Grant Rigney is UT’s Eighth Rhodes Scholar
UT senior Grant Rigney has been named a 2019 Rhodes scholar—the eighth in University of Tennessee, Knoxville, history.
Printmaking Students Share Messages of Peace
Messages of peace, empathy, justice, and inclusion appeared along Pedestrian Walkway as part of a public arts project to promote values important to the campus community.
Forty Local Students Benefit from Regal Scholars Program
The Regal Scholars program, offered for the ninth year in a row, provides scholarships to 10 freshmen, 10 sophomores, 10 juniors, and 10 seniors.
Student Veteran Reflects on Experience as a Navy SEAL
When he was a kid, student veteran Jonny Bruce thought Veterans Day was just a cool day off from school. After spending more than 26 years as a Navy SEAL before enrolling at UT in January 2017, he’s come to realize that it’s much more than that.
Big Orange Give Aims to Raise $2 Million in One Day November 14
Beginning at 12:01 a.m. EST Wednesday, November 14, the university aims to raise $2 million in just 24 hours during the Big Orange Give.
Battle Drills and a Six-Mile Hike: Four Days in the Life of an Army ROTC Cadet
Army ROTC cadets from UT Knoxville and UT Chattanooga recently participated in their annual four-day fall field training exercise on the island of Fort Loudoun in Vonore, Tennessee.
UT Celebrates First-Generation College Student Day
UT is participating in the nationwide event with a full slate of activities highlighting the success of first-generation students and bringing attention to the support and resources available to them.
Growing Up in Asia, Freshman was No Stranger to Tennessee Orange
Until he arrived at UT this fall, freshman electrical engineering major Casey MacKinnon spent his entire life in Asia.
This Vol is a Jump Roper World Champ—and a PhD Candidate, Entrepreneur
Doctoral student Kaylee Couvillion, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, picked up a hobby at age eight that would develop into a world title, a thriving business, and a future marriage.
Teacher Is 15th UT Alumnus to Receive $25,000 Milken Educator Award
UT alumni Shelly Gaughan was chosen as a recipient for the 2018 Milken Educator Award.
Graduate School to Raise Pay of Graduate Assistants and Associates
Graduate and professional students who work as teaching assistants or associates and as research assistants are getting a pay increase.
Students and Faculty Create Veteran Documentaries for East Tennessee PBS
East Tennessee PBS will air five microdocumentaries on area veterans created by UT School of Journalism students, Land Grant Films, and UT-licensed public radio station WUOT.