Business

Five students and their professor pose in Downtown Chattanooga
News and Updates

Team Wins Statewide Competition for Fifth Time

For the fifth consecutive year, a team of UTC students has won the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Greater Tennessee Research Challenge.

The Haslam family pictured outdoors
News and Updates

Haslam Family Makes $40 Million Gift

A $40 million gift to the Haslam College of Business aims to elevate its national reputation and mission of developing future leaders.

Young ag entrepreneurs with their patent
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Finding a Better Way

A class at UT Martin leads to a patent.

historic photos show students at Morgan Hall on the agriculture campus in Knoxville
News and Updates

Department Celebrates a Century of Service

For 100 years, Agricultural and Resource Economics has been assisting agricultural producers and policymakers across the state and nation.

A CMFO program participant takes notes during a lecture
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Making Government Work Better

A finance program reduces audit findings in municipalities.

Shane Cotriss stands in front of the Entrepreneurship Wall of Fame at UTC
The Last Word

The Game Changing SMILE

Through challenge, competition and encouragement, Shane Cotriss discovered a path he loved at UTC.

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UT’s Economic Impact Tops $9 Billion

The University of Tennessee announced an estimated economic impact of $9.094 billion across the state for fiscal year 2017.

David Harman
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The Maker City

UT alumnus David Harman helps drive Knoxville’s creative space.

Sherry Costanza Steady
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Steady As She Goes

Procurement Technical Assistance Center helps business owner Sherry Costanza Steady.

Dena, Kennedy, Joshua and Ken Oakes
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Daylilies, Pumpkins and More

The Center for Profitable Agriculture celebrates 20 years of helping makers.

Samantha Lane
Alumni Association

Making Time for What Matters

Samantha Lane helps others find work-life balance through workshops, training and a signature product line.

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A Battle Worth Fighting

A discovery by UT Knoxville-based economists led to Gov. Bill Haslam developing a $30 million dollar plan to begin dealing with the opioid crisis.

Dr. Geogy Thomas
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On a Mission

In the Tennessee county hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, UT Knoxville alumnus Dr. Geogy Thomas works to help the most innocent of victims—the babies addicted in the womb—along with their mothers and fathers.

Rollins College of Business Dean Robert Dooley skydives for a cause.
News and Updates

Jumping for a Reason

Rollins College of Business Dean Robert Dooley jumped out of a perfectly good airplane while it was about two and a half miles above the ground.

Thai Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong
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Becoming the Fixer

Thailand’s Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong and his adviser are both guided by their education at UT.

Morgan Hall on the UTIA campus
News and Updates

Celebrating 50 Years of Service

Throughout 2018, faculty, staff and alumni are celebrating the institute’s golden anniversary.

LEIC leads a training session to help college investigators of sexual assault.
News and Updates

LEIC Trains Campus Investigators

In 2016, Tennessee legislators approached the LEIC to expand their training on investigating domestic violence and sexual assault to help campus investigators.

Strong Hall, framed by orange and white ribbons and balloons
News and Updates

Campus Kicks Off $1.1 Billion Campaign

UT Knoxville launched its $1.1 billion Join the Journey campaign with a kickoff celebration on Sept. 22.

Harrison Kincaid, Onise, Stacy, and Sara Cox pose with one another in Haiti. (Photo courtesy of Stacy Cox)
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Hearts for Haiti

From housing to healthcare, UT helps where it’s needed.

IPS Vice President Herb Byrd, right, visits with a neighbor at IPS block party.
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Block Party for New Neighbors

In partnership with the UT Foundation, the Institute for Public Service hosted a neighborhood block party at IPS’ new offices in April.

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Proverbial Woman

UTC alumna establishes multi-million dollar business

Tony Bova and Jeff Beegle stretch a rubbery plant material called lignin
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Entrepreneurship 101

UT Knoxville is a launchpad for business starters.

Chatanooga memorial flag
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UTC’s Kenyon Wilson Composes Musical Tribute in Honor of Fallen Five

The musical tribute Five was composed in honor of the five service members shot to death in Chattanooga on July 16, 2015: Carson A. Holmquist, Randall Smith, Thomas J. Sullivan, Squire K. "Skip" Wells, and David A. Wyatt.