Growing a Startup Community
The new Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator will work with 30 startups over the next three years that use clean energy, artificial intelligence, big data, cybersecurity, digital currency, 5G and other innovations to transform society.
Record Enrollment Set
The UT Board of Trustees celebrated new enrollment records during its annual fall meeting.
UT’s Economic Impact Tops $9 Billion
The University of Tennessee announced an estimated economic impact of $9.094 billion across the state for fiscal year 2017.
Hypersonic HORIZON
The new wind tunnel complex at UTSI will simulate speeds greater than 3,800 MPH.
Running for My Life (And Theirs, Too)
In September 2013 I participated in my first 5K (3.1-mile) race.
Chancellor Davenport Takes Over
Beverly Davenport took office Feb. 15 as the eighth chancellor of UT Knoxville.
All Vol Cheese: Made in Tennessee, Enjoyed Everywhere
Checkerboard Mild Cheddar, Game Day Sharp Cheddar, Smokey’s Smoked Gouda and Torchbearer Jalapeno. If you’re a fan of cheese and familiar with UT Knoxville, there’s no need to explain the iconic references.
Planting Ideas, Growing Momentum
About 10 years ago, Cherokee Farm Innovation Campus existed only in concept—as a place where ideas would be planted so that innovation could bloom.
Vol in Space
NASA Commander Scott Kelly, ’96, returned to Earth from a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station on March 1.
Deep Freeze
University of Tennessee, Knoxville researchers dig into potential impact of frozen microorganisms in Siberia
Top Researcher
The new Student Union project is the largest single construction project in UT Knoxville campus history.
Quick Diagnosis
An innovative disease detection technology developed by UT Knoxville and UT Institute of Agriculture researchers is on its way to the marketplace.
Discover, Invent, Change
12 inventions at the University of Tennessee that make life better.
Best in the World
UT Knoxville's logistics and supply chain management program ranks first worldwide in research productivity, according to the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management.
Best for Baby and the Environment
As director of the Center for Clean Products at UT Knoxville's Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, Catherine Wilt (Knoxville ’88, ’89) has helped develop North America's first and only third-party environmental toy standard.
Ruff Reading
HABIT volunteers take their dogs, cats and rabbits, who have been medically and behaviorally screened, to places such as nursing homes, assisted living centers, hospitals and schools.
Burning to Know
A nationally recognized fire forensic expert, David Icove earned three engineering degrees at UT Knoxville, including a doctorate, and now serves as a research professor in the College of Engineering.
Life on Mars?
Could Mars ever have supported life? The rover Curiosity may reveal the answer, and two University of Tennessee scientists will be among those directing the rover’s experiments.
