Arts & Culture

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New Years and Old Ones

Three UT students, a Lincoln Continental and a long trip to Texas

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Proud and Personal

With small town charm, UT Martin is big on personal relationships between faculty and students.

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Energized City and Campus

. Alumni of two different eras characterized Chattanooga as a city that promotes the entrepreneurial spirit. UTC has helped fuel…

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Student ambassador Sarah Strong stands in front of The Rock, which bears daily spray-painted messages.

Big On Tradition

Tradition, reputation—and we’ll just go ahead and say it—football are some reasons students choose UT Knoxville.

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John Hodges

Life in the Delta

John Hodges shares insights as son of a sharecropper

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An East Tennessee Icon

By John W. Lacey With an easy-going demeanor and bone-dry humor, Bill Landry (Chattanooga ’72) makes everyone feel comfortable. He’s…

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Pat Summitt Plaza dedication

Honoring a Legend

Pat Summitt's legacy will forever be enshrined on the UT Knoxville campus with the addition of the Pat Summitt Plaza,…

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Eyes on LaFollette

Eyes on LaFollette

Student photojournalism project in small-town Tennessee celebrates 20 years.

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Journey of Life and Letters

Jon Manchip White was an author, screenwriter and spy.

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Sharing is Good

The “sharing economy” or “collaborative consumption” is giving age-old ideas like renting, bartering and swapping a 21st-century makeover. Now, instead…

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Rewriting History

Cherie Priest writes steampunk hits.

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Construction for the Future

In just a year, UT Knoxville students will call the Fred D. Brown Residence Hall their new home away from…

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Funny Lady

From Saturday Night Live to the silver screen, Paula Pell hits the comedy jackpot.

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The Warrior Poets

The Warrior Poets

The author and the soldier live in different worlds, but sometimes those worlds collide. On rare occasions, pen and sword…

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On the Record: World War II to Watergate

A 1936 graduate of UT Knoxville, newsman Walter Pulliam covered major events of the 20th century. Pulliam, who turned 99…

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Southern Scribe

Mississippi native Minrose Gwin (Knoxville ’67, ‘83) tells the Tennessee Alumnus about the inspiration for her new book Remembering Medgar…

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The Effect of Cornmeal

The Effect of Cornmeal

Later I understood why: Cornmeal is in your bones, y’all. It’s part of surviving in war and peace in a…

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Ashley Capps

The Birth of Bonnaroo

Born and raised in Knoxville, Ashley Capps began promoting shows in the late 1970s as a hobby. He has since…

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Called to Broadway

Laura Beth Wells’ dream of being a stage actress started in Knoxville when she was a fourth-grader watching Peter Pan…

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Bonnaroo Photos by Rob Heller

Photographer’s Paradise

The tens of thousands of people and hundreds of performers at Bonnaroo provide endless subjects for photographer Rob Heller, professor…

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Your Bonnaroo Stories

The Tennessee Alumnus asked online readers to send their stories about going to Bonnaroo.

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Desegregation Documented

Horace Traylor, UTC's first African-American to graduate, offers one of the student voices in a new documentary, Reaching the Light:…

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Great Grammar

Great Grammar

Did you know that the Harbrace Handbook, the best selling college textbook ever, was born in Knoxville?

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