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UT President Randy Boyd reads You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime to children during a Money Week class about financial literacy. Photo By Sam Thomas

UT Tackles Challenges

The UT System, with its statewide presence, people, expertise, resources and influence, is uniquely positioned to tackle grand challenges. Continue reading UT Tackles Challenges

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UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and UT President Randy Boyd are photographed in front of the “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural in Sharon. Since 2019, the University of Tennessee has been painting canvases across the state to remind passersby of UT’s presence in all 95 counties. To find mural locations or to nominate a space, visit https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/. Photo By Sam Thomas

Art Imitates Life

The arts and humanities enrich our lives while providing the foundations on which we stand. Continue reading Art Imitates Life

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UT System President Randy Boyd, center, and UT AgResearch Dean Hongwei Xin, right, with assistant professor of entomology Jennifer Tsuruda and a bee colony at the Organic Farming and Gardening Field Day.

UT Helps Tennessee Farmers Feed the World

Good food brings good people together. Continue reading UT Helps Tennessee Farmers Feed the World

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Randy Body

Working Together to Solve our Greatest Research Challenges

Advancing the frontiers of knowledge creates a more just, prosperous and sustainable future through research, scholarship and creative work. Continue reading Working Together to Solve our Greatest Research Challenges

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UT President Randy Boyd speaks to UT Knoxville ROTC cadets.

The Value of Values

Accomplishments do not happen without core values. Continue reading The Value of Values

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Randy Boyd wears a UT extension shirt and stands along a walking path at UT Gardens in Knoxville

Working to Make Our Trails Better

As a land-grant institution, UT’s mission is to leave our state in a better place. Continue reading Working to Make Our Trails Better

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Be One UT

Be One UT

Values should underscore the “why” in what a successful organization does and provide guidance day in and day out. Continue reading Be One UT

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Randy Boyd tells a joke on a stage as two seated men laugh

Diverse as One

As president of the UT System, one of my main goals is to make the university a strong and welcoming community for everyone. Continue reading Diverse as One

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Everywhere You Look, U T

Lighting the Way in Innovation

A spark – that moment when two objects collide to create a catalyst for brilliant illumination. Continue reading Lighting the Way in Innovation

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Randy Boyd delivers the State of UT address on stage

A message from the President

These are the times that will define our decade and define each of us forever. Continue reading A message from the President

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Randy Boyd meets with high school students during the UT Promise fall 2019 tour

The Great Equalizer

Education is the great equalizer and is the route to change lives, which then change communities and our state. Continue reading The Great Equalizer

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A message from the interim president

I am thankful for the role our campuses and institutes play in preparing the next generation of servicemen and women, as well as assisting our veterans once they transition from service to civilian life. Continue reading A message from the interim president

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Randy Boyd at the 2019 State of the University Address

A message from the interim president

UT Promise is an opportunity for UT to take a lead role in ensuring students can achieve their dreams of obtaining an undergraduate college degree. Continue reading A message from the interim president

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Joe DiPietro pictured in Knoxville, Tennessee

A message from the president

The opioid epidemic is a problem of such complexity and consequence that it will require all we can do to overcome it. But we’re not in it alone. Continue reading A message from the president

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Up Close with Joe DiPietro

Learn a few of the lesser known facts about the University of Tennessee’s 25th president. Continue reading Up Close with Joe DiPietro

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Joe DiPietro

A message from the president

None of us gets through life without overcoming challenges. Continue reading A message from the president

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President Joe DiPietro explores the Tennessee River near campus on a boat courtesy of UT Rowing in Knoxville.

A message from the president

As the UT alumni family and all its future generations go on, Tennessee Alumnus will continue serving as a bridge connecting you, me and the university’s proud past and exciting future. Continue reading A message from the president

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Joe DiPietro

A message from the president

Whether on behalf of the university or on their own initiative, members of the UT team make a difference every day across the state and around the world. Continue reading A message from the president

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Joe DiPietro at his desk in his office

A Message from the President

Approximately 370,000 UT alumni impact their communities, their states, and the nation. Your lives are our success stories. Continue reading A Message from the President

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Pat Summitt cutting down the net after the Lady Vols 2008 victory

In Memoriam, Pat Head Summitt

I am privileged to be associated with the university that benefited from its long association with Coach Summitt. Continue reading In Memoriam, Pat Head Summitt

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Commencement at UT Chattanooga

It’s Tassel Time in Tennessee

After 20 years and watching tens of thousands turn the tassels, I still appreciate what a milestone moment graduation is. Continue reading It’s Tassel Time in Tennessee

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Ut President Joe DiPietro with Kamaria Robinson at UTHSC Event

President’s Message: Prepare for Impact

In five years, our statewide university system has produced 55,000 new college graduates, performed $9.2 billion in research and conducted outreach with 5 million participants. Continue reading President’s Message: Prepare for Impact

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Dave Ramsey and Joe DiPietro

Educate, Discover, Connect

When talking about the impact of the University of Tennessee, I often use the phrase “educate, discover and connect.” There are hundreds of examples of UT faculty, staff and students fulfilling that mission every day. Continue reading Educate, Discover, Connect

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