Business

Bright Lights, Big Business
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Bright Lights, Big Business

Mike Strickland's Bandit Lites illuminates the biggest names of the entertainment world.

SimCenter Grows Partnerships
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SimCenter Grows Partnerships

UT Chattanooga's computational modeling and simulation unit attracts big-name partners and pumps up the economy.

Entrepreneurs Can Dream Bigger
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Entrepreneurs Can Dream Bigger

Charlie and Moll Anderson support UT Knoxville's entrepreneurship center and scholarships for single parents.

UT Helps Government, Industry
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UT Helps Government, Industry

The public service arm of the university has an economic impact of more than $872 million.

Right Here in River City
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Right Here in River City

Kim White continues Chattanooga's downtown renaissance

Haslam Building Open for Business
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Haslam Building Open for Business

The new James A. Haslam II Business Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is “open for business.”

Bringing Up the Bells
The Last Word

Bringing Up the Bells

Corey and Millicent Bell have only six children at home. Yes, only. Because, you see, they used to have eight.

Freeman Saves Nashville Hockey Franchise: David Freeman
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Freeman Saves Nashville Hockey Franchise: David Freeman

David Freeman is just a regular guy: a regular guy with a lot of money to invest in a National Hockey League franchise.

Bright Idea
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Bright Idea

Red flashing lights get our attention. Very bright red flashing lights, even more so.

The Road Ahead
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The Road Ahead

The excitement continues to build in Chattanooga since Volkswagen announced it will build its North American assembly plant there.

Warhol, STEM Growth, and Haslam Scholars
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Warhol, STEM Growth, and Haslam Scholars

The Campaign for Tennessee, a new Warhol exhibit, a look at the Haslam Scholars, and more in the latest installment of UTopics.

Appetite for Growth
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Appetite for Growth

Twins Wes and Ches Jackson are quick to point out that no one really graduates from college and aspires to sell hot dogs.

Home is Where the Art Is
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Home is Where the Art Is

Anna Maria Horner is a homemaker in the oldest, and newest, sense of the word.

Fresh, Fine Milk from a Farmer You Know
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Fresh, Fine Milk from a Farmer You Know

Pearl is the "Cow of the Month" at the Hatcher Family Dairy. Her hobbies are sunbathing and chewing cud.

What a Scholarship Can Do
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What a Scholarship Can Do

Jim Powell of tiny Limestone, Tennessee, has helped to build many of Tennessee's most recognizable landmarks.

UT Goes to China
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UT Goes to China

Educating students to succeed in the global workplace isn't just a lofty slogan. Today it's a necessity.

Surely They Jest: Three alumni who always have their wit about them
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Surely They Jest: Three alumni who always have their wit about them

Three UT alumni, Carl Wolfson, Leanne Morgan, and Dale Henry, are making their livings by making others laugh.

Wilson Has a Taste for Leadership
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Wilson Has a Taste for Leadership

America's palate is becoming more sophisticated, and Alan Wilson is in the business of satisfying the nation's taste buds.

Ready to Go Out on the Town
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Ready to Go Out on the Town

Wade Tosh was named the town administrator of Dover four months before he finished his Master of Public Administration degree.

Let's Mobilize the UT Nation
Alumni Association

Let’s Mobilize the UT Nation

Recently, UT came calling on Ron Turner. Only months earlier, he had retired as head of Ceridian Corporation.

Education Changes Lives
Alumni Association

Education Changes Lives

Though their stories are quite different, Kayvon Sadrabadi and Paige Pettit both credit education with altering their lives.

The Future is China
The Last Word

The Future is China

From my 24th-floor office in northeast Beijing, each day I survey the startling expansion and transformation of the city.

Petroleum-Free in Tennessee
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Petroleum-Free in Tennessee

Chad Holliday Jr. is full of enthusiasm as he surveys the crowd at the grand opening of the DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Facility.