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

Apr. 30, 2021

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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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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ORNL has developed a method to extract promethium-147, a rare isotope used in nuclear batteries

A new method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory proves one effort’s trash is another’s valuable isotope.

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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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Knoxville makes TravelMag’s list of “The 30 Most Charming Small Cities in the USA.”

Apr. 9, 2021

There are hundreds of smaller US cities doing their own thing in the realms of food, culture, sports and heritage

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Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Brings Newest Radiosurgery Therapy to Tennessee

Apr. 6, 2021

Gives expanded options for treating benign and malignant brain tumors and other neurological disorders

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