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A tiny perfect bound leather book held between a thumb and index and middle fingers

The Odd and Rare

Celebrate UT Knoxville’s 225 year with treasures from the UT Libraries’ Special Collections. Continue reading The Odd and Rare

System News
Keith Carver takes a group picture at Obion High school

UT Kicks Off UT Promise Endowment Campaign

The goal of UT Promise is to make higher education even more accessible and affordable for Tennessee students. Continue reading UT Kicks Off UT Promise Endowment Campaign

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Ryan Windeknecht walks around his philosophy classroom with an oversize yellow notepad

Game On!

In some classrooms, learning really is fun and games. Continue reading Game On!

Campus News
African American women in Chattanooga staged sit-ins at lunch counters as part of the civil rights movement.

‘Her’stories

UTC professor Susan Eckelmann Berghel has students engage with history beyond the textbooks by recording the stories of local women involved in the civil rights movement. Continue reading ‘Her’stories

UTopics

Civil War on Campus

The Hill in Knoxville was quite a different place 150 years ago — not just because it was an earlier day and time but also because the Hill was a war zone. Continue reading Civil War on Campus

UTopics

Celebrating 150 Years of the Morrill Act

The Morrill Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 to create land-grant universities in the states. Continue reading Celebrating 150 Years of the Morrill Act

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Celebrating Chattanooga’s University

Celebrating Chattanooga’s University

From its private-college beginnings in 1886, UT Chattanooga has grown to be an integral part of its local and regional communities. Continue reading Celebrating Chattanooga’s University

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Ten Things You Didn't Know about UTC

Ten Things You Didn’t Know about UTC

Rolaids, Pert Plus, and the day they tore the goalposts down. Continue reading Ten Things You Didn’t Know about UTC

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Return Mail

Return Mail

A letter written by university president Joseph Estabrook in 1835 comes home to Knoxville. Continue reading Return Mail

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Celebrating 100 Years

Celebrating 100 Years

The UT Health Science Center is the backbone of Tennessee health care. Continue reading Celebrating 100 Years

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They Paved the Way

They Paved the Way

UT’s first African American undergraduates enrolled in 1961. Continue reading They Paved the Way

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Ayres, not Ayers: Tale of a Troubling Transposition

Ayres, not Ayers: Tale of a Troubling Transposition

With the debut of the renovated Ayres Hall came a new plaque that correctly spells its name. Continue reading Ayres, not Ayers: Tale of a Troubling Transposition

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Mapping Tennessee History

Mapping Tennessee History

Rare maps provide a window to Tennessee’s past. Continue reading Mapping Tennessee History

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illustrated map of Tennessee

That’s So Tennessee

From Moon Pies to the Mississippi, from Bonnaroo to Bristol, Tennessee Alumnus offers its take on the places and things that define the Volunteer State. Continue reading That’s So Tennessee

Spotlight
Bookshelf

Bookshelf

Steve Ash’s history of a black Civil War regiment and A. Scott Pearson’s medical science-fiction thriller. Continue reading Bookshelf

The Last Word
Alaska at 50: Still Foreign to Many Down South

Alaska at 50: Still Foreign to Many Down South

Knoxville native John d’Armand (Knoxville ’58), who has spent much of his life in Alaska, reflects on territorial days. Continue reading Alaska at 50: Still Foreign to Many Down South

UTopics
Ancient Bronzes, A Farm of the Future, and a Couple Updates

Ancient Bronzes, A Farm of the Future, and a Couple Updates

Objects from long ago and far away promise a tantalizing museum experience this summer at UT Knoxville. Continue reading Ancient Bronzes, A Farm of the Future, and a Couple Updates

UTopics
Ayers, Mears, and Geier

Ayers, Mears, and Geier

Richmond taps Ayers as president, Mears dies in Knoxville, Rita Geier joins university Continue reading Ayers, Mears, and Geier

Spotlight
Sounds of Centuries Past

Sounds of Centuries Past

One of the world’s premier ­musical ensembles will bring its extraordinary talents to the university’s Knoxville campus this fall. Continue reading Sounds of Centuries Past

Research
Wrong President, Wrong Time

Wrong President, Wrong Time

Tom Coens spends much of his time perusing letters, memos, speeches, and other communications to and from Andrew Jackson. Continue reading Wrong President, Wrong Time

UTopics
Butterflies, the Big Bopper, and Other News

Butterflies, the Big Bopper, and Other News

A book about butterflies, solving the mystery of The Big Bopper’s death, a fat camp for pets, and other stories. Continue reading Butterflies, the Big Bopper, and Other News

Spotlight
Keeping the Lid on in Korea

Keeping the Lid on in Korea

When 4-star general Burwell Bell came to UT to speak, he was–for a time–just “B.B.,” a friend, relative, and diehard Vols fan. Continue reading Keeping the Lid on in Korea

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To Do the Right Thing

To Do the Right Thing

Fall 2006 commencement at UT Knoxville seemed a fitting homecoming for civil rights pioneer Rita Sanders Geier. Continue reading To Do the Right Thing

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