Higher Ground Blog

Making an Impact

It is a great time to be a Tennessee Volunteer and if you’ve heard from UT Chancellor Donde Plowman, you probably know we are a “university on the rise!” I...

A Flagship Writing Program

by Randall Brown UT’s Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center has long been a valuable campus resource for students needing guidance on first-year composition themes and tricky upper-level thesis transitions. The...

Tore Olsson teaching class with a screen capture from the game behind him on the screen

‘Red Dead’ Innovation

by Randall Brown Students in Associate Professor Tore Olsson’s spring 2024 “Red Dead History” course were already highly engaged in its unique topic: viewing American history through the lens of...

A photo of the engraved seal on campus

Psychology Goes Public

by Randall Brown A stereotypical idea of psychological research might bring to mind scenes of professors in white lab coats doling out in-depth questionnaires to test subjects, searching for some...

Ayres Hall

Q&A with Robert Hinde

In September 2022, the UT Chancellor announced a plan for establishing a divisional structure within the College of Arts and Sciences and in October, the Provost appointed Robert Hinde to serve as interim...

Land Grant Mission

New College Leadership

In September 2022, the UT Chancellor announced a plan for establishing a divisional structure within the College of Arts and Sciences starting July 1, 2023. Under this new model, the college is...