Tailored Tools
First year engineering students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga build assistive devices for children to improve their daily routines in school and at home.
Meet the Officers of the UTAA
Meet the 2012-2013 officers of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association.
It’s Almost Football Time in Tennessee
Join us at the following locations for the 12th season of the Big Orange Tailgate Tour! Or find a TV Viewing party in your home town.
Moving the Chains
It was the very first game and the very first catch for No. 85 in your Tennessee program, a shy sophomore from Nashville named Lester McClain.
Going for Gold
With the Olympics coming up in July, we recall alumni and former students who have won gold medals. Remember these superstars from the University of Tennessee’s past?
The Birth of Bonnaroo
Born and raised in Knoxville, Ashley Capps began promoting shows in the late 1970s as a hobby. He has since become one of the most respected promoters in the music business.
New UTAA President: Who Have You Reached?
“They reached out to me, and now it’s my turn to reach out to someone else. As the alumni association president, I will ask other alums, ‘Who have you reached?’”
A Helping Hand
At 9, Fred Heros fled Cuba with his parents and two brothers to escape the Communist regime. Five decades later he oversees a thriving dental practice and seeks opportunities to lend a helping hand.
Called to Broadway
Laura Beth Wells’ dream of being a stage actress started in Knoxville when she was a fourth-grader watching Peter Pan at the Clarence Brown Theatre on campus.
Team Hart
Fathers and sons in coaching? We’ve seen it before. Here’s something better. The Hart family includes three generations of athletics administrators.
Eat Tennessee
Before farmers’ markets became all the rage, Joe Gaines (’69, ’76) was working on a plan to make Tennessee’s small-scale producers more profitable by helping them grab a larger share of the markets.
House Designers
David Purser ('03) and Ty Lee ('04), former inhabitants of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at UT Knoxville, returned recently to oversee the renovation of the fraternity house.
Digital Doctors
Electronic health records promise to improve patient care, reduce costly duplicative procedures, involve the patient more completely in his or her own care, and ultimately save money. But when?
Ruff Reading
HABIT volunteers take their dogs, cats and rabbits, who have been medically and behaviorally screened, to places such as nursing homes, assisted living centers, hospitals and schools.
Burning to Know
A nationally recognized fire forensic expert, David Icove earned three engineering degrees at UT Knoxville, including a doctorate, and now serves as a research professor in the College of Engineering.
Lifelong Network: UTAA Career Services
Dexter Anoka tapped into the power of his University of Tennessee degree, and four days later he was hired as an executive recruiter.
Conquering the Hill
Her dad was standing there in his Condredge Holloway jersey and was waiting for her to join him. "C'mon, sweetheart, you can do it. Be brave and take your first step. I'll be here waiting for you."
Photographer’s Paradise
The tens of thousands of people and hundreds of performers at Bonnaroo provide endless subjects for photographer Rob Heller, professor of journalism and electronic media at UT Knoxville.
Your Bonnaroo Stories
The Tennessee Alumnus asked online readers to send their stories about going to Bonnaroo.
UTAA Chapter Award Winners
These 53 award-winning chapters brought together alumni and friends of the University of Tennessee in communities across Tennessee and the nation.
Civil War on Campus
The Hill in Knoxville was quite a different place 150 years ago — not just because it was an earlier day and time but also because the Hill was a war zone.
Life on Mars?
Could Mars ever have supported life? The rover Curiosity may reveal the answer, and two University of Tennessee scientists will be among those directing the rover’s experiments.
