Education

Impact of Alumni Scholarship Remembered Nearly Two Decades Later

Thirty-nine recipients later, the Davidson County Alumni Scholarship continues to transform lives, just as it did for Laura DeBusk, who…

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A woman and man in baccalaureate and doctoral regalia

Graduation Rituals, Regalia and Traditions

Caps, gowns, commencement. Where do graduation traditions come from?

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two highschoolers, a girl and a boy meet with Timothy Gibson in his office

College Dreams Become Reality

Meet the high school counselors who help make it happen

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Robert and Lindsey behind the Two for Two headline

Two for Two

UT Students named back-to-back Rhodes Scholars

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Is Video the Future?

One year into a two-year pilot program, UT’s test of the utility of new online learning technology compared to other…

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First Bredesen Scholars Graduate

The first two students to earn a new doctoral degree from the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education…

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John Hodges

Life in the Delta

John Hodges shares insights as son of a sharecropper

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Paul Juarez, PhD, and Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD,

Lower the Numbers

Health disparities draw research team to Memphis

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Utensil University

UTHSC students can be proficient in their chosen field and still be lacking in one skill that might make a…

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What is the Future of Higher Education? 

There is a wave of change hitting universities across the country, questioning the purpose and value of higher education.

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Richard Griffin, online accounting professor at UT Martin

Teaching Online

Richard Griffin, an accounting professor at UT Martin has been teaching online since 1998.

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Marcus Myers

Earning a Degree Online

Marcus Myers, an IT staff member at UTC, was the first person to sign up for the online UTC Achieve…

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What is a MOOC?

Massive Open Online Courses are a hot new platform for delivering education, and they are creating quite a stir in…

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Tech Tools

New technologies on campus are helping both students and instructors in the classroom.

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Morgan Cripps reads notes for Nutrition 100, a large lecture class available online for UT Knoxville students.

Learning Online

It’s midnight on a week night, and campus is eerily quiet. The Strip is nearly empty, and most students have…

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Q&A with Gov. Bill Haslam

Gov. Bill Haslam talks about his “Drive to 55” initiative. He says the future of the state and the University…

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Q&A with Randy Boyd

Randy Boyd, special advisor on higher education, talks about his role in determining the future. He says getting adults to…

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medication therapy course

Teaching in Two Places

This medication therapy management class is taught simultaneously in Memphis and Knoxville by videoconference. Second-year College of Pharmacy students in…

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Sen. Lamar Alexander

Higher Education: The Federal Perspective

Senator Lamar Alexander believes the future of higher education rests in innovation. "Giving our colleges and universities a chance to…

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New Library at UT Chattanooga

Library of the Future

More than six years in the making, the library planning committee at UTC envisioned an “academic and intellectual center of…

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UTHSC dental simulation

Learning by Practice

The College of Dentistry at the Health Science Center in Memphis has the largest dental simulation lab in the country.

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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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UT Legacy

Legacy of Scholarships

The newly created Legacy Scholarship by the UT Alumni Association celebrates the tradition of attending UT in succeeding generations.

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