Mix a passionate thirteen-man squad with a large fan base and a nail-biter ending and you’ve got yourself UT Knoxville’s 2011 National Champion paintball team.

Getting opposing groups together to talk it out won’t solve all of the world’s problems on the first go around, but it’s a good first step, says Joe Miles, an assistant professor of psychology.

The Millennium Focus Committee and the UT Knoxville offices of Alumni Affairs and Student Affairs hosted a weekend of events in May to support the Alex Haley Scholarship Fund.

Keith Brown, a 2011 School of Music graduate, released his first jazz album, Sweet and Lovely, with the French label Spacetime Records in April.

Mark DeWitte and Blaine Jones met in eighth grade and stayed friends through high school and college. The men—both UT Knoxville alumni—have put their friendship and faith into action, starting a nonprofit organization to help the less-fortunate in Rogersville, Tennessee.

Alumni and friends are invited to join us for dinner on July 15, when the UT Alumni Association unveils the 2012 alumni tour offerings. Learn more about international and domestic trips, as well as a month-long trip to Ecuador.

Sarah Keeton Campbell (A&S, ’04) has been selected to serve as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Campbell will clerk for Alito for one court term, starting in July.

Imaginary numbers are just as real as any other digits; they just got some bad PR, and the term stuck, Assistant Professor Joan Lind argues.

There’s no place like home, and sorority women of UT Knoxville will soon have a place all their own.

University of Tennessee Alumni Chapters offer a way to connect alumni and friends across the country while supporting the university and local communities. The award-winning alumni chapter for the Triangle Area (Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill) of North Carolina is no exception.