Fall 2023

Sam Banks, Knoxville '23, assists in constructing a Habitat for Humanity house.
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Home Sweet Homes

UT Knoxville resident assistants build habitat homes for 26 years.

Derek and Sierra Ezell's tiny home.
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Tiny Living

UT Martin professor used tiny house living for his dissertation.

Cupcakes with white, yellow and green icing.
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All-Round Education

Tennessee's 4-H Roundup celebrates a century of service.

Map of North and South America overlayed on top of landscape photo of TN hills.
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Finding Home

From Brazil to Tennessee, UT supports international faculty couple.

Cap Nguyen smiles for a photo inside one of UT Chattanooga's mechatronics labs.
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A Safe Haven

Cap Nguyen discovers opportunity at UTC.

Occupational therapy student Akosua Odei watches as the actor playing a patient with multiple sclerosis bats a balloon with Georgia Ray, an occupational therapy student.
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Occupying Home

UTHSC students use simulated home environments to learn how to assess patient needs in a home setting and care for patients based on those assessments.

A Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.
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Placemaking

UT Knoxville professor studies refugee camps' environments.

Jonathan Stewart
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Hopeless No More

American job center helps build new lives.

Close-up of infant grasping a woman's hand.
Grand Challenges

Meeting the Challenge

UT Knoxville alumna runs agency that helps keep families intact.

Floyd Flippin (UT Knoxville '80, '83)
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Painting Tennessee Orange

Mural Campaign Reaches Halfway Point

The general store in Fruitvale opened and operated for many years by UT System Randy Boyd's family.
From the President

Building from Home Base

Whether through families born or chosen, students build strength and resilience into our communities and society. A nurturing environment provides space for growth, helps students excel academically and fosters belonging that contributes to overall well-being.

Marcus, Isaiah, Zander and Melanie Williamson.
The Last Word

What Family Means to Me

Growing up, my family really valued the importance of our last name. We took a lot of pride in being the Williamsons. Family was blood, and it was always thicker than water.

Illustration of a happy couple sitting on the couch.
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Five Ways Happy Couples Argue

Happy couples and unhappy couples argue, but what distinguishes the two may not be so much what they argue about as it is about how they argue, according to Amy Rauer, UT Knoxville professor of child and family studies.

Brian Winbigler, president of the UT Alumni Association.
Alumni Association

Commitment Through Contribution

Winbigler’s journey from a scholarship-seeking student to an enthusiastic alumni volunteer speaks to his passion for giving back and the profound impact UT had on shaping his life.

UT Promise postcard showing a map of all UT campuses across Tennessee.
News and Updates

UT Promise Access Increases

The University of Tennessee System plans to extend the qualifying income level for UT Promise scholarship recipients to $75,000 from $60,000 (adjusted gross income).

Former Sen. Lamar Alexander, left, joined UT Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman and former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who teamed up to teach an undergraduate honors course on leading with courage—the first course to be offered through the university’s new Institute of American Civics.
News and Updates

Rankings and Recognition

UT Knoxville is ranked among the best colleges in America for affordability and quality by Money Magazine.

Sara Marc (UT Chattanooga, '22)
News and Updates

Grad Makes Très Grand Decision

UT Chattanooga graduate Sara Marc was accepted into the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) and was also awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to France.

Middle and high school students took classes and studied a range of music before giving a concert during UT Southern's first music camp.
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UTS Hosts First Summer Music Camp

Middle and high school students from Giles County and beyond participated in UT Southern’s first summer music camp in June.

UT Martin football great Jerry Reese speaks to the crowd during the RISE celebration event.
News and Updates

RISE Campaign Surpasses Goal

The RISE fundraising campaign surpassed its goal of $175 million weeks before its planned June 30 end date.

UTHSC College of Pharmacy
News and Updates

College of Pharmacy Rises to No. 6 in NIH Research Funding

The UTHSC College of Pharmacy is now ranked No. 6 in annual research funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Ernest Bernard, center, a professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, is the recipient of the UTIA Institute Professor Award, the Institute’s top recognition for faculty. With him are, from left, AgResearch Dean Hongwei Xin; UTIA Senior Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President Keith Carver; College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Jim Thompson; and UT Extension Dean Ashley Stokes.
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UTIA Holds Annual UTIA Awards and Promotion Luncheon

UTIA celebrated the outstanding work of more than 40 members of the faculty and staff at the annual UTIA Awards and Promotion Luncheon.

CIS Training Consultant Keith Groves, far right, led some of the manufacturing skills training in the Dyer County jail.
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CIS Takes Manufacturing Skills Training to Jails

The TDLWD Office of Reentry partnered with the Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board, the Southwest Tennessee Workforce Agency and CIS to provide skills training for inmates in the Hardin County jail.