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SIS Professor working to detect research misconduct on a global scale
Professor Wade Bishop from the School of Information Sciences is committed to protecting and correcting the scholarly record with a focus on research data. Although the COVID-19 pandemic prevented him from presenting his 2020 research at the World Conference on Research Integrity that year, he was able to attend and share his findings this June…
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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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The Bachelor’s Most Recent Triumphs and Missteps
With the recent ending of season twenty-eight of The Bachelor, the franchise experienced a tremendous boom in popularity due to countless reasons. The Bachelor had a large following and drew in a big crowd along with some fan favorites from the season. The franchise has a VERY dedicated fan base which has continued growing year after year. After the…
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Miami Breaks up with Spring Break
Breakups are tough, especially when they leave you feeling blindsided or worse…questioning if the love was ever there at all. That gut wrenching heartbreak is what significant amounts of spring breakers felt last week when the city of Miami announced that they were “breaking up with spring break.” The campaign dropped last week to announce increased…
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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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Super Bowl Ad Round-Up
It’s that special time of the year again when all of us at the Adam Brown Social Command Center get to gather ‘round the TV and watch Patrick Mahomes slay the Super Bowl. From Taylor and Travis (Tayvis?) to the new Hellmann’s mayonnaise cat, we have plenty of themes to discuss from ads that kept…
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Peyton’s Presser and the Sheriff rolling back onto Rocky Top for one last dance
by Aman Misra Fall semester at the University of Tennessee is always a vibe. This year 2023, the anticipation was even more than just cozy weather and coffee on Rocky Top. Former College of Communication and Information (CCI) Speech Communications ’97 graduate Peyton Manning announced that he would be joining CCI as a professor of…
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The Future of AI at UT
By: Rohit Gunti As one of the top Universities in the nation (no bias here), UT should be dreaming big about the possibilities that could take student experience to it to the rocky top. With the AI Tennessee initiative led by UT, the sky truly is the limit. This initiative is focused on Smart manufacturing,…
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Spotlighting the Millions of Muslims that Engage in Ramadan
Muslimah Yusuff Have you ever encountered individuals who have mentioned observing a practice called Ramadan, during which they abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset? Ramadan is a sacred month within the Islamic faith, observed by Muslims worldwide. This period of fasting encompasses not only abstaining from food and drinks – which…