Giving Is Its Own Reward
UT, always grateful for donor support, has initiated a trio of awards that formally recognize people who have made giving…
Let’s Mobilize the UT Nation
Recently, UT came calling on Ron Turner. Only months earlier, he had retired as head of Ceridian Corporation.
Alumni Chapters Invest in Local Students
10 years later, Lisa DeBusk appreciates the significance of her scholarship and is returning the favor by serving as a…
The Future is China
From my 24th-floor office in northeast Beijing, each day I survey the startling expansion and transformation of the city.
The Busy-ness of Being Smokey
Logan Durham is having a rough -- or, maybe that's "ruff" -- year. And he's enjoying every moment of it.
Ayers, Mears, and Geier
Richmond taps Ayers as president, Mears dies in Knoxville, Rita Geier joins university
Petroleum-Free in Tennessee
Chad Holliday Jr. is full of enthusiasm as he surveys the crowd at the grand opening of the DuPont Tate…
Fill’er Up with Grassoline
Tennessee business people, farmers, scientists, and political leaders have a shared vision of a statewide economy powered by ethanol.
Academy Rewards
The Tennessee Governor's Academy for Mathematics and Science in Knoxville is a radically different kind of school.
Alaska Adventure
In 1956, on a lark, five UT students departed Knoxville for Alaska, where they spent the summer working in a…
Smokey: The Top Dog
Adam Vicars never expected to follow in his older brother's paw prints when he got to the University of Tennessee,…
The Grace of Strangers
It was a hot Friday afternoon in a remote village in Belize, and the UT group there on a medical…
The Campaign for Tennessee Gains Momentum
A prodigy in many respects, Clarence Leon Brown received special permission to enter UT at the age of 15.
Education Changes Lives
Meet some of the UT graduates whose lives have been dramatically changed by the education they received here.
A Smoky Mountain Queen
I gave my first reading of my children's novel, Gentle's Holler, in Sylva, North Carolina, in the spring of 2005.
Homegrown Music
For Molly Erickson, a trained opera singer and an associate professor, attending concerts is more than fun--it's research.
Fuels, Funds, and a Solved Mystery
UT is a leader in the development of alternative fuels, and Dr. Bill Bass has solved the mystery of "The…
Top Shelf at Wal-Mart
Perhaps no name in commerce is as well known as that of Wal-Mart, and Don Frieson has mapped his way…
McCarthy Mainstreamed
For years Cormac McCarthy, Knoxville's most famous living literary son, had something of a cult following. The secret is now…
Beast of Eden
Ask conservation ecologist Dr. Luke Dollar to name the place he felt farthest from the UT campus, and he'll likely…
The Power of Education
When Luke Dollar discovered villagers had killed a foosa, he launched a poster campaign to "Save the fossa, save the…
Rocky Top on the Yangtze
Recently my wife Kathy and I, both loyal Tennessee Volunteers since 1966, traveled to China for a vacation and Far…
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.
