The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Vols to Watch

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Walking in Your Shoes

When struggling first-generation students come to Tyvi Small for help, he understands their needs.

Living History

Alumnus Jack Neely has a passion for educating people about UT’s history in its hometown.

Perfect Fit

Generation Z has come to Rocky Top to make a difference in the world around us.

For the Love of the Game

At a festival in Ecuador, VOLeaders and athletes with disabilities learned what unites them.

Real-Life Solutions

A transformative gift creates the Herbert College of Agriculture.

Churning Success

Our future entrepreneurs gain inspiration from an alum’s dairy farm.

25 Years of Volunteers

Our students have made a difference in communities nationwide through alternative breaks.

Lighting the Way

One that beareth a torch shadoweth oneself to give light to others.

Holistic Approach

Transforming families through an innovative program that pairs social and legal services

Over the Moon(Pie)

An advertising alum’s tweet sent MoonPie sales soaring.

Diverse Dedication

Suzanne Lenhart is changing the solution for her generation of researchers and the next.

Setting the Stage

Innovative scenic designs are earning global recognition for a UT alumnus.

Historic Access

Student volunteers are helping the McClung Museum uncover the history of black Civil War troops in Tennessee.

¡Vamos al Museo!

A welcoming McClung Museum experience that bridges language barriers

Fire Forensics

Deceptive arsons. Devastating wildfires. Deadly bombings. Authorities around the world turn to David Icove for answers and training.

Giving Voice

A UT alumna is using her education to teach teen refugees to express themselves.

Reforms for Refugees

As the United Nations reports a record number of people forced from home, a UT honors alum is taking a new look at refugee policies in the United States and abroad.

Advancing the Evidence

No one has done more to help us understand what happens to the human body after death than Professor Emeritus Bill Bass.

Green Powers Orange

The Office of Sustainability’s use of green power has garnered national recognition for UT—and it is reaping ongoing campus benefits.

All About the Kids

Our University-Assisted Community Schools (UACS) program has enhanced educational opportunities for more than 1,200 children.

Launch Time

In six years, Lee Riedinger has launched two PhD programs in the increasingly important areas of energy and data science.

Absolute Blast

A UT grad student is one of only a few researchers worldwide exploring Mars in augmented reality.

Batman Builder

A cinema studies alum helped make a box office blockbuster less than two years after graduating.

Big Orange in Orbit

Over the past 35 years, 10 UT graduates have advanced the American space program as NASA astronauts.

Community Growth

Two College of Architecture and Design professors have received national recognition for teaching students to design and build a new education center at a Knoxville community farm.

Full Power

Yilu Liu not only gets a charge out of her research, she makes sure the charge stays on for all of us.

Designing the Future

In the College of Architecture and Design, classrooms extend beyond four walls.

Animal Therapy Aims

Taylor Opel’s animal therapy research at UT could improve the future for soldiers suffering from mental illness.

Following His Heart

Graduate Tony Brown is helping underserved youth make the most of themselves.

Engineering Impact

Mark Dean (’79) is a personal computing pioneer who teaches his students to make the most of UT’s unique engineering and computer opportunities.

Always a Volunteer

After eight years of transformational leadership, Jimmy G. Cheek wrapped up his tenure as our seventh chancellor.

Selfless Service

“One of the simplest and most realistic ways to pay forward Martin Luther King’s legacy of love, courage, and service is to serve your clubs, fraternities, sororities, organizations, and university as selflessly as possible,” says Kiah Albritton, a public relations major and student leader.

Alternative Growth

Two UT graduate students are commercializing products that could mean significant cost savings for farmers across the country while reducing waste and work time.

Speaking Up for the Speechless

When her patients couldn’t speak, Rebecca Koszalinski was listening.

Science on Saturdays

To inspire a love of science in young minds, UT students are mixing education and experimentation with a ton of fun.

A Lasting Impression

For parents who have suffered the devastation of losing a child, the Precious Prints project provides a tangible way to remember their child’s brief but treasured life.

Lending a Hand

Caring for the young and young at heart

Clean Water for Clay County

A humble kiosk, designed and built to deliver clean, potable water, has changed the lives of residents in Clay County, Kentucky.

Home Study

A UT student’s work on a research team helps Pacific Islanders make informed decisions about returning home decades after nuclear tests.

Super Charged

Assistant Professor Butch Irick has helped hundreds of UT students build career paths while crafting leading-edge eco-friendly cars for national competitions.

A Solid Foundation

INTRODUCING THE TICKLE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Rocky Top Shout-Out

When Commander Mike Alverson directed the only American band at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, he included a performance of his alma mater’s beloved “Rocky Top.”

Election Analysis

A group of UT graduate students used sophisticated social media monitoring technology to scrutinize the 2016 presidential election and gain valuable insights into the mood of American voters.

Full-Court Press

Real clients. Real cases. Real outcomes.

9/11 Memorial Designers

Julie Beckman is a member of UT’s architecture and design faculty and the co-creator of a unique 9/11 memorial.

A Vision for the Future

With one small wearable gadget, Professor Jindong Tan hopes to open a bigger, safer world for people with visual impairments.

A Place at the Table

A collaboration involving UT researchers helped confirm the existence of four new elements, and one is named Tennessine.

Wild Efflux

What do UT, the Flaming Lips, Nike, Viacom, and the National Museum of Singapore have in common? The unique work of Crystal Wagner (MFA ‘08).

Making Knoxville Home

Makinzi Butram wants students to consider living in Knoxville and doing outreach after their time at UT. So she helped plan UT’s newest Ignite program—Ignite Knox—and served as a student director.

Following in Baker’s Footsteps