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Make Your Life List
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Make Your Life List

Sharon Hoover was in Italy recently when she struck up a conversation with a couple sitting nearby. "What are you planning to do today?"

Counting Them Down
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Counting Them Down

Yosemite. Check. Yellowstone. Check. Rocky Mountain National Park. Eugene O'Neill's home. Pinnacles National Monument. Check.

Let's Drink to Retirement
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Let’s Drink to Retirement

Ron Frieson (Knoxville '81) toasted retirement, not with a glass of wine, but with an entire wine store--his own.

Do It Today
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Do It Today

Many people say they want to travel when they retire. Globe-trotter Ginny Thigpen says, "Do it today."

Creating a New Career
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Creating a New Career

Tish Lowe (Knoxville '75, '78) followed her true passion when she moved to Florence, Italy, in 2003 to study painting.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass
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Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass

WDVX began broadcasting in 1997 from a trailer in a campground in Norris, Tennessee, about 18 miles northeast of Knoxville.

Education in the City
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Education in the City

Sean Loftin didn't shake a Magic 8 Ball to be certain of the new direction his career was taking. "Without a doubt," he felt a different calling.

Woman Power
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Woman Power

Three women made seven-figure gifts to help build, literally, UT's reputation as a powerhouse of intercollegiate athletics.

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Davises Integral to UT Chattanooga

Bob and Etta Davis attended games in Chattanooga when "Scrappy" Moore was coach, and their love of sports persisted over the years.

Association News
Alumni Association

Association News

The UTAA gets alumni together for Homecoming, pep rallies, and chapter meetings--you knew that, right? Do you know what else we do?

Education Makes a Difference
Alumni Association

Education Makes a Difference

I want to ask you to volunteer to work with our youth. As college graduates, we are the minority in our state.

Blown Away
The Last Word

Blown Away

Two years ago, Erin Moore was starting her sophomore year at the University of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit.

Seventh Time's the Charm
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Seventh Time’s the Charm

The basketball Lady Vols captured their seventh national title by beating Rutgers in the NCAA championship game on April 3.

Over the Top
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Over the Top

The new Glocker Building is well on its way to a 2008 opening in Knoxville. This and more in the Summer 2007 installment of UTopics.

When in Rome . . .
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When in Rome . . .

If you visit the Vatican in Rome and then stop for a cappuccino nearby, you're likely to run into the Reverend Bernard O'Connor.

Meet the National Professor of the Year
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Meet the National Professor of the Year

Being national professor of the year is a momentous honor. But for Donna Boyd, the award has added significance.

Late Night, Now Daily
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Late Night, Now Daily

Gina Brown is in the Big Apple, where she happily works as the production coordinator for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Let's Hear It for Heroes
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Let’s Hear It for Heroes

In a recent Memphis Business Journal "Healthcare Heroes" competition, UTHSC walked away with the lion's share of the awards.

Volunteer for Good Health
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Volunteer for Good Health

Jack McConnell, a "retired" physician and healthcare activist, stays busy helping neighbors at home and abroad.

Open Wide, Say Ah
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Open Wide, Say Ah

What happens in your mouth can affect your entire body. That's Dr. Waletha Wasson's message--to students and patients.

Stay
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Stay

UT's enrolling its best students ever, research funding is on the rise, and alumni and friends are unusually generous in their support.

Jazz for Justice
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Jazz for Justice

In Northern Uganda, where children have long been traumatized by war, there is a group who call themselves "University of Tennessee girls."

FBI Has It All
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FBI Has It All

He may not be able to tell you if the X-Files really exist, but Trey Halterman has a lot of stories from his years as an FBI special agent.