CCI Research & Innovation Center
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SIS Professor Dania Bilal Recognized Among World’s Top Scientists
School of Information Sciences Professor Dania Bilal has been recognized as one of the world’s top 2 percent of scientists based on her number of citations. Bilal publications focus on children’s information behavior and interaction with technologies. “Being in the top 2 percent of most-cited scientists worldwide speaks to the impact of my long-term and…
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CCI Recognizes 2024 Retirees, Students, and Award Winners
Every spring, the College of Communication and Information recognizes and honors those who have made significant achievements in their work, whether it be excellence in teaching, research, or volunteering, or the time that they have contributed before retiring. In 2023, CCI has had much to celebrate from its graduate students, faculty, and staff. The following…
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Doctoral Student’s Research Seeks to Improve Health Information Messaging in Rural Communities
Doctoral student Kristin Schrader won first place for best doctoral student research presentation at the 46th Annual College of Communication and Information Research Symposium on Feb. 8. While rates of colon cancer are pretty similar across rural and urban areas, research shows rural residents typically find the cancer at a much later stage. This can…
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Four Fellows Named for CCI’s Information Integrity Institute
Four inaugural Information Integrity Institute fellows have been selected from among the faculty at the College of Communication and Information, one from each school and all of whom are already conducting research that falls under the institute’s scope: “I wanted to have representation from the schools and also a mixture of rank from full professor,…
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Master’s Alum Finds Success in Communications at Y-12
Chancellor’s Professor Suzie Allard knew Amanda Andrews would find a way to achieve her career goals no matter what hurdles stood in the way. Andrews was a student in Allard’s data science class while pursuing her master’s degree in advertising and public relations from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Communication and Information. “Amanda…
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CCI’s Links up with World Data System as a Leader in Open Science Initiatives
Caption: Meredith Goins, director of World Data System, speaks with attendees at the World Data Systems Conference in Knoxville in summer 2023 A communication college working with the Department of Energy is not a very common occurrence. But the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has never been afraid of charting new courses, and the College of…
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New CCI Information Integrity Institute Will Nurture Interdisciplinary Research
“In today’s society, we are constantly bombarded by an information tidal wave. It’s difficult for people to know what is good information, and what is harmful. Our individual and our community well-being depends on people finding trustworthy information,” said Suzie Allard, Chancellor’s Professor of Information Sciences. Allard, who is also the CCI associate dean for…
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Recent Master’s Grad Kylie Julius Celebrates Successes in Research
Throughout her time as an undergraduate and graduate student at the College of Communication and Information, Kylie Julius has pulled much of her strength and inspiration from the faculty she says “took a chance” on her. But their investment in her paid off when Julius not only graduated with her master’s from CCI this past…
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SIS Teams Up with 4-H, UTIA, to Improve Digital Literacy in Rural Tennessee
Excellent scholarship and research is one of the core components of any Research 1 institution, and that has been a driving force behind the work of both faculty and students at the College of Communication and Information. But there is always room to grow, improve, and expand the scope of what is done, which is…