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 & Lyle Bio Products Facility.
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 gold mine.
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, Knoxville.
The Grace of Strangers
It was a hot Friday afternoon in a remote village in Belize, and the UT group there on a medical mission was ready to call it a day.
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 Big Bopper."
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 to the company's top echelon.
McCarthy Mainstreamed
For years Cormac McCarthy, Knoxville's most famous living literary son, had something of a cult following. The secret is now out.
Beast of Eden
Ask conservation ecologist Dr. Luke Dollar to name the place he felt farthest from the UT campus, and he'll likely cite Madagascar.
The Power of Education
When Luke Dollar discovered villagers had killed a foosa, he launched a poster campaign to "Save the fossa, save the harvest."
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 East sightseeing.
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.
Counting Them Down
Yosemite. Check. Yellowstone. Check. Rocky Mountain National Park. Eugene O'Neill's home. Pinnacles National Monument. Check.
Let’s Drink to Retirement
Ron Frieson (Knoxville '81) toasted retirement, not with a glass of wine, but with an entire wine store--his own.
Do It Today
Many people say they want to travel when they retire. Globe-trotter Ginny Thigpen says, "Do it today."
