A More Musical World
UT Martin music education professor Angela Ammerman's life was changed after teaching violin to orphans in Thailand.
The Music Maker
Chris McDonald found his calling at a young age. Or, rather, his calling found him.
‘Right President at the Right Time’
After leading the University of Tennessee system for eight years, UT’s 25th president is ready to retire.
Bringing Life-changing Inventions to Market
UTRF provides UT innovators with the right formula for success.
Steady As She Goes
Procurement Technical Assistance Center helps business owner Sherry Costanza Steady.
Daylilies, Pumpkins and More
The Center for Profitable Agriculture celebrates 20 years of helping makers.
The Tangle: Tennessee’s Opioid Crisis
In unchecked growth of prescriptions, opiates caught millions of fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in the tangle of addiction. UT researchers, alumni and students are working to free the ensnared.
A Battle Worth Fighting
A discovery by UT Knoxville-based economists led to Gov. Bill Haslam developing a $30 million dollar plan to begin dealing with the opioid crisis.
On a Mission
In the Tennessee county hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, UT Knoxville alumnus Dr. Geogy Thomas works to help the most innocent of victims—the babies addicted in the womb—along with their mothers and fathers.
Increasing Incidents
With the majority of drug overdose deaths attributed to opioids, UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center partnered with BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation to do something about it.
Committed
The UTHSC Center for Addiction Science battles addiction through education, clinical care, research and outreach. “It’s a work in progress,” the center’s program director says.
Standing Up to Big Pharma
UT alumna and Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen has taken the war against the opioid epidemic to the courtroom – the civil one.
Opioid Facts in Tennessee
Opioids, natural and synthetic, include: Opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, hydrocodone (vicodin), oxycodone (percocet), fentanyl, methadone.
