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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For the fifth year, the University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s Science Alliance is offering undergraduate students hands-on research experience at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory through its Student Mentoring and Research Training program, or SMaRT. This summer, the program is hosting 40 undergraduates from 28 universities nationwide, including…
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UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s Science Alliance is proud to announce the 2025–26 GATE (Graduate Advancement, Training, and Education) award recipients — 11 outstanding graduate students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville! Congratulations to:Pradip AdhikariLia AmaliaSam GruberAnik MuhuryJason OlavesenMd. Saif Hassan OnimEmily ProehlOpeyemi TadeBipin T.Xudong WangHahley Marie Wiltse This year’s GATE awards represent an investment of…
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UTK PhD student Anna Jones is making strides in cancer research — and she’s just been awarded two scholarships from the American Nuclear Society (ANS): the 2025-2026 Gozani Family Graduate Scholarship and the 2025-2026 Oak Ridge/Knoxville Local Section Scholarship. Jones’ groundbreaking work with UT-ORII’s Radiopharmaceutical Therapies Convergent Research Initiative team is focused on developing new ways to diagnose and treat…
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UT-ORII researcher Adam Imel and UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Governor Chair Thomas Zawodzinski were awarded $1.1 million for their Dispersions and Degradation Project, a 3-year Department of Defense-sponsored project with Aerojet Rocketdyne. This project will be completed under UT-ORII’s Energy Storage and Transportation Convergent Research Initiative. Imel is a research assistant professor in…