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A student idea pitched during a landscape architecture class sparked a movement to develop the country’s next great regional trail system along the Tennessee River. Vols are stepping forward together with community partners to make the 652-mile trail a reality.

She’s been nominated for an Oscar and won an Emmy for her work telling the hard stories of her Appalachian home. Now, filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon is planting roots at UT to help young storytellers find their own voices.

In the US House of Representatives as elsewhere, there are few points of broad agreement these days. But praise came quickly from both sides of the aisle when then President-elect…

Volunteers bear the torch that lights the way for others. This passion to lead and serve is evident in the ways Vols roll up their sleeves and work to make our Appalachian home the best it can be.

UT students find connection in their work with the Tennessee RiverLine initiative

In 1961, students on the dance floor in Knoxville were doing a dance called the U-T, and a wave of songs dedicated to good ol’ UT soon followed.

On the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, a Tennessee mural project is giving an all-woman roster of artists a canvas to freely express themselves—and inspiring a new generation of girls.

The N95 respirator is providing a critical defense for health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic—and its core technology was developed by UT professor Peter Tsai, who has come out of retirement to improve his invention.

From the beginning of the university’s planning process for returning students, faculty, and staff to campus this fall, creativity, compassion, and flexibility have been guiding principles.

From the beginning, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s partnership with the University of Tennessee has fueled an era of American research innovation.