Features

A Rwandan mother and child in the Musanze District.

‘Like a Boss’

Changing lives chicken by chicken in Rwanda.

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Neil Hayes in his lab at UTHSC

Mapping Out Cancer

Genomic sequencing moves toward personalized cancer treatment.

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Ryan Windeknecht walks around his philosophy classroom with an oversize yellow notepad

Game On!

In some classrooms, learning really is fun and games.

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A student dressed as a knight walks between rows of gamers at PC consoles

Calling All Gamers

Esports Club draws the casual and competitive.

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Angela Ammerman teaches Thai children the proper way to hold the violin bow.

A More Musical World

UT Martin music education professor Angela Ammerman's life was changed after teaching violin to orphans in Thailand.

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Carrie Woods speaks to Crucial Conversation program participants.

Let’s Talk

Crucial Conversations delivered to domestic violence shelters.

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Joe Johnson photographed in 2016

Becoming One

Joe Johson reflects upon the UT System celebrating 50 years.

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A CMFO program participant takes notes during a lecture

Making Government Work Better

A finance program reduces audit findings in municipalities.

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Riley Toll

Making Makers

From labs to clubs to Hodges Library, UT Knoxville makes spaces for makers.

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David Harman

The Maker City

UT alumnus David Harman helps drive Knoxville’s creative space.

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Chris McDonald in his Nashville studio.

The Music Maker

Chris McDonald found his calling at a young age. Or, rather, his calling found him.

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Joe DiPietro

‘Right President at the Right Time’

After leading the University of Tennessee system for eight years, UT’s 25th president is ready to retire.

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Serendipitous Daring

UT alumnus Randy Boyd takes the reins as interim president.

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A UT researcher in a lab setting

Bringing Life-changing Inventions to Market

UTRF provides UT innovators with the right formula for success.

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Glenn Draper in his office with memories of his career as a choral director in 2016.

The Family Business

Glenn Draper didn’t just train singers, he built a legacy.

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Sherry Costanza Steady

Steady As She Goes

Procurement Technical Assistance Center helps business owner Sherry Costanza Steady.

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Dena, Kennedy, Joshua and Ken Oakes

Daylilies, Pumpkins and More

The Center for Profitable Agriculture celebrates 20 years of helping makers.

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Ken Brown and Harry Kochat

Saving Lives

A new UTHSC pharmaceutical manufacturing facility will help heal the world.

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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…

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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…

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Dr. Geogy Thomas

On a Mission

In the Tennessee county hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, UT Knoxville alumnus Dr. Geogy Thomas works to help the…

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Narcan branded naloxone nasal spray

Increasing Incidents

With the majority of drug overdose deaths attributed to opioids, UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center partnered with BlueCross Blue Shield…

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Dr. Shawn Hamm

Committed

The UTHSC Center for Addiction Science battles addiction through education, clinical care, research and outreach. “It’s a work in progress,”…

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