Category archive for ‘Current Students’
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November 5, 2012
Sen. George Mitchell, a longtime statesman and attorney, will be on campus on Tuesday, November 13, to deliver the inaugural Baker Distinguished Lecture. Senator Mitchell, a Democrat from Maine, served...Read More »
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November 5, 2012
A street in the new Sorority Village has been named in honor of Ann Baker Furrow, a 1967 alumna and pioneering female golfer who also was the first woman to...Read More »
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November 2, 2012
Robert Heller, professor of journalism and electronic media, had a big idea: getting his students to think about the importance of voting in the upcoming presidential election. He had his...Read More »
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November 2, 2012
Diners will have the opportunity to savor Japanese cookery during the next Ready for the World Café on Thursday, November 8. The café operates from noon to 1:00 p.m. in...Read More »
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November 1, 2012
Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Col. Bruce Crandall will be at UT on November 14 to share his story of heroism with faculty, staff, and students. Crandall flew 900 combat...Read More »
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November 1, 2012
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, welcomes football fans and alumni to campus this Saturday for Homecoming. A veterans reunion, the annual campus parade, and a commemoration of the 150th anniversary...Read More »
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November 1, 2012
The merger of health reform, technology, and expanding civil rights is forcing government to re-evaluate the nation's founding principles, such as the right "to be let alone." A talk by...Read More »
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October 31, 2012
Modest employment gains, an uptick in consumer spending on automobiles, and marginal improvements in the housing industry are indications the US and Tennessee economies are inching toward recovery. But it...Read More »
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October 31, 2012
One hundred fifty years ago, Vermont Representative Justin Morrill had a big idea that helped shape the future of Tennessee and the rest of the nation: He believed higher education...Read More »
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October 30, 2012
The chronology of California's battle for same-sex marriage will be performed at UT. A reading of 8, a play written by Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Milk, will...Read More »