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The President’s Mussel

UT President Estabrook’s discovery of a new mussel species in the 1800s highlights the university's legacy of research and scientific…

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Enabling Growth With Record Gifts

UT received a record $400M+ in FY 2024, supporting students with new scholarships, research initiatives, and enhanced athletics facilities.

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Jill Joyce assists a student in a pre-algebra class at West Valley Middle School.

Growing Her Dream

UTK alumna Jill Joyce never thought she would be where she is now: seated next to a student, helping him…

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Career Growth Through An Alumni Network

Becky Spaulding has reinvented the career services program into the UT Alumni Association Center for Career Advancement.

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UTAA Recognizes Outstanding Faculty

Each year, the UT Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their work in three categories.

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Tell Us A Story

The college experience is filled with more than just lectures and exams. It’s a tapestry woven with friendships, memories and…

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Sam Banks, Knoxville '23, assists in constructing a Habitat for Humanity house.

Home Sweet Homes

UT Knoxville resident assistants build habitat homes for 26 years.

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A Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.

Placemaking

UT Knoxville professor studies refugee camps' environments.

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Meeting the Challenge

UT Knoxville alumna runs agency that helps keep families intact.

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Five Ways Happy Couples Argue

Happy couples and unhappy couples argue, but what distinguishes the two may not be so much what they argue about…

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Brian Winbigler, president of the UT Alumni Association.

Commitment Through Contribution

Winbigler’s journey from a scholarship-seeking student to an enthusiastic alumni volunteer speaks to his passion for giving back and the…

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UT System President Randy Boyd speaks to UT Knoxville Air Force ROTC cadets before an early morning run.

Veterans Create Lasting Impact

Our campuses and institutes across the state go above and beyond to support and honor those who have selflessly served…

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Military By the Numbers

From offering an in-state tuition rate to students affiliated with the military to creating veteran resource centers, the University of…

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Giving for the Future

For the 2023-24 year, the Alliance of Women Philanthropists’ Giving Circle has distributed grants of more than $41,000 to fund…

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UTHSC nursing students will be providing outreach to underserved communities with a mobile health unit.

Funding the Future, Contributing to Communities

Thanks to the generosity of alumni and donors, the University of Tennessee transforms dollars into opportunities for its researchers and…

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A student works to machine a part in the Machine Tool Research Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, during the ACE Bootcamp training.

Manufacturing Renaissance

If the manufacturing industry were a brick-and-mortar building, the sign on its window would read “help wanted.” UT Knoxville, however,…

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Deborah Reed works with a student as part of the Tennessee Reading Research Center.

Good Reading

Tennessee’s literacy story needs a happier ending. UT is helping to rewrite one.

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UT President Randy Boyd reads You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime to children during a Money Week class about financial literacy. Photo By Sam Thomas

UT Tackles Challenges

The UT System, with its statewide presence, people, expertise, resources and influence, is uniquely positioned to tackle grand challenges.

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Making Beautiful Music

Band members from across the UT System found it life changing and now they help change others’ lives.

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A student takes inventory of the incoming goods while setting up the Big Orange Pantry in 2020.

Philanthropy in the Pantry

What if the stereotype “broke college student” described your life? This is the case far too often for many struggling…

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Two gloved hands carefully hande documents from 1919 unsealed from a time capsule

Time Travelers

UT's time capsules celebrate bygone eras.

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Three men seated on a stage announce a new partnership

Growing a Startup Community

The new Techstars Industries of the Future Accelerator will work with 30 startups over the next three years that use…

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Record Enrollment Set

The UT Board of Trustees celebrated new enrollment records during its annual fall meeting.

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