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In the Winter 2023 Issue

To untangle the grand challenge issues plaguing the state of Tennessee will require collaborations between researchers, educators, organizations, leaders and in-the-trenchers. Continue reading In the Winter 2023 Issue

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In The Fall 2022 Issue

Through shivers of delight to weeping through wretchedness, the arts can create connections between people who may have very little else in common. Continue reading In The Fall 2022 Issue

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In the Summer 2022 Issue

In this Good Food issue of Our Tennessee, we celebrate food and drink for the times when strangers gather around tables to break bread and drink wine, then leave as friends, with memories made. Continue reading In the Summer 2022 Issue

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In the Spring 2022 Issue

From honey to hemp, advanced manufacturing to DNA, UT’s researchers and students work toward finding solutions that could impact Tennessee residents and the world. Continue reading In the Spring 2022 Issue

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Be One UT

In the Winter 2022 Issue

UT shines out with boldness or transparency or excellence, a higher education beacon for the state of Tennessee. Continue reading In the Winter 2022 Issue

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Fall 2021 cover features a black woman tossing a globe in the air

Inside the Fall 2021 Issue

At the University of Tennessee, we’re doing more than dwelling in hope. We’re working to create a better world. Continue reading Inside the Fall 2021 Issue

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Spring 2021 cover with a flower growing out of cracked earth

Inside the Spring 2021 Issue

In this issue, we celebrate the hope bringers, the night beaters, the light givers. Continue reading Inside the Spring 2021 Issue

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Winter 2021 cover featuring a collage of faces

Welcome to Our Tennessee

Our Tennessee includes all campuses and everyone within Tennessee, and our name change reflects the impact UT has on our state. Continue reading Welcome to Our Tennessee

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Erica Mendoza and Lauren Sanders send sparks flying in a metal studio

Inside the Fall 2020 Issue

This issue celebrates the sparks of inspiration that lead us to our brightest ideas. Continue reading Inside the Fall 2020 Issue

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Inside the Spring 2020 Issue

To explore the wonderful wild world is to find adventure—whether close to home or far away. Continue reading Inside the Spring 2020 Issue

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Movements in Education: Our Winter 2020 Issue

What teachers do and say in the classroom impact future generations, and their importance cannot be shortchanged. Continue reading Movements in Education: Our Winter 2020 Issue

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Love and War: Inside the Fall 2019 Issue

Join us in this issue as we share alumni stories and how the University of Tennessee impacts the world through love and war. Continue reading Love and War: Inside the Fall 2019 Issue

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In The Spring 2019 Issue

Change can be introduced by that simple question, “Why not?” Continue reading In The Spring 2019 Issue

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Inside the Winter 2019 Issue: The Makers

“I think a maker is anyone who chooses to create something, anything, with his own two hands.” Continue reading Inside the Winter 2019 Issue: The Makers

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In the Fall 2018 Issue

We bought into modern medicine’s tale of pain-free safety through opioids’ latest synthetic version. Instead, we have been caught in the drug’s centuries-old tale. Continue reading In the Fall 2018 Issue

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In the Spring 2018 Issue

This is UT. Continue reading In the Spring 2018 Issue

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In the Winter 2018 Issue

Difficulties arrive in everyone’s life—usually at the most prosaic of times. Continue reading In the Winter 2018 Issue

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In the Fall 2017 Issue

In focusing on the future, we found water rose quickly as a sub-theme as we learned of UT work ensuring water is an ample and safe resource for generations ahead. Continue reading In the Fall 2017 Issue

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In the Spring 2017 Issue

This issue of Tennessee Alumnus brings stories of UT alumni, expertise and contributions to making a difference, starting with our cover story on the historic Smoky Mountain wildfires of 2016. Continue reading In the Spring 2017 Issue

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In the Winter 2017 Issue

Few magazines of any type, let alone university alumni publications, are still printing after 100 years. Continue reading In the Winter 2017 Issue

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New Vols coach Rick Barnes outside of Thompson-Boling Arena with a basketball

Fall 2015 Editor’s Message

With finding a new home so many times, Rick Barnes knows how to handle all the moving. Basketball makes him feel more at home. Now it’s his job to make his players and fans feel at home when they come watch a game. Continue reading Fall 2015 Editor’s Message

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