We Are Awesome

Here is why.

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UT student entrepreneurs won the US Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneur Achievement Award for their business providing campsite set-ups.
—U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2019
Two of our students won Boren Scholarships for intensive language study and research in Taiwan and Belarus.
—Boren Awards 2019
Four of our students were selected as Critical Language Scholars. Their studies include Chinese, Arabic, and Russian.
—Critical Language Scholarship Program 2019
Three UT professors whose teaching and research areas include carbon storage, food supply improvements, and American trial advocacy were named Fulbright Scholars for 2018-19.
—Fulbright Scholar Program 2018
A Haslam Scholar majoring in sociology was selected for the Fulbright UK Summer Institute at the University of Bristol.
—Fulbright UK Summer Institutes 2019
Eleven UT undergraduates received Gilman Scholarships to study or intern abroad during the summer.
—Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program 2019
Goldwater Scholarships were awarded to 2 students whose research interests span computer science, honors mathematics, materials science, and engineering.
—Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation 2019
Four faculty members from the College of Architecture and Design have been chosen among the country’s most admired architecture educators in the past 7 years.
—DesignIntelligence 2019
UT has won 23 team national championships all time including: women’s basketball, football, track and field, and swimming and diving.
—UT Athletics 2019
UT Extension’s interim assistant dean was honored with the National Excellence in Extension Award.
—USDA 2019
A student in our Institute of Agriculture won the nationally competitive Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship supporting the protection of U.S. wilderness areas.
—The Wilderness Society 2019
Alumnus James M. Buchanan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986.
—Nobel Prize
Our Volunteer athletes and alumni have won 39 gold medals in the Olympic games.
—UT Athletics
Eight Pulitzer Prize winning writers have connections to UT. Their work includes public service, reporting, play writing, fiction, scientific research, and history.
—Pulitizer Prize
Eight of our students have earned Rhodes Scholarships thanks to their outstanding scholarly achievements, character, commitment to others, and potential for leadership.
—The Rhodes Trust 2019
UT teams have won a total of 196 SEC championship titles.
—Southeastern Conference 2018
A combination of 17 UT students and alumni received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards to study and teach in cities around the globe.
—Fulbright US Student Program 2019
UT is one of the nation’s top-producing campuses for 2018–19 student Fulbrights. Our university ranks 4th among public research universities and 12th among all research universities.
—US Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 2018
Four recent graduates and one current student from UT were named winners in the Global Undergraduate Awards competition.
—Global Undergraduate Awards 2019
A total of 4,223 UT Volunteers broke the world’s record for the largest human letter by forming a giant power T on the field at Neyland Stadium on March 29, 2017.
—Guiness World Records