Keenan Thomas / Knoxville News Sentinel The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has high-tech plans in creating its public-private innovation districts, including a new center focused on national security. The National Security Prototype Center is designed to be part of the larger Oak Ridge Innovation Corridor proposed by Chancellor Donde Plowman. The 60,000-square-foot building will be developed by a private business … Read More

he next generation of resilient, clean American energy and infrastructure companies is taking shape where power is generated, materials are engineered and systems are deployed at scale.

Five years ago, Volkswagen made an innovative choice. Instead of writing a check to a university and waiting for a report, they moved in. VW already had a major manufacturing presence in Chattanooga, but when they built their first North American R&D hub, they chose UT and moved onto the Research Park. Their scientists set up inside UT’s Research Park … Read More

By Grady VanderhoofvenFounder and Chief Executive Officer at Three Roots Capital “Great on paper,” is how Knoxville was described by former Apple Vice President of International, John Brandon, during initial conversations about relocating his anti-counterfeiting 3D printing startup, TreisD, from its Atlanta beginnings to East Tennessee. Two weeks ago, I joined Dennis Corley, our Director of Lending and Investing at … Read More

Micromobility sounds small when discussed in policy rooms, but anyone who has watched a neighborhood wake up knows it is not. I learned that sitting in traffic meetings where every line on a map was really a family, a job, or a tired pair of legs trying to get home. Cities do not move in averages. They move in habits, … Read More

KNOXVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES, January 8, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / — Daisy Genomics Inc. (“Daisy Genomics”) and New Day Diagnostics (“New Day”) have announced a strategic research collaboration focused on cancer diagnostics, launched in partnership with the University of Tennessee and the East Tennessee Health Innovation Alliance (“ETHIA”), to advance the development of next-generation epigenetic sequencing and liquid biopsy tools aimed at transforming early colorectal cancer … Read More