A Peaceful Commute
Unlike most of us, one UT employee deliberately adds an additional forty minutes to his daily commute to and from campus, and relishes every minute.
Category: Perspectives
Honoring the Life and Work of Isabel Tipton
To preserve her mother’s legacy, Jennifer Tipton has established a scholarship in her mother’s honor benefitting students of physics.
UT Alum’s Super Bowl Ad Wins A Top Award
Johnny Dantonio (’07) wrote the heartwarming and award winning Budweiser Super Bowl ad “Puppy Love.” Dantonio majored in English at UT with a concentration in creative writing is now creative director at Anomaly in New York.
Valisia LeKae is a Star and a Difference Maker
Valisia LeKae (‘01) took her degree in psychology and headed to Broadway. The singer/actress landed a breakout role in 2011 as Diana Ross in the smash hit Motown: The Musical. She’s on stage now as the national spokesperson for the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.
Keeping Company with Celebrities
She’s a coveted party guest and a professor whose class fills quickly. Chris Holmlund keeps company with superstars like Sly Stallone and loves to talk about, watch, and research them.
Pregame Showcase Marks Twenty-Fifth Year
Now in its twenty-fifth season, the Pregame Showcase gives fans the chance to hear from esteemed faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences prior to each gridiron matchup.
Perspectives #4
Answer: Professor of bassoon Keith McClelland shapes a reed for a bassoon. (Photo by Lori Brown)
Perspective #3
Answer: Two of over 2700 pipes on the pipe organ in the James R. Cox Auditorium in Alumni Memorial Building. (Photo by Catherine Hawley)
Perspective #2
Answer: Piano wires inside one of the School of Music’s 116 Steinway pianos. Students are able to hear world-class music performed on this piano at recitals held in the Sandra...
Perspective #1
Answer: Percussion professor Andrew Bliss has a wide variety of mallets as his disposal when playing the vibraphone. (Photo by Lori Brown)
Tasting Success
Coming from a high school in Illinois to enroll at UT was the first step toward a college experience that would shape the future of Rick Federico (’76), who today is board chairman and CEO for P. F. Chang Brands Inc.
