University of Tennessee Athletics
UT Hosts UGA For First SEC Home Game
October 03, 2007 | Football
The University of Tennessee reminds fans attending Saturday's game against Georgia at Neyland Stadium to practice good sportsmanship and hospitality.
The Tennessee Volunteers' game Saturday against the Bulldogs kicks off at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. It will be broadcast on CBS.
UT welcomes a special guest for the halftime entertainment. Alumna and country music star Deana Carter will sing two songs and be accompanied by the Pride of the Southland Marching Band.
Fans traveling to the game are reminded James White Parkway, which connects Interstate 40 to Neyland Drive, is now open. It had been closed since December for construction and reopened last month.
Before the game, fans can access James White Parkway from both eastbound and westbound I-40.
After the game, fans wanting to go westbound on I-40 must use Hall of Fame Drive because there is no entrance ramp from James White Parkway. Motorists wanting to go eastbound on I-40 may use the parkway.
Because of traffic concerns, fans driving to the game should always plan to arrive early. The stadium gates open two hours before kickoff.
Only fans with permits can park on campus. UT encourages fans to use shuttle buses from the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum and the UT Agriculture campus.
Smoking is now prohibited inside the gates of Neyland Stadium because of a new state law. And, as always, no one inside the gates will be allowed to leave and then be readmitted.
Fans should remember that all items, including purses, are subject to search at the gates. Certain items remain prohibited inside the stadium, and those items cannot be stored at any stadium gate.
Prohibited items include the following:
- alcoholic beverages, cans, bottles or coolers
- radios without headphones
- open umbrellas
- video cameras
- stadium seats with arms
- large bags or parcels, including backpacks and large purses
- weapons of any kind, including pocketknives
- cushions and seats without arms
- diaper bags that accompany infants
- small cameras, pagers, cell phones and binoculars
For those driving on campus, Peyton Manning Pass, Middle and Lower Drives, Estabrook Drive and Phillip Fulmer Way from Middle Drive to Tee Martin Drive will be closed 30 minutes before kickoff. Directional parking will be used in Area 9 and Lots 4, 5A and 5B.
With the renovation of the Glocker Business Administration Building, traffic on Andy Holt Avenue between Volunteer Boulevard and Phillip Fulmer Way will be two-way before the game and westbound only after the game.
Due to construction, sidewalks on the north side of Andy Holt Avenue and the east side of Volunteer Boulevard at Glocker have been closed. Also, the sidewalk is closed on the east side of Lake Loudoun Boulevard at the corner of Neyland Drive due to the Pratt Pavilion construction beside Thompson-Boling Arena.
Solicitation near stadium gates and along Phillip Fulmer Way is prohibited.
A no-fly zone will extend over the stadium from one hour before the game until one hour after it ends, prohibiting flights within a 3-nautical-mile radius and lower than 3,000-feet altitude, except as authorized by air traffic control.
The traditional Vol Walk from Gibbs Hall to the stadium starts at 1:15 p.m., and the Pride of the Southland Marching Band leaves the music building at 1:50 p.m.
For more information on traveling to Knoxville, visit the Tennessee Department of Transportation Web site at http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/smartfix/jwp/closures.asp.
UT???S WORK ON FINDING CURE FOR ALZHEIMER???S DISEASE IN SPOTLIGHT AT PRE-GAME FACULTY SHOWCASE
WHAT: "Alzheimer's Disease: UT's Search for a Cure," the third program in the UT Pre-Game Faculty Showcase. Anna Gardberg, outgoing senior postdoctoral research associate in the Dealwis Lab at the University of Tennessee, discusses the research taking place on this debilitating disease.
WHO: Students, faculty, staff, all football fans.
WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6.
WHERE: University Center Ballroom.
The UT Pre-Game Faculty Showcase, now in its 18th year, is held two hours before every home football game. The College of Arts and Sciences selects a top faculty member for each presentation.
The programs are free and open to the public. Each program lasts 45 minutes and includes a question-and-answer session. Light refreshments are served, and door prizes including footballs and basketballs signed by UT coaches are awarded.
Gardberg is replacing Chris Dealwis as the speaker. Dealwis, associate professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, is on administrative leave from UT while conducting research at Case Western Reserve University.
Gardberg has been aggressively researching potential therapies for Alzheimer's disease while at UT and sharing her findings with the academic community. Her latest study, "Molecular Basis for Passive Immunotherapy of Alzheimer's Disease," already has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Earlier this year, she traveled to Salt Lake City to present her findings on Alzheimer's therapy to the American Crystallographic Association.
Gardberg earned her doctorate in chemistry at Northwestern University and spent two years as a postdoctoral research associate in structural biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She came to UT in 2003 to study structural biology, particularly antibodies and amyloid structures.
Gardberg has accepted a research appointment at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory beginning this fall.
The Pre-Game Faculty Showcase is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences with the support of the UT National Alumni Association and UT Athletics.
