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STEMOVATE Launches in 22 Tennessee Counties
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Read more →: STEMOVATE Launches in 22 Tennessee CountiesCookeville, Tenn. (Nov. 21, 2025) — Regional leaders joined sixth graders at Algood Middle School today to launch STEMOVATE: Powering Tennessee’s Future Innovators, a new program delivering hands-on science, technology, engineering and math activities to classrooms in 22 counties across Tennessee. The University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII) is partnering with Tennessee 4-H, the Oak…
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Brynn Voy Named Interim Executive Director of UT–ORII
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Read more →: Brynn Voy Named Interim Executive Director of UT–ORIIThe University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT–ORII) Executive Council has named Brynn Voy interim executive director, effective upon the departure of Executive Director David Sholl in December. Sholl is leaving UT-ORII to become executive vice president for research at Rice University. Voy will continue to serve as UT–ORII’s director of education and director of…
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STEMOVATE Launches in 21 Tennessee Counties
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Read more →: STEMOVATE Launches in 21 Tennessee CountiesALAMO, Tenn. (Sept. 29, 2025) — State and local leaders joined sixth graders at Crockett County Middle School today to launch STEMOVATE, Powering Tennessee’s Future Innovators, a new program that brings hands-on science, technology, engineering and math activities to classrooms in 21 counties across Tennessee. The University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII) is partnering with…
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UT-ORII’s Bredesen Center Welcomes Largest Doctoral Cohort
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Read more →: UT-ORII’s Bredesen Center Welcomes Largest Doctoral CohortThe University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s (UT-ORII) Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education welcomed its largest incoming cohort this fall with 63 students. The new class brings the center’s total enrollment to 210 – marking another record. Established in 2011, the Bredesen Center was created to address workforce needs in the emerging…