Now in her 90s, UT professor emerita Geraldine Gesell still travels to Crete twice a year to research archaeological artifacts found in the Kavousi area. So, it’s only fitting that...
Todd Metcalf, a principal at PwC and a tax policy expert who spent many years working on Capitol Hill, once ran into an acquaintance from his days on the Clinton-Gore...
Katherine Riggsby and her late husband, Stuart, have left their mark on UT, both as long-time employees and as donors supporting wide-ranging interests. Katherine Riggsby was a campus system programmer;...
Our alumni are vital members of the university community and ambassadors for UT Knoxville. Their Volunteer spirit is a tradition shared by more than 260,000 alumni worldwide – more than...
On October 4, 2022, the snail darter, Persina tanasi Etnier, was removed from the endangered species list nearly 47 years to the day after being listed October 9, 1975. The...
In 1968, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke introduced HAL 9000, a sentient, artificial general intelligence computer that controls the Discovery One spacecraft in 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the...
As Tennessee’s flagship university, we have a commitment to light the way for others and to serve as a catalyst for opportunities – on our campus and in communities near...
Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences engage in world-class research, scholarship, and creative work that expands the frontiers of knowledge to create a more just, prosperous, and sustainable...
Derek Alderman, Professor of Geography Remembering Enslavement: Reassembling the Southern Plantation Museum Published by UGA Press, 2022 “What the authors successfully do is offer guides, site managers, and visitors a...
Our continued partnership with The Conversation provides our faculty with opportunities to share their research and creative activity expertise and inform public debate through responsible, ethical, and relevant evidence-based journalism....
Ayres Hall: ‘Fond Memories and the Promise of Future Great Things’ A little more than 100 years ago, the University of Tennessee demolished the much-loved Old College building to construct...
John and Carolyn Hodges have a long history with UT’s Department of Africana Studies.
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