
A Life-long Impact
For half a century, the University of Tennessee has been the major factor in both my professional and personal life. Continue reading A Life-long Impact
For half a century, the University of Tennessee has been the major factor in both my professional and personal life. Continue reading A Life-long Impact
The last time I left UT and Knoxville—graduation nearly 20 years ago—I had no idea I would be back on campus for anything other than an occasional visit or football game. But now, all told, I have spent most of the last two decades writing about UT in some way or another. Continue reading Finding a Home
When I first moved to Chattanooga as a college freshman in 1999, one of the things I loved about the city most was that it was in the process of reinventing itself. Not just talking about changing for the better but actually taking the necessary steps to become a stronger, more connected city. Continue reading A Place Maker
Three UT students, a Lincoln Continental and a long trip to Texas Continue reading New Years and Old Ones
Winfield Dunn’s view of UT’s statewide impact Continue reading Statesman and Advocate
A couple of years ago, I delivered a eulogy for Bob Alley. Fraternity brother, college roommate, best friend. Maybe you believe that connections like that are never broken and become permanent residents in a greater eternal consciousness. Or maybe, upon reading that last sentence, you’d say what Bob would, “Oh, please.” Continue reading Not Lost, Found
The “sharing economy” or “collaborative consumption” is giving age-old ideas like renting, bartering and swapping a 21st-century makeover. Now, instead of being limited to our neighbors, we can share things with people all over the world. Continue reading Sharing is Good
Writer and editor Jack Topchik reflects on the college experience. Continue reading Learning from the past and present
The author and the soldier live in different worlds, but sometimes those worlds collide. On rare occasions, pen and sword are both wielded deftly by the same hand. Continue reading The Warrior Poets
Later I understood why: Cornmeal is in your bones, y’all. It’s part of surviving in war and peace in a way that yeast bread is not. Continue reading The Effect of Cornmeal
It was the very first game and the very first catch for No. 85 in your Tennessee program, a shy sophomore from Nashville named Lester McClain. Continue reading Moving the Chains
Her dad was standing there in his Condredge Holloway jersey and was waiting for her to join him. “C’mon, sweetheart, you can do it. Be brave and take your first step. I’ll be here waiting for you.” Continue reading Conquering the Hill
“Wake up, son. This is Andy Holt, and we’re going fishing. I’ll pick you up in 15 minutes.” Continue reading Caught for Life
Family catches up to Keith Carver. Continue reading When UT Calls
R. A. Dickey muses on pitching and writing. Continue reading Literature and the Art of the Knuckleball
A passion for racing, a pen dipped in scholarly ink. Continue reading Nuts for NASCAR
Endurance racer Amigo beat the odds, with the help of many friends. Continue reading One Amazing Horse
I-40 between Knoxville and Nashville: miles of memories. Continue reading The Road Home
David Chapman did the heavy lifting to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75 years ago. Continue reading Moving Mountains
By Diane Ballard
Corey and Millicent Bell have only six children at home. Yes, only. Because, you see, they used to have eight. The Bells, both UT Knoxville MBA grads, are in their mid-thirties and live in Round Rock, Texas, where Corey Bell has a successful business. Certainly they have a bright future ahead of them. Continue reading “Bringing Up the Bells”
Knoxville native John d’Armand (Knoxville ’58), who has spent much of his life in Alaska, reflects on territorial days. Continue reading Alaska at 50: Still Foreign to Many Down South
U.S. Army Lt. Jeremiah Manning has a perfectly good excuse to put off finishing his master’s degree in civil engineering. Continue reading A Degree of Danger
Sometimes the line between life-changing dreams and nightmares runs thin as the queen of hearts. Continue reading A Wrangler’s Retrospective