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Making An Impact

The UT Research Foundation moves ideas and discoveries by faculty, staff and students from the laboratories and classrooms to the marketplace.

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

The 35th UT mural in a statewide campaign can be seen by 21,000 travelers a day in Hamblen County. Photo By Stephanie Wilson
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Mural Campaign Reaches 35 Sites

The University of Tennessee System’s “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural campaign added Hamblen County to its growing list of locations with a barn in Talbott.

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Interns Serving

Six UT Martin students served as legislative interns during the spring semester.

State of Tennessee symbol (3 stars) are covered with illustrated tangles.
Grand Challenges

Untangling a State

At what point does a challenge become too challenging? For the UT System, the answer is never. We’re tackling the state’s Grand Challenges head-on.

Betsy Logan teaches students at Martin Middle School.
Grand Challenges

Meant to Do

Now more than ever, educators need extra support. At UT Martin, support abounds.

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

Manufacturing Renaissance

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

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

Good Reading

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

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
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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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First Lady Visits UT, Praises ‘Grow Your Own’ Collaboration

First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited UT Knoxville in September to recognize Tennessee’s Grow Your Own teacher pipeline program.

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Latimer-Smith Building Dedicated

The $65 million, 120,000-square-foot, three-story building will house the departments of chemistry and physics, computer science, engineering, mathematics and statistics, and the pre-professional health sciences program.

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Historic Investiture Held

Peter Buckley has been formally installed as the 11th chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver and UT President Randy Boyd are photographed in front of the “Everywhere You Look, UT” mural in Sharon. Since 2019, the University of Tennessee has been painting canvases across the state to remind passersby of UT’s presence in all 95 counties. To find mural locations or to nominate a space, visit https://everywhere.tennessee.edu/murals/. Photo By Sam Thomas
From the President

Art Imitates Life

The arts and humanities enrich our lives while providing the foundations on which we stand.

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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.

UT Board of Trustees Chairman John Compton and UT President Randy Boyd during the annual meeting. Photo By Sam Thomas
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UT Board of Trustees Approves Zero Percent Tuition Increase

The UT Board of Trustees has once again approved an across-the-board, zero percent tuition increase for its campuses across the state.

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UTAA Presents Awards to Top Faculty, Staff

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

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

Randy Boyd with ROTC students.
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In-State Tuition Offered for Military- Affiliated Students

Military-affiliated students will soon be able to attend a UT institution of choice at the in-state tuition rate, thanks to a recently approved UT System proposal.

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From the President

Working Together to Solve our Greatest Research Challenges

Advancing the frontiers of knowledge creates a more just, prosperous and sustainable future through research, scholarship and creative work.

UT Research Foundation 2021 Fiscal Year Stats
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By The Numbers

Technology commercialization impact from UT’s Research Enterprise.

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Quests For Discovery

UT Alumni respond to request about their own quests for discovery.

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Alumni Association

Expedition of Adventure

Traveling with the UTAA tours and travel program creates a sense of connection with UT while exploring the world.

From left, Wayne County Executive Jim Mangubat and Waynesboro City Manager John Hickman
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Mural Campaign Expands

Throughout November and December 2021, “Everywhere you look, UT” mural campaign has expanded its reach with the addition of five new murals across southern middle and northeastern Tennessee.