We Are Awesome

Here is why.

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Five students have been named Goldwater Scholars, ranking the University of Tennessee first in the country for the prestigious award.
—Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation 2020
Our 20 Gilman Scholarship winners earned opportunities to study in Tanzania, Morocco, Japan, and Ireland.
—Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program 2020
UT has won 23 team national championships all time including: women’s basketball, football, track and field, and swimming and diving.
—UT Athletics 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
A combination of 9 UT students and alumni have earned Rhodes Scholarships for scholarly achievements, character, commitment to others, and leadership potential.
—The Rhodes Trust 2020
UT teams have won a total of 196 SEC championship titles.
—Southeastern Conference 2018
For the second straight year, 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 2020
UT is one of the nation’s top-producing campuses for 2019-20 student Fulbrights. Our university ranks 7th among public research universities and 1st in the SEC.
—US Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 2020
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