History

No Hard and Fast Lines

Twenty-first century medical appointments are a predictable affair: syringes, stethoscopes, thermometers and the like. But the Middle Age’s medico-magical methods…

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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.

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Donde Plowman

Ninth Chancellor Appointed

Donde Plowman has returned to UT Knoxville to serve as the campus’ ninth chancellor.

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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.

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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…

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Ancient Harvest

Want to try some sumpweed?

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collage of images from the 30s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s

Historic Timeline and Memorable Moments: 1917 – 2017

Noteworthy, events, people and moments from the past century

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I Will Hold

Clifton Cates was a 1916 UT graduate and a World War I hero.

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New UTC library

UTC Library Opens

Chancellor Emeritus Roger Brown cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the UTC Library before hundreds of attendees who…

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UT President Joe DiPietro, Jim Haslam, Natalie Haslam, UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek and Steve Mangum, dean of the James A. Haslam II College of Business

Historic Naming

The newly named James A. Haslam II College of Business honors one of the university’s greatest benefactors and his family.…

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Energized City and Campus

. Alumni of two different eras characterized Chattanooga as a city that promotes the entrepreneurial spirit. UTC has helped fuel…

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John Hodges

Life in the Delta

John Hodges shares insights as son of a sharecropper

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From War to Writing to the World

Veteran Charles Herd found his place as a chamber of commerce executive

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Return to Sender

John Schlatter matches WWII postcards with families

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Pat Summitt Plaza dedication

Honoring a Legend

Pat Summitt's legacy will forever be enshrined on the UT Knoxville campus with the addition of the Pat Summitt Plaza,…

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Gorup of Survivors

Uncovering Secrets

Investigation of a World War II Practice Invasion Lives on at UT.

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Classroom to Battlefield

Classroom to Battlefield

Despite having few individual records on UT students who fought in the Civil War, some jewels of information still remain.…

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Civil War on Campus

The Hill in Knoxville was quite a different place 150 years ago — not just because it was an earlier…

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Continents Collide

Continents Collide

Learn how natural forces created and continue to shape mountains across the globe at the Frank H. McClung Museum at…

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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…

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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.

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Return Mail

Return Mail

A letter written by university president Joseph Estabrook in 1835 comes home to Knoxville.

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They Paved the Way

They Paved the Way

UT's first African American undergraduates enrolled in 1961.

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