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Jeff Guenther checks a patient’s teeth in Crossville.
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The Dentist Will See You Now

The Healthy Smiles project continues to boost Tennessee's dental workforce and delivers crucial care to rural communities.

The Energy and Environmental Science Research Building.
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Growing UT

The University of Tennessee's statewide growth fuels projects to modernize and expand facilities across it's campuses.

The university community celebrated the groundbreaking of two new residential communities slated to welcome students in the fall of 2025.
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Creating Access

UT Knoxville continues enhancing campus capacity to support academics, research, and the Volunteer experience.

A bulldozer moving dirt at the construction site of BlueOval City in West Tennessee.
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Turning Blue

Political science students from the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs lead focus groups for Ford's BlueOval City project.

An illustration rendering of a feasibility study for a marina in Savannah.
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Learning to Lead

Learn how the CPM program's growth in West Tennessee is enhancing professional development for local leaders and driving significant economic projects.

Ingram Scholars 2024 (second year) From left: Jay Carroll, Lincoln County; Colin Cheplen, Giles County; Aaliyah Dunavant, Lawrence County; Paige Stiles, Marshall County; Mercie Ashmore, Lewis County; Bibi Crane, Maury County; Pat Ford, director.
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Leading Through Networking

The Ingram Scholars program provides an opportunity for exemplary UT Southern students to help their communities while networking with local leaders.

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Grow Your Own Awarded $1.8 Million grant

The Tennessee Grow Your Own Center received a $1.8 million grant to enhance the teacher talent development pipeline.

Nancy La Vigne
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Partnerships for a Greater Tennessee

The College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies meets with industry leaders student employment preparation.

UTS Vice Chancellor of Advancement Evan Beech, UTS Interim Chancellor Linda Martin and UT System President Randy Boyd.
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Martin continues as Interim Chancellor

UT Southern Interim Chancellor Linda Martin has agreed to extend her leadership role through the 2024-2025 academic year.

Participants in the fifth cohort of the Executive Leadership Institute gather for their first meeting.
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ELI Kicks off with Orientation Session

The Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership held an orientation session for the fifth cohort of the Executive Leadership Institute.

Former NFL quarterback and VFL Peyton Manning (Knoxville ’97) was appointed a professor of practice in the College of Communication and Information.
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Former Alumni Joins Faculty

Former NFL quarterback and VFL Peyton Manning (Knoxville ’97) was appointed a professor of practice in the College of Communication and Information.

Front row, from left: Ken Vickers, Brant Harwell, Melissa Ryckman, Cheri Thomas, Judy Cheatham, Cindy Young, Parker Phifer and Jennifer Aust. Second row, from left: Olivia Kate Willis, Emily Grace Russell and Elizabeth Mae Ayers. Third row, from left: Hunter Dunavant, Makinze Talley, Alexa Bryan and Abigail Beasley.
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Students Join Alpha Chi

Twenty-three UT Southern students joined the Tennessee XI Chapter of Alpha Chi National Collegiate Honor Society.

Military themed challenge coin alongside assorted pieces of military gear.
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Helping Hand

With the help of UT Center for Industrial Services employees, Tennessee small businesses have secured billions of dollars in government contracts since 1986. Read about two.

Jack on the Rocks statue in front of the Cave Spring opening at the Jack Daniel Distillery.
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Whiskey and Trees

Jack Daniels needs specific trees to create its iconic whiskey. UTIA has been there to help ensure the brand can continue for many more generations.

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Making An Impact

The UT Research Foundation moves ideas and discoveries by faculty, staff and students from the laboratories and classrooms to the marketplace.

A student works to machine a part in the Machine Tool Research Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, during the ACE Bootcamp training.
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Manufacturing Renaissance

If the manufacturing industry were a brick-and-mortar building, the sign on its window would read “help wanted.” UT Knoxville, however, would be lined up outside the door.

UT Board of Trustees Chairman John Compton and UT President Randy Boyd during the annual meeting. Photo By Sam Thomas
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UT Board of Trustees Approves Zero Percent Tuition Increase

The UT Board of Trustees has once again approved an across-the-board, zero percent tuition increase for its campuses across the state.

From left: State Rep. Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville), Tickle College of Engineering Dean Matthew Mench, State Rep. John Ragan (R-Oak Ridge), State Rep. Michele Carringer (R-Knoxville), Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and UT Professor Tony Schmitz pose for a photo at the ACE “train the trainers” event at UT. Photo By: IACMI/Shawn Millsaps
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ACE “train the trainers” event held at UT Knoxville

The ACE “train the trainers” workshop was held in conjunction with the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) and the UT–Oak Ridge Innovation Institute this summer.

Members of the Tombras family alongside Chancellor Donde Plowman, Dean Joseph Mazer and Director Beth Avery Foster
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Gifts

The UT Knoxville Haslam College of Business received a $3 million gift from the Boyd Foundation to create professorships and expand the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research Endowment.

Suresh Babu, center, works with students on the MELD Machine inside the Machine Tool Research Center.
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Advancing The Nation

UT Knoxville has risen as a leader in advanced manufacturing research with efforts focused on national security and economic development.

A woman stands at a bakery counter in a white shirt and black apron
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Enriching the Lifeblood

UT Southern mentorship program pairs established businesses with start-ups.

Shipping continers arranged in a colorful grid
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The Challenge in a Granola Bar

Defining, teaching, managing (and improving) global supply chains.

the patented Easy Whip device
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Alumni Invention to Help Surgery Patients

Lia Winter and Preston Dishner refined their innovative medical device throughout their time in the MS–MBA program at UT Knoxville.