UT, Tennessee Press Association Announce 2016 Newspaper Contest Winners
Newspaper writers, editors, designers, and publishers won top awards July 21 in the Tennessee Press Association’s 2016 newspaper contest, co-sponsored by UT.
Theriot Named Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Matthew Theriot will become UT’s interim vice provost for faculty affairs on August 1. He also will continue to serve as associate provost for teaching and learning innovation.
Students Fluent in Foreign Languages Land Impressive Internships
Xylina Marshall, who graduated in May, is honing her Italian skills by participating in the VoluntarItaly program in Northern Italy. Marshall is one of nine students from UT’s Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures’ Language and World Business program who are getting hands-on experience in business while applying their foreign language skills in internships
Retiring Burdette Looks Back on His Fifty-Plus Years at UT
Germany and Austria were still occupied by Allied forces, Hawaii and Alaska weren’t yet states, and chimpanzees—let alone humans—had not gotten anywhere near space exploration. That was the situation around the world when Edwin “Ed” Burdette came to UT as an undergraduate in the mid-1950s.
Cuba Trip Was Eye-Opening Experience for UT Group
A group of UT students recently took a trip of a lifetime to work on projects in Cuba.
Sign up for the Big Orange Tailgate Tour before the Battle of Bristol
Fans thinking about pregame plans in Bristol, Tennessee, before the Volunteers take on the Virginia Tech Hokies on September 10 are invited to sign up for the Big Orange Tailgate Tour.