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June Montgomery: Friend to Alumni

June Montgomery: Friend to Alumni

June Montgomery, who served UTHSC for 37 years before retiring in 1973, passed away on February 25, 2007, at the…

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Tom Rakes Pairs Experience with New Insights

Tom Rakes Pairs Experience with New Insights

Dr. Thomas A. Rakes, the new chancellor at UT Martin, prefers to think about the work ahead in a different…

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McCarthy Mainstreamed

McCarthy Mainstreamed

For years Cormac McCarthy, ­Knoxville's most famous living literary son, had something of a cult following. The secret is now…

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No Kidding

No Kidding

Why would a retired police officer from Miami own a herd of goats? When you meet Deb Kidwell, it makes…

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Beast of Eden

Beast of Eden

Ask conservation ecologist Dr. Luke Dollar to name the place he felt farthest from the UT campus, and he'll likely…

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The Power of Education

The Power of Education

When Luke Dollar discovered villagers had killed a foosa, he launched a poster campaign to "Save the fossa, save the…

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Rocky Top on the Yangtze

Rocky Top on the Yangtze

Recently my wife Kathy and I, both loyal Tennessee Volunteers since 1966, traveled to China for a vacation and Far…

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Sounds of Centuries Past

Sounds of Centuries Past

One of the world's premier ­musical ensembles will bring its extraordinary talents to the university's Knoxville campus this fall.

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The Longest Vacation of Your Life

The Longest Vacation of Your Life

Retirement beckons each of us. But will leisure pursuits be enough to occupy baby boomers who've prided themselves on staying…

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Make Your Life List

Make Your Life List

Sharon Hoover was in Italy recently when she struck up a conversation with a couple sitting nearby. "What are you…

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Counting Them Down

Counting Them Down

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

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Let's Drink to Retirement

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.

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Do It Today

Do It Today

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

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Creating a New Career

Creating a New Career

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

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Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass

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.

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Education in the City

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…

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Woman Power

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…

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Seventh Time's the Charm

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.

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Over the Top

Over the Top

The new Glocker Building is well on its way to a 2008 opening in Knoxville. This and more in the…

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When in Rome . . .

When in Rome . . .

If you visit the Vatican in Rome and then stop for a cappuccino nearby, you're likely to run into the…

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Meet the National Professor of the Year

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.

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Late Night, Now Daily

Late Night, Now Daily

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

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