Access for a Better Life
UT Knoxville’s KLASS Center provides autism evaluations and guidance, plus PASS and FUTURE programs that build independence and college success.
The Reshaping Brain
UT Knoxville neuroscientist Keerthi Krishnan studies how genes influence brain plasticity, linking experience-driven change to neurological disease mechanisms.
Caring for Carers
Funded by a $1.3M Pat Summitt Foundation award, UT Extension’s Pat’s Gameplan for Caregivers supports Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers statewide.
Building Student Success
UT Knoxville applies the PERMA well-being model to personalize student success, building confidence, resilience and purpose through strengths-based tools and supportive campus programs.
Two Disciplines, One Mission
A UT mobile clinic brings hearing, speech, and social services to rural Tennessee, improving lives while training future health professionals through a Grand Challenges–funded collaboration.
Veterinary Social Work
Founded at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, veterinary social work supports the human–animal bond by caring for people, pets, and veterinary teams during life’s most difficult moments.
UTK Alumni Generosity
UT Knoxville advanced student success through major philanthropy, a new nursing facility, and innovative residence halls expanding academic, healthcare and campus life opportunities.
Getting Cellular
Two UT Knoxville professors launched TennWell, a research initiative exploring how stress impacts teen mental health and biology at the cellular level.
Innovating for the Future
Lia Winter (Knoxville ’19) turned an innovative idea into a business, helping over a thousand orthopedic reconstruction patients—and counting.
From Bench to Bed
Researchers from multiple disciplines across UT Knoxville and the UT Institute of Agriculture help pioneer a new era of precision medicine.
Putting out Fires
UT and MTAS research helped reduce Tennessee fire deaths by 26% between 2003 and 2022, improving home safety across the state.
Growing Communities
Derrick Stowell had no idea his passion for environmental education and therapeutic recreation would launch a world-impacting program.
ACE “train the trainers” event held at UT Knoxville
The ACE “train the trainers” workshop was held in conjunction with the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) and the UT–Oak Ridge Innovation Institute this summer.
Safety Check
One UTC professor is working to speed up the time it takes to test food products and save people from unwanted bacteria.
The King of Country Ham
By following a gut feeling and fueling it with hard work and passion, one UT Knoxville alumnus has successfully been curing, smoking and aging hams since 1973.
Full Circle at the Food Truck
UT Knoxville undergrads participate in the real-world experience provided by the Culinary Institute of Knoxville.
Creating a Healthy World
During the past 25 years, Nan Gaylord has witnessed just about everything in the waiting room at Knoxville’s Vine School Health Center.
A Better Place
Jennifer and Brian Winbigler hope their efforts create not only a brighter future for their children, but also the rest of the world.
Two Residence Halls Renamed for Black Trailblazers
Two residence halls are named for Theotis Robinson and Rita Sanders Geier, two African American trailblazers whose fight for equity and social justice transformed the state’s higher education system and the university.
Students Join Community Vaccination
Students and faculty from UTHSC joined to assist in the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations in Memphis.
Assisting in a Crisis
Alumni and donors give to help students impacted by COVID-19.
Welcome to the UT Family
How UT's campuses and academic program prepared five Class of 2020 graduates.
