A Car Full of Grace
Helping Mamas Knoxville supports East Tennessee families, providing 1.5M essential items like diapers, formula, and hygiene products to those in…
Justice for All
UT students and EBCI leaders explore culturally specific approaches to domestic violence, seeking justice and health solutions for the Cherokee…
Growing Her Dream
UTK alumna Jill Joyce never thought she would be where she is now: seated next to a student, helping him…
Enabling Change
UT campuses and institutes have combined forces to improve the lives of rural Tennesseans with developmental disabilities. At UT Southern,…
In The Heart of Communities
UTHSC Jim Bailey and his team lead the research effort to improve the heart health of Tennesseans, whose state ranks…
Searching for Chocolate Chips
A new program will allow those dealing with drug addiction to test street drugs for the presence of the powerful…
A Fruitful Career
David Lockwood has toiled alongside Tennessee fruit growers for nearly 50 years—its work he was, quite literally, born to do.
Untangling a State
At what point does a challenge become too challenging? For the UT System, the answer is never. We’re tackling the…
Disease Realities
Tennessee is in the throes of a substance abuse epidemic. It’s time for us all to get SMART.
The Unknown
Even when Alzheimer's is detected early, its effects are inescapable. Often the earliest symptom to appear? Fear of the unknown.
Manufacturing Renaissance
If the manufacturing industry were a brick-and-mortar building, the sign on its window would read “help wanted.” UT Knoxville, however,…
Changing The Narrative
How can rural communities find success when dialogue about them shoves them into pre-constructed boxes? The Turner Center for Rural…
Changing Outcomes
Tennessee has a maternal health crisis. The passion and education carried by the 16 students in the UTHSC nurse midwifery…
Breaking Barriers
Nobody wants to talk about money. But, according to the UT Extension Family and Consumer Sciences team, everybody needs to…
No One-Size Solution
What would life today be like without the internet? For many rural Tennesseans, the experience isn’t one that needs imagination—it’s…
Grand Challenges in Tennessee
With our five campuses and two institutes, the University of Tennessee System can uniquely collaborate within the system and with…
