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Your Last Name

Your Last Name

From her home in Cary, North Carolina, Kelly Utt-Grubb runs a one-of-a-kind business: a family naming resource.

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Farewell Music for the QE2

Farewell Music for the QE2

Two alumni hitched a ride on the Queen Elizabeth 2's final round-the-world cruise and did it with a song in…

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Kickoff to the Future

Kickoff to the Future

It was an evening of orange at Thompson-Boling Arena, where 850 people brought enough passion and "Rocky Top" to pack…

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Meet Your Officers

Meet Your Officers

This year's officers of the UT Alumni Association are an experienced lot, and two of them are second-generation alumni leaders.

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A Bit of UT at America's Theme Parks

A Bit of UT at America’s Theme Parks

These UT alumni who work with Disney, Dollywood, and Sea World Orlando would love to welcome you.

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Ancient Bronzes, A Farm of the Future, and a Couple Updates

Ancient Bronzes, A Farm of the Future, and a Couple Updates

Objects from long ago and far away promise a tantalizing museum experience this summer at UT Knoxville.

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You Can Do It

You Can Do It

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

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Mentoring Makes a Better World

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.

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The Pleasure is All Mine

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.

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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…

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Eight is Great!

Eight is Great!

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

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Computing Among the Clouds

Computing Among the Clouds

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

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From Clouds Comes Rain -- and More

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.

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More Than Child's Play

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…

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Meet Your New UTAA President

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.

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Farewell, Dave Roberts

Farewell, Dave Roberts

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

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A Wrangler's Retrospective

A Wrangler’s Retrospective

Sometimes the line between life-changing dreams and nightmares runs thin as the queen of hearts.

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Leadership Changes, Forensic Anthropology, and Sour Grapes

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…

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Walter Chadwick and a Host of Volunteers

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…

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UT Goes to China

UT Goes to China

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

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Surely They Jest: Three alumni who always have their wit about them

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.

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Wilson Has a Taste for Leadership

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.

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Still Volunteers After All These Years: Brumfiel and Warmath

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…

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