Spring 2023

Question. Examine. Discover.

Every day researchers across the UT System seek to answer questions, uncover new truths or learn about the past to improve the future. We’re helping people or investigating problems for corporations. As we work in our laboratories and classrooms, we seek to impact lives across Tennessee and the world. We share just a few ways in which we do so in this issue.

Richard Schoeberl

‘Something Had to be Done’

Nearly 28 million people are currently enslaved around the world, with traffickers raking in $150 billion a year. UT Southern…

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From left, Lester Laminack, Kelly Starling Lyons, Carol Hampton Rasco, George Ella Lyon and Ronnie Erwin review books during the children’s literature conference.

UTS Welcomes Teacher Conference on Children’s Literature

UT Southern hosted a conference on Children’s Literacy: Igniting the Love for Literacy with more than 150 attendees in February.

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