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A Brush with Belize

A Brush with Belize

Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Jeannie Petty spent a week in Belize on a medical-dental mission serving the Mayan population.

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Capitol Idea

Capitol Idea

Alumnus had a chance to sit down with Anthony Haynes and Kurt Schlieter, UT's liaisons with the state and federal…

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Giving Back to UT Martin

Giving Back to UT Martin

"It's only reasonable to give back to the place that gave you so much," is how Bill Blankenship describes his…

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Absolutely YUM

Absolutely YUM

What’s orange and white and moUThwatering all over? We asked Chef John Antun to help us assemble some distinctly "UT”…

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Warhol, STEM Growth, and Haslam Scholars

Warhol, STEM Growth, and Haslam Scholars

The Campaign for Tennessee, a new Warhol exhibit, a look at the Haslam Scholars, and more in the latest installment…

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Bliss of the Spider Woman: Rosemary Gillespie

Bliss of the Spider Woman: Rosemary Gillespie

Staring at the spider through the glowing light of her headlamp, Rosemary Gillespie (Knoxville '86) could hardly believe her eyes.

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A Long Way from Orange Mound: Dr. Alvin Crawford

A Long Way from Orange Mound: Dr. Alvin Crawford

Alvin Crawford says he "fell in love with kids" when he chose pediatric orthopedics as his life's work.

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Special Dentist, Special Patients: Dr. Bud Baker

Special Dentist, Special Patients: Dr. Bud Baker

The last 10 years of Dr. Elbert "Bud" Baker's nearly 50-year dental practice in Nashville have been the most rewarding.

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Sounds Like Success: Dustin Cawood

Sounds Like Success: Dustin Cawood

Dustin Cawood works on a ranch, but you won't find him in the saddle, enjoying the scenery on a 5,000-acre…

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We've Got the Power

We’ve Got the Power

UT's new supercomputer is one of the world's fastest after just a few months in operation. In June, UT's Kraken…

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Growing Silver

Growing Silver

You can count on finding a riot of color among the blooms and foliage at the UT Gardens in Knoxville.

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Appetite for Growth

Appetite for Growth

Twins Wes and Ches Jackson are quick to point out that no one really graduates from college and aspires to…

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Patients and Prudence

Patients and Prudence

Nicole Perez is taking part in a program that's putting the Knoxville campus on the leading edge of clinical psychology…

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Home is Where the Art Is

Home is Where the Art Is

Anna Maria Horner is a homemaker in the oldest, and newest, sense of the word.

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Your Last Name

Your Last Name

From her home in Cary, North Carolina, Kelly Utt-Grubb runs a one-of-a-kind business: a family naming resource.

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Fresh, Fine Milk from a Farmer You Know

Fresh, Fine Milk from a Farmer You Know

Pearl is the "Cow of the Month" at the Hatcher Family Dairy. Her hobbies are sunbathing and chewing cud.

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Farewell Music for the QE2

Farewell Music for the QE2

Two alumni hitched a ride on the Queen Elizabeth 2's final round-the-world cruise and did it with a song in…

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Kickoff to the Future

Kickoff to the Future

It was an evening of orange at Thompson-Boling Arena, where 850 people brought enough passion and "Rocky Top" to pack…

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A Bit of UT at America's Theme Parks

A Bit of UT at America’s Theme Parks

These UT alumni who work with Disney, Dollywood, and Sea World Orlando would love to welcome you.

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Ancient Bronzes, A Farm of the Future, and a Couple Updates

Ancient Bronzes, A Farm of the Future, and a Couple Updates

Objects from long ago and far away promise a tantalizing museum experience this summer at UT Knoxville.

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You Can Do It

You Can Do It

The majority of students can succeed at math and science. "They just need to be taught how," says Dr. Saundra…

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Mentoring Makes a Better World

Mentoring Makes a Better World

Ann Draughon says the most important thing she has done is prepare women and minorities for careers in food microbiology.

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Small Town, Big Heart

Small Town, Big Heart

Now 81 years old, Dr. Mario Ramirez remembers his journey away from—and back to—his Texas home.

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