Winter 2018

Difficulties arrive in everyone’s life—usually at the most prosaic of times. The accident that brings paralysis. The cancer diagnosis. The loss of hearing and sight. Navigating the world through an autistic lens. Fleeing from war.

As this magazine begins a new century as the family album for the University of Tennessee and its alumni, we share stories of how people rise to meet the challenges laid down in their lives. We also share how the University of Tennessee is helping veterans transition from regimented military life to the less-structured academic environment and how a researcher moved from the Middle East to the United States to help create more resilient crops for a changing climate. Whether we are currently facing down rising storm winds or when they visit in the future, let us, too, rise. In rising, let us soar.

Jordan Harris stands in the center of the pedestrian walkway in front of Hodges Library in Knoxville

The Next Mission

As the number of veterans attending UT rises, campuses are providing them with help to conquer the move from military…

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Scott Kramer

The Forgotten Majority

After being diagnosed with autism at age 40, UTC alumnus Scott Kramer now spends his time helping other adults with…

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Cooper Thome

Nanoscale Internship

Cooper Thome, a UTC Honors College student, spent the summer in Japan working on an internship in nanotechnology at the…

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