A Gift that Will Keep on Giving
When Judith Anderson Herbert started classes at the University of Tennessee, she planned to become a teacher. She quickly realized that field wasn’t for her. English was her favorite subject,...
Higher Ground Blog
Faculty Receive Highly-Competitive Research Awards
Funding from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Department of Energy supports faculty research and creative activities across all disciplines in the...
Graduate Student Spotlights
Graduate students in our college choose from more than 50 programs when they join the UT community. We offer strong curricula and our faculty mentors provide supervision and opportunities for...
Celebrating Our Alumni
The College of Arts and Sciences recognized alumni achievements at the Sixth Annual Alumni and Philanthropy Awards celebration Friday, October 8, 2021. Alumni, their friends and family, and college leadership gathered to celebrate the depth and breadth of careers a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences can provide.
Finding Hope
Today, I join a host of deans across the country drafting statements for their college annual reports and figuring out how to put into words the year we all just...
New Realities
The days before spring break in March 2020 at UT looked much as they did at campuses across the country. Students finished assignments, packed up their swimsuits and suntan lotion,...
Independent Study
Budget Director Ann Robinson-Craig was one of the small army of College of Arts and Sciences staff members who continued coming to campus while most employees worked from home during...
The Pandemic Puzzle
Nina Fefferman loves puzzles. Not the 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzles some of us attempted to piece together during lockdown, but the puzzle of trying to explain the world around her. As...
A Welcoming Place for All
When Althea Murphy-Price, an associate professor of art, came to UT in 2010, colleagues – including minority faculty from other departments — reached out to her and made her feel...
Diversity in Action
At UT, we are committed to the success of each one of our students, and we want people to bring their authentic self to our campus. We are committed to...
Introducing the College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences is the gateway to knowledge for every undergraduate student at UT. We are the largest, most diverse college and a central driver of the...
Faculty Bookshelf
The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Pelvis: An Integrative Approach Benjamin Auerbach, Department of Anthropology Cambridge University Press, 2020 A Demon-Haunted Land Monica Black, Department of History Metropolitan Books, 2020...
