2023. Sholl’s selection comes after an extensive national search and selection process that…
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UT-ORII SELECTS TWO NEW $20M UT-ORNL CONVERGENT RESEARCH INITIATIVES
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Read more →: UT-ORII SELECTS TWO NEW $20M UT-ORNL CONVERGENT RESEARCH INITIATIVESFebruary 15, 2024 – The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII) has selected circular bioeconomy systems and radiopharmaceutical therapies as its two newest Convergent Research Initiatives (CRIs), areas of joint research for UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Over the next five years, UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will invest $40 million—$20…
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UT-ORII’s Bredesen Center Selects Zhili Zhang to lead UT-ORNL Energy Science and Engineering Ph.D. program
Read more →: UT-ORII’s Bredesen Center Selects Zhili Zhang to lead UT-ORNL Energy Science and Engineering Ph.D. programJanuary 23, 2024 – The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education has named Zhili Zhang as program director of its Energy Science and Engineering (ESE) graduate program. Zhang will be filling the position that has been held on an interim basis by Yanfei Gao, Professor in Materials…