
Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Detective Matt Johnson was selected by the County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS) for a scholarship to attend the National Forensic Academy.
The academy, a program of CTAS sister agency the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, is known nationwide for its hands-on training in crime scene investigation, evidence collection and forensic science. Participants learn directly from leading experts in the field and obtain skills that make a real difference at their agencies.
The CTAS scholarship program helps law enforcement professionals from across Tennessee attend top-tier leadership and specialized training that their agencies might not otherwise be able to fund.
TLC-Partnered Research Presented in Ireland

Rebecca Todd Garvin, assistant professor of English at UT Southern and research associate at the Tennessee Language Center (TLC), recently presented two research projects on language in public spaces. The projects were presented during the annual LL17 Linguistic Landscape Workshop held at the University of Limerick in Ireland. TLC partnered with her and UT Southern on the project, Before the Sign: Building the Linguistic Landscape through Community Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Research. Since its inception in 2008, the annual Linguistic Landscape Workshop has become the leading international forum for interdisciplinary research on language in public spaces.
IPS Joins AI in Manufacturing Partnership Program
The UT Institute for Public Service’s Center for Industrial Services, along with UT Knoxville’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies, have launched a statewide partnership to expand emerging-technology workforce training for Tennessee employers in applied AI, cybersecurity, data science and other tech fields, offering customized corporate training, open-enrollment courses and stackable credentials. The first major initiative, the AI in Manufacturing Workforce Certificate, builds on a successful pilot with DENSO, opening advanced AI education to manufacturers statewide.


