
You Can Do It
The majority of students can succeed at math and science. "They just need to be taught how," says Dr. Saundra…

Mentoring Makes a Better World
Ann Draughon says the most important thing she has done is prepare women and minorities for careers in food microbiology.

The Pleasure is All Mine
Research scientist Jonathan Balcombe posits in his book Pleasurable Kingdom that humans aren't the only animals capable of feeling pleasure.

Set to Rights
Dr. Michael Lofaro is editing a new series of James Agee’s work, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, A Death in…

Eight is Great!
The 2008 Lady Vols brought home an unprecedented eighth NCAA women's basketball crown.

Computing Among the Clouds
The computing cloud is the brainchild of Mark Dean (Knoxville ’79), an IBM fellow and vice-president .

From Clouds Comes Rain — and More
The cloud formations above East Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains and the moving water below are, in fact, closely linked.

More Than Child’s Play
Dan White, a UT Knoxville philosophy graduate living in Can Tho, Vietnam, grinned as he surveyed the familiar scene before…

Meet Your New UTAA President
Tearing through the halls of Gatlinburg's Mountain View Hotel, 10-year-old Ford Little relished the freedom afforded him by the UTAA.

Farewell, Dave Roberts
In the 8 days before Dave Roberts came to work for the UTAA in 1966, he resigned his job in…

A Wrangler’s Retrospective
Sometimes the line between life-changing dreams and nightmares runs thin as the queen of hearts.

Leadership Changes, Forensic Anthropology, and Sour Grapes
Jan Simek steps in as interim Chancellor, forensic science on display, and UT's efforts to put Tennessee wine on the…

Walter Chadwick and a Host of Volunteers
This is a story of courage, faith, and friendship that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "a host…

UT Goes to China
Educating students to succeed in the global workplace isn't just a lofty slogan. Today it's a necessity.

Surely They Jest: Three alumni who always have their wit about them
Three UT alumni, Carl Wolfson, Leanne Morgan, and Dale Henry, are making their livings by making others laugh.

Wilson Has a Taste for Leadership
America's palate is becoming more sophisticated, and Alan Wilson is in the business of satisfying the nation's taste buds.

Still Volunteers After All These Years: Brumfiel and Warmath
In a retirement center near Minneapolis, three residents get together to cheer on the Vols every time a game is…

Ready to Go Out on the Town
Wade Tosh was named the town administrator of Dover four months before he finished his Master of Public Administration degree.

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.