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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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Ready to Go Out on the Town

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.

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Giving Is Its Own Reward

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…

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Let's Mobilize the UT Nation

Let’s Mobilize the UT Nation

Recently, UT came calling on Ron Turner. Only months earlier, he had retired as head of Ceridian Corporation.

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Alumni Chapters Invest in Local Students

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…

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The Future is China

The Future is China

From my 24th-floor office in northeast Beijing, each day I survey the startling expansion and transformation of the city.

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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.

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Ayers, Mears, and Geier

Ayers, Mears, and Geier

Richmond taps Ayers as president, Mears dies in Knoxville, Rita Geier joins university

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Petroleum-Free in Tennessee

Petroleum-Free in Tennessee

Chad Holliday Jr. is full of enthusiasm as he surveys the crowd at the grand opening of the DuPont Tate…

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Fill'er Up with Grassoline

Fill’er Up with Grassoline

Tennessee business people, farmers, scientists, and ­political leaders have a shared vision of a statewide economy powered by ethanol.

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Academy Rewards

Academy Rewards

The Tennessee Governor's Academy for Mathematics and Science in Knoxville is a radically different kind of school.

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