Brooks Clark

Students in the School of Advertising and Public Relations develop a marketing plan for alumnus’s new Vol-themed hotel.

With her Met Opera National Council Auditions victory, soprano Alexandria Shiner (’16) hit a high note.

Around 1,000 babies are born each year in the United States with sickle cell anemia. Former Vol football player Tim Townes is hoping to change that with a cure currently up for FDA approval. 

Patrick Hazari (’05), director of design and construction for New York City’s High Line park, inspires strollers by the millions.

The documentary about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was not only a special experience for a group of UT students but also a springboard into their future careers.

From the Civil War to World War II and its aftermath, UT has been a center of activity in times of unrest.

For 23 years Jane Moser has driven the same red Thunderbird to her job at UT. She’ll give the car a bit of a rest when she retires at the end of February.

The career of sportscaster Lindsey Nelson (’41), one of the best-known voices in TV sports, began and ended at UT.

Cycerli Ash (’10) was a Division I athlete who followed her dream of acting to the University of Tennessee. Now, she’s an actress on the rise who takes the time to give back to her alma mater.

On January 4, 1961, Theotis Robinson Jr. arrived on campus as an undergraduate student. It was his application and subsequent meetings with UT administrators, including President Andy Holt, that led to the change in the admissions policy that barred black undergraduate students.