Funded Proposals (7/1/2014-7/31/2014) CONGRATULATIONS! The following UTC faculty and staff recently attracted $3,884,036 in external grant and contract awards: Dr. David Aborn, Associate Professor of Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences, attracted an additional $3,712 from the Tennessee River Gorge Trust to conduct a two-year study to determine the presence, distribution, and abundance of breeding pairs…