2025: Rocky Top Year in Review
Take a look back at some of UT’s best moments from 2025.
The Conversation: Best Way for Employers To Support Employees With Chronic Mental Illness Is by Offering Flexibility
Freedom to adjust schedules and workloads can make jobs more compatible with employees’ efforts to manage and treat mental health symptoms.
The Conversation: The Bible Says Little About Jesus’ Childhood – But That Didn’t Stop Medieval Christians From Enjoying Tales of Him as a Holy ‘Rascal’
Legends about Jesus’ early years circulated widely in the Middle Ages.
UT Partners With Roane State and Tennessee College of Applied Technology To Develop a Nuclear Workforce Pipeline
The collaboration will create clear pathways into Tennessee’s nuclear industry.
The Conversation: Trump Administration Replaces America 250 Quarters Honoring Abolition and Women’s Suffrage With Mayflower and Gettysburg Designs
The commemorative coins reflect the country’s currently divided politics and views of history.
Hua Bai and Sheng Dai Named NAI Fellows
UT researchers have been recognized for transformative work on energy and materials.
The Conversation: What Does It Mean To Be a New National Park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia May Soon Find Out
Redesignating a National Park Service property as a national park serves political purposes and affects how visitors perceive the park.
Boyd Center’s 2026 Economic Outlook for Tennessee Shows Positive but Slow Growth
Consumer spending could help keep Tennessee’s economic growth positive over the near term.
The Conversation: Why Can’t I Wiggle My Toes One at a Time, Like My Fingers?
Other primates can use their feet almost like hands — so why don’t human feet work that way?
The Conversation: Supreme Court’s Decision on Birthright Citizenship Will Depend on Its Interpretation of One Key Phrase
When the justices weigh the arguments, they will focus on the meaning of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause.
UT Is Shaping the Next Generation of Nuclear Security Experts
UT faculty lead in policy creation, workforce development, and regulation.
The Conversation Weekly Podcast: The American Fixation on White Afrikaners in South Africa Stretches Back Nearly a Century
The history of the links between white nationalists in the US and South Africa can be traced back to a sociological study from the 1930s.