Powered by UTC MBA, Utility Executive Turns Chattanooga into ‘Gig City’
Chattanooga became the first city anywhere in the Western Hemisphere to offer 10-gigabit-per-second Internet service to all residents and businesses.
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 graduated summa cum laude and debt free from UT Knoxville in May 2001.
Graduation Rituals, Regalia and Traditions
Caps, gowns, commencement. Where do graduation traditions come from?
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 online platforms currently in use has resulted in an additional ... Read more
First Bredesen Scholars Graduate
The first two students to earn a new doctoral degree from the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education graduated in May. The program was founded by former Gov. ... Read more
Utensil University
UTHSC students can be proficient in their chosen field and still be lacking in one skill that might make a difference when it comes to getting hired.
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.
Teaching Online
Richard Griffin, an accounting professor at UT Martin has been teaching online since 1998.
Earning a Degree Online
Marcus Myers, an IT staff member at UTC, was the first person to sign up for the online UTC Achieve Degree.
What is a MOOC?
Massive Open Online Courses are a hot new platform for delivering education, and they are creating quite a stir in academic circles.
Tech Tools
New technologies on campus are helping both students and instructors in the classroom.
Learning Online
It’s midnight on a week night, and campus is eerily quiet. The Strip is nearly empty, and most students have gone to sleep. For Morgan Cripps, class is just starting.
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 of Tennessee are linked.
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 finish their degrees is a goal of the state.
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 both cities are able to interact with each other and their two instructors.
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 prosper again will allow us to reassert the greatness of our nation’s universities."
Library of the Future
More than six years in the making, the library planning committee at UTC envisioned an “academic and intellectual center of campus, a marketplace of ideas” where student resources are all in one beautiful, modern building.
Learning by Practice
The College of Dentistry at the Health Science Center in Memphis has the largest dental simulation lab in the country.
Construction for the Future
In just a year, UT Knoxville students will call the Fred D. Brown Residence Hall their new home away from home.
