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Creating Access
UT Knoxville continues enhancing campus capacity to support academics, research, and the Volunteer experience.
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Growing Her Dream
UTK alumna Jill Joyce never thought she would be where she is now: seated next to a student, helping him…
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Career Growth Through An Alumni Network
Becky Spaulding has reinvented the career services program into the UT Alumni Association Center for Career Advancement.
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UTAA Recognizes Outstanding Faculty
Each year, the UT Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their work in three categories.
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Growing Communities
Derrick Stowell had no idea his passion for environmental education and therapeutic recreation would launch a world-impacting program.
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UTK tops Attendance Records
UT Knoxville topped national attendance records across football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball events during the 2023-24 season.
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Teaching the Whole Child
The UTK Center for Literacy, Education and Employment works to increase literacy in students with disabilities.
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Tell Us A Story
The college experience is filled with more than just lectures and exams. It’s a tapestry woven with friendships, memories and…
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Writing from a Blue Flame
UT Knoxville alumna Monica Brashears' gothic novel named as one of the best books in 2023.
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Partnerships for a Greater Tennessee
The College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies meets with industry leaders student employment preparation.
![Trevor Vickery, a student veteran at UT Knoxville, goes for a run across campus.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/OurTN-Winter2024_serving_feature-img.jpg)
Serving those Who Serve
UT Knoxville is committed to providing services and resources in order to help our veteran students succeed academically, professionally, and…
![Former NFL quarterback and VFL Peyton Manning (Knoxville ’97) was appointed a professor of practice in the College of Communication and Information.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/OurTN-Winter2024_utk-news_feature-img.jpg)
Former Alumni Joins Faculty
Former NFL quarterback and VFL Peyton Manning (Knoxville ’97) was appointed a professor of practice in the College of Communication…
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What Family Means to Me
Growing up, my family really valued the importance of our last name. We took a lot of pride in being…
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Five Ways Happy Couples Argue
Happy couples and unhappy couples argue, but what distinguishes the two may not be so much what they argue about…
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Commitment Through Contribution
Winbigler’s journey from a scholarship-seeking student to an enthusiastic alumni volunteer speaks to his passion for giving back and the…
![Former Sen. Lamar Alexander, left, joined UT Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman and former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who teamed up to teach an undergraduate honors course on leading with courage—the first course to be offered through the university’s new Institute of American Civics.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/OTn-F23_utk-news_feature.jpg)
Rankings and Recognition
UT Knoxville is ranked among the best colleges in America for affordability and quality by Money Magazine.
![Ernest Bernard, center, a professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, is the recipient of the UTIA Institute Professor Award, the Institute’s top recognition for faculty. With him are, from left, AgResearch Dean Hongwei Xin; UTIA Senior Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President Keith Carver; College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Jim Thompson; and UT Extension Dean Ashley Stokes.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/OTn-F23_utia-news_feature.jpg)
UTIA Holds Annual UTIA Awards and Promotion Luncheon
UTIA celebrated the outstanding work of more than 40 members of the faculty and staff at the annual UTIA Awards…
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Training the Next Generation
Army ROTC prepares students at the Knoxville, Chattanooga and Martin campuses to enter the military as second lieutenants, as well…
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Bridges to Higher Education
The transition from serving in the military to pursuing a postsecondary education can be one with which many veterans struggle.…