We Are Awesome
Here is why.
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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 -
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 -
Our four Gilman Scholarship winners earned opportunities to study in Tanzania, Morocco, Japan, and Ireland.
—Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program 2020 -
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 -
UT’s first Mitchell Scholar will pursue a master’s degree in inclusion and special educational needs at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland.
—US-Ireland Alliance 2020 -
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 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 -
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.
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Our Volunteer athletes and alumni have won 39 gold medals in the Olympic games.
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Eight Pulitzer Prize winning writers have connections to UT. Their work includes public service, reporting, play writing, fiction, scientific research, and history.
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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