KNOXVILLE -- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Journalism and Electronic Media (JEM) will host a McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute on the Media and Nuclear Power Issues, July 16-18 at the International House, 1623 Melrose Ave.

UT Knoxville Chancellor's Professor Carol Tenopir, a faculty member in the School of Information Sciences, is featured in this Inside Higher Ed story on how university libraries are serving the growing field of interdisciplinary studies.

Sam Swan, professor and director of internationalization and outreach for the College of Communication and Information, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education. 

As world leaders grapple with issues such as diplomacy and democracy with Middle Eastern countries, some University of Tennessee communications professors are quietly building relationships, both professional and sometimes personal, with colleagues in the nation of Jordan. "

More than 370 students in the College of Communication and Information earned a spot on the dean's list for their academic achievement during the spring 2009 semester.