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LSI to open training center in West Knoxville, create 265 jobs

May. 4, 2021

The online lender and loan processing firm will invest $2M

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South is the fastest growing region, according to 2020 US Census results

Apr. 30, 2021

Tennessee as a whole grew by 8.9% from 2010, according to census data

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More than $33 million in federal money earmarked for Blount Foothills Parkway repairs

16-mile stretch of Blount Foothills Parkway has locked in funding that will address a variety of needs

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ORNL licenses revolutionary AI system to General Motors for automotive use

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed its award-winning artificial intelligence software system, the Multinode Evolutionary Neural Networks for Deep Learning, to General Motors for use in vehicle technology and design.

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UT Impact Rankings Demonstrate Strengths around UN Sustainable Development Goals

UT has demonstrated strengths in several core areas based on rankings released by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for 2021

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UTMC: $5 million gift from Jim and Natalie Haslam will boost health care access, equity

Apr. 22, 2021

Jim and Natalie Haslam are giving $5 million to the University of Tennessee Medical Center

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A Jack Daniel’s master distiller launches Smokies-inspired whiskey with a Townsend tasting room

Apr. 20, 2021

Company Distilling’s bourbon whiskey will debut this fall in East Tennessee

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ORNL partnerships target innovations in battery manufacturing, cell prototyping

ORNL is collaborating with five new industry partners to accelerate innovations for high energy-density, low-cost, safer and long-lived batteries that support fast charging.

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Workforce development is key in the new University of Tennessee-CGI partnership

Apr. 16, 2021

Focusing on workforce development and creating a 21st century workforce will be a main goal

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Plans advance for Tennessee Smokies stadium in Knoxville’s Old City

The project to bring a new Tennessee Smokies baseball stadium to the Old City in Knoxville took two big steps forward

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