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The Art of Making Art The Art of Making Art

Jan 17th, 2012 • Category: Features, Lead

Take a look at the UT Printmaking program, which is ranked fourth in the nation, and student Ashton Ludden. Her printmaking work poses questions about the morality of the meat industry and animal agriculture.



Torchbearer Stories Torchbearer Stories

Dec 14th, 2011 • Category: Features, Lead

UT celebrated the eightieth anniversary of the Torchbearer award, as former recipients of UT’s highest student honor reunited in October. Watch Torchbearers at the gathering share their UT memories in special videos.
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Remembering 9/11: Where Were You? Remembering 9/11: Where Were You?

Sep 13th, 2011 • Category: Features, Lead

We all remember where we were when we heard about the 9/11 terrorist attacks ten years ago. Share your 9/11 memories, and join us as we look back at that historic day and its undeniable impact on the decade that followed.



2030: A UT Knoxville Odyssey 2030: A UT Knoxville Odyssey

Aug 17th, 2011 • Category: Features

We probably won’t see flying cars by the year 2030, but we will find a different world and a changed UT. What does the future hold for the baby born this year who will ultimately become John (or Joanna) Q. Student at UT Knoxville eighteen or nineteen years from now?



A Sears Renaissance A Sears Renaissance

Jul 18th, 2011 • Category: Features, Lead

For more than eighty years, the Sears Tower has dominated the skyline in Memphis but has been empty for nearly two decades. Now, Christopher Miner (’95) is hoping to breathe new life into the building by transforming it into an urban village to serve as a gathering place for Memphis artists.



From industrial engineer to adventure tour guide From industrial engineer to adventure tour guide

Jun 21st, 2011 • Category: Features

How’s this for a career change? Two alumni went from engineering to launching an eco-friendly river tourism company in Costa Rica.



Fifteen Months after Shooting, Principals Earn Doctorates from UT Fifteen Months after Shooting, Principals Earn Doctorates from UT

May 17th, 2011 • Category: Features

In 2010, a disgruntled teacher shot elementary school principals Elisa Luna and Amy Brace. Now, fifteen months later, both have earned their doctorates at UT Knoxville.



One campus. One community. Celebrate the differences. One campus. One community. Celebrate the differences.

Apr 10th, 2011 • Category: Features

UT Knoxville has begun efforts to promote the principles of civility and community as an integral part of what it means to be a Tennessee Volunteer. Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek shares details. Plus, watch a special video featuring students.



Home Front Confidential Home Front Confidential

Mar 11th, 2011 • Category: Features

UT’s first statistics graduate discusses how she did her part for the U.S. war effort in the 1940s, including her work with the top-secret Manhattan Project.



Mapping Their Course Mapping Their Course

Feb 21st, 2011 • Category: Features

As UT Knoxville celebrates Black History Month and 50 years of African American achievement on campus, we look at how the Minority Achievement Program and other initiatives are helping build and engage a more diverse—and successful—student body, and where we need to go from here.