
Philanthropy in the Pantry
What if the stereotype “broke college student” described your life? This is the case far too often for many struggling students and UT food pantries are determined to end the hunger.

Gifts
The UT Knoxville Haslam College of Business received a $3 million gift from the Boyd Foundation to create professorships and expand the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research Endowment.

Staying Connected
CIS Partners with UT Tickle College of Engineering, Chattanooga Company to improve internet access.

Advancing The Nation
UT Knoxville has risen as a leader in advanced manufacturing research with efforts focused on national security and economic development.

Points of Pride
Nine new monuments dedicated to UTK’s National Pan-Hellenic Council now have a permanent location along Johnson-Ward Pedestrian Walkway.

The Challenge in a Granola Bar
Defining, teaching, managing (and improving) global supply chains.

Points of Pride
A record number of Vols began their semester at UT Knoxville, topping 31,000 students.

Creating a Healthy World
During the past 25 years, Nan Gaylord has witnessed just about everything in the waiting room at Knoxville’s Vine School Health Center.

Better World
We all want to do our part to make the world a better place, but more often than not, we struggle to find our specific area of talent.

Alumni Invention to Help Surgery Patients
Lia Winter and Preston Dishner refined their innovative medical device throughout their time in the MS–MBA program at UT Knoxville.

Growing a Startup Community
The new Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator will work with 30 startups over the next three years that use clean energy, artificial intelligence, big data, cybersecurity, digital currency, 5G and other innovations to transform society.

A Nation’s Promise
A forensic anthropologist searches the world for service members to keep the United States’ promise.

Stress and Agriculture
Not everything is idyllic out on the farm. A new network through UT Extension will offer support.

Art Unfenced
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down indoor galleries in France, Paula Temple took her talents to the streets and opened a sidewalk gallery.

A Better Place
Jennifer and Brian Winbigler hope their efforts create not only a brighter future for their children, but also the rest of the world.

Loosening the Grip on the Big Life Plan
Erin Zammett Ruddy learned some life skills in her 20s that also helped her face the pandemic. Just don’t ask about the laundry.

Two Residence Halls Renamed for Black Trailblazers
Two residence halls are named for Theotis Robinson and Rita Sanders Geier, two African American trailblazers whose fight for equity and social justice transformed the state’s higher education system and the university.





