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Three men seated on a stage announce a new partnership
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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.

Kyle McCormick examines material evidence in Laos
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A Nation’s Promise

A forensic anthropologist searches the world for service members to keep the United States’ promise.

Randy Boyd with John Compton and Donnie Smith at the Fall 2019 Board of Trustees meeting
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UT Board of Trustees Receives Award

The UT Board of Trustees was selected to receive the 2021 John W. Nason Award for Board Leadership by the premier organization representing higher education governing boards.

A Black woman seated in front of a microscope smiles confidently in her research lab
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Making Space

A UTC professor buzzes with ways of expanding diversity in the field of ecology.

A man in an archival room holds up a stray full of indexed insect specimens
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Beetle-Mania: Project IDs New Species in Tennessee Valley

A UTC professor uncovered 53 species of beetles never before found in the Tennessee Valley.

Maroulas Vasileios in his office at the University of Tennessee
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A 1 Percent Idea

A mathematics professor works with Army research laboratory.

Everywhere You Look, U T
From the President

Lighting the Way in Innovation

A spark – that moment when two objects collide to create a catalyst for brilliant illumination.

Peyton Manning on a Zoom screen grid with UTK students
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Alumni, University Supports Students

Notable alumni and supporters made sure students felt the Volunteer spirit through VFL Class Crash, a series of surprise, online class drop-ins.

Lyn Miles and Chantek
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Inducted into International Hall of Fame

UTC professor Lyn Miles has been selected as part of the inaugural group of 10 inductees into the international Interspecies Communication Hall of Fame.

Savannah Matheny uses a power drill to assemble a horse skeleton named Ron
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Animal Science Graduate Rebuilds Horse Skeleton

A 17-hand tall, fully articulated equine skeleton named Ron will be used as a teaching model in animal science courses.

Colleen Jonsson
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A Matter of When

UTHSC researcher Colleen Jonsson takes on viruses, including COVID-19.

a partially submerged mako shark gets tagged off the edge of a researcher's boat
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Hooked

UT Martin alumna Kesley Gibson studies shortfin makos.

Jill Mikucki, associate professor of microbiology, meets a helicopter at her research site in Antarctica.
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To The Extreme

Across the globe, UT Knoxville scientists seek answers.

photos of a young orangutan with a tricycle and wearing a diaper on a jungle gym
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Escape Artist

In the 1980s an orangutan named Chantek charmed the UTC campus.

packed room in the UTC Guerry Center
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UTC Chancellor Notes 50-Year Milestone With UT System

Chancellor Steve Angle celebrated the university's anniversaries, achievements and success before a standing-room only crowd in September.

historic photos show students at Morgan Hall on the agriculture campus in Knoxville
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Department Celebrates a Century of Service

For 100 years, Agricultural and Resource Economics has been assisting agricultural producers and policymakers across the state and nation.

UT Chattanooga’s student rocket team
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Rocketing to No. 1

UTC’s student rocket team—the Rocket Mocs—are the No. 1 team in the country.

Amelia Earhart circa 1936
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Earhart Findings Obtain Widespread Media Attention

A UT researcher’s conclusion about remains found on a remote South Pacific island made headlines around the world this spring.

Hands On
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Hands On

Law enforcement's forensic training heads to the woods.

Morgan Hall on the UTIA campus
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Celebrating 50 Years of Service

Throughout 2018, faculty, staff and alumni are celebrating the institute’s golden anniversary.

William Abrams is shown visiting a sand-dune plain in the United Arab Emirates. He and his research team searched the area for features indicating the possible presence of groundwater in the desert.
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Water Is For Fighting Over

William Abrams (Martin ’15) literally is finding water in the desert.

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Consciousness of Streams

Four researchers at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga could hardly be more conscious of streams. And what flows through them.

Sean Richards
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Possible Side Effects

Ever wondered how those Tylenol tablets taken for the occasional headache will eventually affect some fish? Sean Richards has.