Pat Summitt: Undefeated
Who but Pat would fight a memory-wasting disease by writing a memoir? The idea is so like her – all…
By the Numbers
Her 1,098 wins and 8 national championships are only a few of the impressive numbers Pat Summitt has racked up…
Peyton Manning: Back in Orange
Carrying his new No. 18 orange jersey over the famous right arm, Peyton Manning emerged in the small adjoining hallway,…
Manning’s Scholars
Proceeds of Peyton Manning's college football and scholar awards, totaling nearly $165,000, and other gifts to the athletics department were…
Best for Baby and the Environment
As director of the Center for Clean Products at UT Knoxville's Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, Catherine Wilt…
The Birth of Bonnaroo
Born and raised in Knoxville, Ashley Capps began promoting shows in the late 1970s as a hobby. He has since…
Called to Broadway
Laura Beth Wells’ dream of being a stage actress started in Knoxville when she was a fourth-grader watching Peter Pan…
Team Hart
Fathers and sons in coaching? We’ve seen it before. Here’s something better. The Hart family includes three generations of athletics…
Eat Tennessee
Before farmers’ markets became all the rage, Joe Gaines (’69, ’76) was working on a plan to make Tennessee’s small-scale…
House Designers
David Purser ('03) and Ty Lee ('04), former inhabitants of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at UT Knoxville, returned recently…
Digital Doctors
Electronic health records promise to improve patient care, reduce costly duplicative procedures, involve the patient more completely in his or…
Ruff Reading
HABIT volunteers take their dogs, cats and rabbits, who have been medically and behaviorally screened, to places such as nursing…
Burning to Know
A nationally recognized fire forensic expert, David Icove earned three engineering degrees at UT Knoxville, including a doctorate, and now…
Civil War on Campus
The Hill in Knoxville was quite a different place 150 years ago — not just because it was an earlier…
Life on Mars?
Could Mars ever have supported life? The rover Curiosity may reveal the answer, and two University of Tennessee scientists will…
Survey: Pat and Peyton
The next issue of Alumnus will feature Pat Summitt and Peyton Manning. What makes them special? How do they inspire…
Too Much Stuff
Admitting you’re prone to clutter is more acceptable than branding yourself a hoarder, but they’re really the same.
Space Man
Bill Harwood is the senior space consultant for CBS News. When he made his first trip to Cape Canaveral in…
Splat! Vols Bring Home National Championship
What do football and paintball have in common at UT Knoxville? Both teams wear face masks, and they’ve both won…
Great Grammar
Did you know that the Harbrace Handbook, the best selling college textbook ever, was born in Knoxville?
Continents Collide
Learn how natural forces created and continue to shape mountains across the globe at the Frank H. McClung Museum at…
Amphibious Fauna of Tennessee
Tennessee is home to 22 species of frogs and 58 species of salamanders, and you can read all about them…
Corporate to Country
Five farms in Tennessee operated by UT alumni who swapped suits for overalls to follow their dreams. Part of the…
