Katelyn Biefeldt What is quantum? Why does it matter? And, why is Tennessee doubling down on its efforts surrounding this industry? There have been talks about quantum, projected economic impacts, and technology acceleration in the past few years in Tennessee, but it seems that in the past few months, the frequency of those conversations has become more abundant. For example, … Read More

Katelyn Biefeldt Through OTTO, founder Maged Guerguis is solving key challanges in the construction industry like unpredictability, supply-chain gaps, costs changes, and schedule delays. About one year ago, we featured Maged Guerguis in Teknovation. At the time, he was a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, architecture professor with an idea for a business. Today, he is the full-fledged founder of OTTO, which is … Read More

Randy Boyd, Guest columnist As Tennessee marks Economic Development Week and the 100th anniversary of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), we’re celebrating 100 years of work by the University of Tennessee to help communities grow, attract investment and create opportunities across our state. Let me show you by taking a journey through Tennessee. We start at city hall or the county … Read More

The National Security Prototype Center, Neyland Entertainment District and Randy Boyd Hall were all on the agenda at the UT System Board of Trustees meeting May 4.