Hera Jay Brown Is UT’s Ninth Rhodes Scholar
Hera Jay Brown has been named a 2020 Rhodes Scholar—the ninth current or former UT student to earn this prestigious honor.
Natalie Campbell is First UT Student to Win Prestigious Mitchell Scholarship
Natalie Campbell has been selected for a Mitchell Scholarship, one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards in the country.
Undergrad Participating in Fulbright UK Summer Institute
Blake Turpin, a rising junior and Haslam Scholar, was selected to participate in a Fulbright UK Summer Institute.
UT’s Fulbright Success Continues: 17 Students Offered Awards for 2019–20
UT is looking at another blockbuster year for Fulbright Student awards, with 17 current students and recent graduates offered fellowships and another eight named alternates. Meet the award recipients.
Two Engineering Students Win Goldwater Scholarships
Two UT engineering students have been named 2019–2020 Goldwater Scholars. The most prestigious undergraduate STEM scholarships in the United States, Goldwater Scholarships are awarded to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
Students Win Prestigious Boren Scholarships to Study in Taiwan, Belarus
UT students Brooklyn Battle and Ryan White have received prestigious David L. Boren Scholarships to study abroad.
Students Awarded Critical Language Scholarships
Four UT students have received fully funded scholarships to travel abroad this summer to study languages considered crucial to the United States’ future security and stability.
Catching Up with Our Student Fulbrights: Colleen Ryan
Colleen Ryan, of Cookeville, Tennessee, studied in the United Kingdom through the Fulbright program after graduating from UT in 2017. She’s now studying in China as a Schwarzman Scholar.
Catching Up with Our Student Fulbrights: Yuki Minami
UT graduate Yuki Minami, of Baltimore, Maryland, is at Kyushu University in Japan researching the role of Japanese women under the imperial government from 1910 to 1945 on a Fulbright Student Award.
Catching Up with Our Student Fulbrights: Alex Crockett
UT graduate Stephen (Alex) Crockett, of Jamestown, Tennessee, is pursuing a master’s degree in agriculture and rural development at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom on a Fulbright Student Award.
Catching Up with Our Student Fulbrights: Savannah Dixon
UT graduate Savannah Dixon, of Memphis, shares her experience of teaching English in Guatemala on a Fulbright Student Award.
UT Named One of Nation’s Top-Producing Fulbright Campuses
With a record-setting 19 students receiving US Fulbright Student Awards last year, UT ranks fourth among public research universities and 12th among all research universities, tying with Harvard University.