The Tangle: Tennessee’s Opioid Crisis
In unchecked growth of prescriptions, opiates caught millions of fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in the tangle of addiction. UT researchers, alumni and students are working to free the ensnared.
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.
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.
Increasing Incidents
With the majority of drug overdose deaths attributed to opioids, UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center partnered with BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation to do something about it.
Committed
The UTHSC Center for Addiction Science battles addiction through education, clinical care, research and outreach. “It’s a work in progress,” the center’s program director says.
Standing Up to Big Pharma
UT alumna and Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen has taken the war against the opioid epidemic to the courtroom – the civil one.
A message from the president
The opioid epidemic is a problem of such complexity and consequence that it will require all we can do to overcome it. But we’re not in it alone.
Opioid Facts in Tennessee
Opioids, natural and synthetic, include: Opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, hydrocodone (vicodin), oxycodone (percocet), fentanyl, methadone.
Saving the Children
Each day, more than 1,600 American teenagers take a first step into a lifelong cycle of drug addiction. UT Martin alumni in Weakley County are fighting back.
He Had Enough
After UT Chattanooga student Austin Holdsworth lost his brother and friends to drug overdoses, he could not be quiet anymore.
Health Rocks
With the opioid epidemic killing more than 100 people in our nation daily, the UT Institute of Agriculture is fighting to end this crisis through education.
Own Your Truth
Generational addiction stalked the family of Miss Tennessee 2017 Caty Davis. But she didn’t back down.
Earhart Findings Obtain Widespread Media Attention
A UT researcher’s conclusion about remains found on a remote South Pacific island made headlines around the world this spring.
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.
Leadership Program Hosts Gubernatorial Forum
The WestStar Leadership Program hosted a gubernatorial forum in May, in which six candidates participated.
Celebrating Nurses
Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, U.S. deputy surgeon general, was the featured speaker at UTHSC's NightinGala, a celebration of nursing.
CASNR Transforms to Herbert College of Agriculture
The Herbert College of Agriculture is the third named college in UT history and only the second land-grant agricultural college in the nation named from a philanthropic gift.
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute Joins UT
Under this new arrangement, the center will tailor its mission to providing language services to state and local government entities in support of industrial recruitment and economic development.
UT Ranked Among Best in World for Patents
The UT Research Foundation was granted 25 patents in 2017.
Meet the 2018-19 Officers of the UTAA
Meet the 2018-2019 officers of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association.
Alumni Snapshots: Fall 2018
Tennessee Alumni, students, and employees around the state.
