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Members of the public will be able to visually immerse themselves in two of the best-known lakes in the United States, thanks to a $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to UC Davis' Tahoe Environmental Research Center. The three-year grant will be used to develop three-dimensional visualization technology to enhance public understanding and stewardship of freshwater lake ecosystems and earth-science processes. The project will directly reach some 400,000 visitors to Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada, and Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York. The project's collaborators ...

UT Chancellor plans for in-person meeting with students after protest over lecturer accused of racism Students held a peaceful rally in Andy Holt Tower's lobby after an instructor was told to evaluate her teaching methods after writing a racist acronym during class. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 5:34 PM EST March 5, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Students gathered with signs and chants in the lobby of Andy Holt Tower on Friday after a University of Tennessee lecturer wrote a racist acronym during class in February and was told to evaluate her teaching methods. Some st...

Students protest after instructor writes racist acronym on chalkboard University of Tennessee students held peaceful rally after an instructor was told to evaluate her teaching methods after writing a racist acronym during class. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 4:34 PM CST March 5, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Students gathered with signs and chants in the lobby of Andy Holt Tower on Friday after a University of Tennessee lecturer wrote a racist acronym during class in February and was told to evaluate her teaching methods. Some students and student groups have contin...

Some students saw as offensive Melissa Hargrove's use of an acronym coined by the late hip hop artist Tupac Shakur in the 1990s.

My ask to faculty is this: please, keep up the flexible teaching.