The Scene

The Scene showcases photography from UT's campuses and institutes.

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Diverse group of students and staff members lounge on a campus lawn holding small footballs and laptops.
Students at UT Health Science Center participate in a tailgate to watch the UT Knoxville Volunteers take on the Oklahoma Sooners football game. (Photo Courtesy of UT Health Science Center)
An old woman, with glasses and streaks of blue-dyed hair, sits in a classroom desk taking notes.
Lin Schaefer, a 79-year-old UT Martin graduate, is pictured in August during her History of Pop Culture class. (Photo courtesy of UT Martin)
Players from the UTK baseball team celebrate their College World Series victory at the Charles Schwab Field.
The 2024 Tennessee baseball team made history in Omaha, winning the program’s first national title with a 6-5 game three victory over No. 3 Texas A&M at the Men’s College World Series at Charles Schwab Field. (Photo courtesy of Tennessee Athletics/Vol Photos)
A white, female student wearing a t-shirt and shorts, uses a hose to water plants.
Emma Boice, Chattanooga ‘24, worked at Reflection Riding in a native landscape management apprenticeship. (Photo by Angela Foster)
Northern Lights rippled across the UT Martin campus in May. (PHOTO BY NATHAN MORGAN)
Northern Lights rippled across the UT Martin campus in May. (PHOTO BY NATHAN MORGAN)
Students gather for Student Appreciation Day at the UT Health Science Center. Food, Popsicles and outdoor games help the students to relax. (PHOTO BY CALEB JIA, UTHSC)
Students gather for Student Appreciation Day at the UT Health Science Center. Food, Popsicles and outdoor games help the students to relax. (PHOTO BY CALEB JIA, UTHSC)
M’dia Walker dances as she crosses the commencement stage at UT Martin.
M’dia Walker, an organismal biology graduate from Covington, dances as she crosses the commencement stage at UT Martin in December. Walker, who plans to apply to medical school, says she knew she wanted to work in health care from a young age.“I didn’t really know what occupation in health care I wanted to go into, but once I got to college and was exposed to the different choices, I thought I wanted to do primary health care,” says Walker. (PHOTO BY NATHAN MORGAN)
Eight students wearing blue, yellow and gray UTC shirts stand huddled together, looking down at the camera.
UT Chattanooga students, from bottom center clockwise: Langdon Cloyd, A.J. Hodges, Derricka Collins, Ayub Farah, Kaiya Walls, Claire Calbaugh and Jeremiah Taylor. UTC was founded as Chattanooga University in 1886. (Photo by Angela Foster, UT Chattanooga)
Gabriel Castillo-Sanchez, a UT Chattanooga senior environmental science major, cares for lemurs at the Tennessee Aquarium, where he served an internship.
Gabriel Castillo-Sanchez, a UT Chattanooga senior environmental science major, cares for lemurs at the Tennessee Aquarium, where he served an internship.
UTHSC Chancellor Peter Buckley plays with his dog, Finn Mac Cool, on the campus' quad.
UTHSC Chancellor Peter Buckley plays with his dog, Finn Mac Cool, on the campus’ quad.
Grace Bryant riding her horse and guiding two others in preparation for the 55th Annual UTM Spring College Rodeo.
UT Martin junior, Grace Bryant, prepares for the start of the 55th Annual UTM Spring College Rodeo. Both the Skyhawk men’s and women’s teams finished first in this year’s home rodeo.
Photo by Steve Mantilla, University of Tennessee at Martin.
A UT Knoxville Volwake member turns a flip on his wakeboard during practice on the Tennessee River. Photo by Steven Bridges, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
UTC rowers skim across the Tennessee River. From left, Karoline Bonastia, Nathaniel Haley, Steven Sanford and Ethan Hitchcock. Photo By Angela Foster University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
UT Knoxville students create furniture in the Art and Architecture Building. Photo By Steven Bridges University of Tennessee, Knoxville
UTM students and alumni clean up after a storm in Dresden.
Jake Williams, center, and members of the UT Martin Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) fraternity participate in a rope pull.
Solomon Hightower, a tuba player in the UTM Aviators Marching Band.
Solomon Hightower, a tuba player in the the UTM Aviators Marching Band, takes a break during rehearsal. Photo By Nathan Morgan
A professionally dressed Indian woman stands alone in a large field
Rachna Tewari
Photo by Nathan Morgan
A Black woman stands outside a white civic building in Weakley County. She is dressed in orange and navy and wears progressive lenses in her turqoise glasses
Henrietta Giles
A white great egret wades through a pond
A scene from Pacer Pond at UT Martin.
Photo by Steven Mantilla
Tom Blanchard, left, UT Martin professor of biology, works with biology students Mason Farrell, center, and Jake Hollows, right, in a creek near the UT Martin campus. Blanchard and his team have been investigating the effects of stream restoration on fish biodiversity and physical features for six years. As part of this research, Farrell and Hollows are focusing on the bluegill sunfish at Crooked Creek in Carroll County and studying its growth, condition and diet. Photo by Nathan Morgan.
UT Martin senior, Meagan Severs, a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, participates in the annual Greekfest Step Show.
skull buried in dirt
Students investigating a crime scene in the National Forensic Academy Collegiate Program recover a skull during the hands-on training.
Forensic investigator working at a crime scene
Students measure bullet holes and other items simulating a crime scene during class at the UT School of Forensics Thursday, April 24, 2014 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (Photo by Wade Payne/TPL.com)
West Cancer Center front entrance
UT Martin students at the base of Mt. Fuji: Maryanna McClure, Caroline Parish, Chase Haynes, and John Sellers.
TRAVELLING ABROAD – Pictured at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan are Maryanna McClure, an animal science major from Dyersburg; Caroline Parish, a political science major from Huntingdon; Chase Haynes, a chemistry major from Columbia; and John Sellers, a psychology student from Henderson.
Exterior view of Old Briar
Another view of the outdoor living space and pool terrace. The pitch of the roof is off center and sloped to better collect rainwater runoff.
Reconstruction of witnesses, suspects, and victims of the 1994 shooting incident that left Cortez Andrews dead and Anthony Williams put in jail.
A reconstruction of the shooting scene by UTC professor David Ross and his team shows the location of witnesses who testified at trial or gave statements to police. Note the location of Anthony Williams in front of the building, which helped corroborate his story of innocence.
A student measures a bullet hole
A student measures a bullet hole
A student examines bullet holes in glass
A student examines bullet holes in glass
Law enforcement officers study evidence at the National Forensic
Academy, an entity within the Institute of Public Service.
Behind the scenes of our photo shoot for the cover story. Alex Cate is standing on the right in the blue jacket.
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