Category archive for ‘Featured Story’ 
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UT’s Information Maven
For 26 years, Gloria "Go-To" Tipton has been the friendly voice answering calls to 974-1000, the general information number for UT offices in Knoxville. Her endurance, patience, and graceful demeanor,...
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A Galaxy of Interests
How big is the moon in the sky? UT Journalism Professor Mark Littmann says you measure it by extending your arm upward and as far from your body as possible....
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Growing Green in More Ways Than One
Four thousand new jobs in rural Tennessee counties and $400 million in new state and local tax collections could be just the beginning if the Tennessee Biofuels Initiative is successful,...
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Exercising Global Leadership
As manager of the Harlem Globetrotters' world tour, Fritz Polite witnessed the power of sport to effect change, even political change. Now as an assistant professor in sport management and...
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In Fall, Mum’s the Word
If you're the sort of person who likes to take time to smell the flowers, you have Jason Cottrell to thank for the abundance of blooms around the Knoxville campus....
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Bingo!
Joanie Shannon has been the voice of the Fall Festival's most popular event (except for lunch, of course) for more than 25 years. But Shannon, who loves the game,...
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Aw, Shucks!
Helen Harmon-Cargile works for the College of Business Administration, but her cornhusk dolls have decorated a White House Christmas tree, become part of a Smithsonian Institution collection, and gone home...