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Heritage Plaza: UTC's Gathering Place

Heritage Plaza: UTC’s Gathering Place

An inviting walkway carries visitors into a circular space bordered by the University Center, Grote Hall, and Lupton Library.

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What a Scholarship Can Do

What a Scholarship Can Do

Jim Powell of tiny Limestone, Tennessee, has helped to build many of Tennessee's most recognizable landmarks.

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Madras Holds Her Head Up High

Madras Holds Her Head Up High

The first few months of Madras's life weren't easy. During birth, her mother sat down as the cub was partially…

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Leadership Changes, Forensic Anthropology, and Sour Grapes

Leadership Changes, Forensic Anthropology, and Sour Grapes

Jan Simek steps in as interim Chancellor, forensic science on display, and UT's efforts to put Tennessee wine on the…

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Walter Chadwick and a Host of Volunteers

Walter Chadwick and a Host of Volunteers

This is a story of courage, faith, and friendship that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "a host…

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Preparing for the Nursing Shortage

Preparing for the Nursing Shortage

No one looks forward to a stay in the hospital. But try to imagine the experience without the assistance of…

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UT Goes to China

UT Goes to China

Educating students to succeed in the global workplace isn't just a lofty slogan. Today it's a necessity.

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It's in the Blood

It’s in the Blood

Ann Bell, a retired UT Health Science Center hematology technologist, is an expert on blood cells and has the literary…

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Surely They Jest: Three alumni who always have their wit about them

Surely They Jest: Three alumni who always have their wit about them

Three UT alumni, Carl Wolfson, Leanne Morgan, and Dale Henry, are making their livings by making others laugh.

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Breaking the Sound Barrier

Breaking the Sound Barrier

Dr. John P. Little is focused on the task at hand: implanting a device into the ear of an 11-year-old…

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Wilson Has a Taste for Leadership

Wilson Has a Taste for Leadership

America's palate is becoming more sophisticated, and Alan Wilson is in the business of satisfying the nation's taste buds.

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Triumph Over Tragedy

Triumph Over Tragedy

Teresa Harman Bell appears to have it all. You would never guess that a car accident 17 years ago changed…

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Still Volunteers After All These Years: Brumfiel and Warmath

Still Volunteers After All These Years: Brumfiel and Warmath

In a retirement center near Minneapolis, three residents get together to cheer on the Vols every time a game is…

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Ready to Go Out on the Town

Ready to Go Out on the Town

Wade Tosh was named the town administrator of Dover four months before he finished his Master of Public Administration degree.

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The Busy-ness of Being Smokey

Logan Durham is having a rough -- or, maybe that's "ruff" -- year. And he's enjoying every moment of it.

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Ayers, Mears, and Geier

Ayers, Mears, and Geier

Richmond taps Ayers as president, Mears dies in Knoxville, Rita Geier joins university

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Rescue on the River

Rescue on the River

May 25, 2006, wasn't a typical day on the job for Jereme Odom. He helped save a life and then…

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Roadside Savior

Roadside Savior

Seizing opportunities is nothing new for William Mackall, the UT Martin Hall of Fame football player and undercover police officer.

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Petroleum-Free in Tennessee

Petroleum-Free in Tennessee

Chad Holliday Jr. is full of enthusiasm as he surveys the crowd at the grand opening of the DuPont Tate…

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Fill'er Up with Grassoline

Fill’er Up with Grassoline

Tennessee business people, farmers, scientists, and ­political leaders have a shared vision of a statewide economy powered by ethanol.

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Alaska Adventure

Alaska Adventure

In 1956, on a lark, five UT students departed Knoxville for Alaska, where they spent the summer working in a…

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How to Succeed in Business

How to Succeed in Business

After exploring business practices in Ireland and Scotland, Jennifer Morrison-Fuller came away with a new understanding of the global market.

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Smokey: The Top Dog

Smokey: The Top Dog

Adam Vicars never expected to follow in his older brother's paw prints when he got to the University of Tennessee,…

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