Blog

John Tucker

Water is Future

Multi-faceted and entangled issues of water quality, environment and now increasingly the law have implications for Tennessee’s future. They certainly…

Continue Reading

Sean Richards

Possible Side Effects

Ever wondered how those Tylenol tablets taken for the occasional headache will eventually affect some fish? Sean Richards has.

Continue Reading

Mark Schorr

Quality of Life

Mark Schorr researches stream fish ecology, with an emphasis on water pollution issues and population/community ecology.

Continue Reading

A Sixth Mass Extinction

Thomas Wilson researches the adverse effects of deteriorating water quality and habitat on amphibians and other aquatic life in the…

Continue Reading

President Joe DiPietro explores the Tennessee River near campus on a boat courtesy of UT Rowing in Knoxville.

A message from the president

As the UT alumni family and all its future generations go on, Tennessee Alumnus will continue serving as a bridge…

Continue Reading

Pearls of Career Wisdom

The world was your oyster...Or so it seemed when you got that prized piece of paper signifying your graduation from…

Continue Reading

smiling african american young woman holding a book

Historic Low Tuition Increase for Third Year

Tuition increases for the current academic year 2017-2018 are history-making for being held to 1.8 percent. The increase is the…

Continue Reading

close-up of a honeybee

Ag is Good for Bees

Contrary to some media reports condemning a commonly used agricultural pesticide, scientists with UTIA have found that the overall health…

Continue Reading

Al Roker hosts the Today Show at Neyland Stadium during a world recordbreaking event on March 29, 2017.

Vols Break World Record

Thanks to the participation of 4,223 volunteers, UT Knoxville set the Guinness World Record title for the largest human letter…

Continue Reading

Participants in the first occupational therapy doctoral program gather after graduation.

Occupational Therapy Graduates First Doctoral Class

When UTC’s occupational therapy doctoral program launched in 2013, it was one of just eight OTD programs in the country.

Continue Reading

Solar Garden Sculpture Dedication

Ten students in the departments of engineering and visual and theater arts collaborated in designing the Solar Garden, which was…

Continue Reading

a patient gets cataract surgery at UTHSC's Hamilton Eye Institute

The Gift of Sight

Thirty people saw the world differently when they walked out of the Hamilton Eye Institute Surgery Center at UTHSC on…

Continue Reading

IPS Stakeholders give their input at a listening session in Jackson.

IPS Launches Strategic Plan

The results of three planning meetings and four listening sessions across the state shaped a new strategic plan that will…

Continue Reading

George Connor

Students of UT Chattanooga English professor George Connor can describe him as a friend and mentor who believed in them.…

Continue Reading

Margaret Scobey 

Four years ago, when retired U.S. Ambassador Margaret Scobey spoke at a UT Knoxville commencement ceremony, she said that you…

Continue Reading

Randal Weber

Dr. Randal Weber, internationally recognized surgeon and expert in the treatment of patients with head and neck surgery, is a…

Continue Reading

Terry Douglass

Terry Douglass has helped shape medical technology and health-care provider businesses, impacting the lives of millions of patients. Douglass was…

Continue Reading

Waymon L. Hickman Sr.

Waymon Hickman knows firsthand how powerful a scholarship can be for a student. The moment he received his first scholarship…

Continue Reading

Charles C. Anderson Jr.

Charles C. Anderson Jr. is a Florence, Alabama, native who came to UT Knoxville on an athletic scholarship to play…

Continue Reading

John Ward 

“It’s time.” And, after 40 years, it was. John Ward became the play-by-play announcer for Tennessee basketball in 1958, Tennessee…

Continue Reading

Kara Lawson

Kara Lawson, a 2008 gold-medal Olympian, a 2005 Women’s National Basketball Association champion, four-time All-SEC women’s basketball player and UT…

Continue Reading

Winfield Dunn

In his 2007 book, From A Standing Start: My Tennessee Political Odyssey, former Tennessee Gov. Winfield acknowledges the question he…

Continue Reading

Charlie Ergen

An avid mountain climber, Charlie Ergen has scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Aconcagua in Argentina and reached Mount Everest…

Continue Reading