
Faculty Award Winners
Each year the UT Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty from each campus.

A Servant Leader Passes the Baton
After 27 years of service to UTIA, Senior Vice President and Senior Vice Chancellor Tim Cross retires.

UTHSC Chancellor to Retire
UTHSC Chancellor Steve Schwab has been with UT Health Science Center for 15 years, serving as chancellor since 2010.

UT Martin Receives Largest Gift in UT System’s History
A $79.5 million gift will allow UT Martin to increase educational program offerings in veterinary health technology and other agricultural…

Alumna Wins Bronze at Olympics
Madelynn Bernau (UTS ’20) and her mixed-trap shooting partner, Brian Burrows, won the bronze medal for the U.S. during the…

UTC Hires Diversity and Engagement Vice Chancellor
Stacy Goodwin Lightfoot has been appointed as the first vice chancellor for diversity and engagement at UTC.

Alumni Invention to Help Surgery Patients
Lia Winter and Preston Dishner refined their innovative medical device throughout their time in the MS–MBA program at UT Knoxville.

Growing a Startup Community
The new Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator will work with 30 startups over the next three years that use…

IPS Opens New Training Space in Nashville
IPS now has a new state-of-the-art training suite in Middle Tennessee.

A Nation’s Promise
A forensic anthropologist searches the world for service members to keep the United States’ promise.

Honoring Their Humanity
Hours before his 22nd birthday, Mallie Wilson was condemned to die by a mob without a guilty verdict. Today, Mallie’s…

The Other 6.5 Billion
Embracing health around the world is helping advance care in Memphis and beyond through the UTHSC Center for Multicultural and…

Not Lost in Translation
The Tennessee Language Center seeks to improve hospital patient experiences by training interpreters to interpret for those who do not…

Stress and Agriculture
Not everything is idyllic out on the farm. A new network through UT Extension will offer support.

Part of the Solution
Sometimes as many as 400 people came in a four-hour shift for a COVID-19 vaccine. UTC nursing students kept the…

Art Unfenced
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down indoor galleries in France, Paula Temple took her talents to the streets and opened…

A Better Place
Jennifer and Brian Winbigler hope their efforts create not only a brighter future for their children, but also the rest…

Loosening the Grip on the Big Life Plan
Erin Zammett Ruddy learned some life skills in her 20s that also helped her face the pandemic. Just don’t ask…

Two Residence Halls Renamed for Black Trailblazers
Two residence halls are named for Theotis Robinson and Rita Sanders Geier, two African American trailblazers whose fight for equity…

Team Wins Statewide Competition for Fifth Time
For the fifth consecutive year, a team of UTC students has won the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Greater Tennessee Research…

Bike Share Program Implemented
Two professors established a free bicycle share program on campus to help students, faculty and staff travel across campus and…