Take a dive into some interesting facts from UT’s long and storied history in women’s athletics.
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From the first women’s basketball games in the 1890s to the game-changing Pat Summitt and beyond—take a look at how the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville is honoring the past, celebrating the present, and promoting the future.
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Ben Murphy (’15) got his start in film production as one of the first graduates of UT’s cinema studies program. Now, he is a film editor in Hollywood with blockbusters like the Oscar-nominated Avatar: The Way of Water on his resume.
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Take a look back at some highlights of the rivalry between the Lady Vols and UConn Huskies and how it changed the game of women’s basketball.
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A wide-ranging project led by UT Libraries recounts the Chimney Tops 2 wildfires in Gatlinburg through stories and images.
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From the bright lights of Broadway to Apple TV’s hit show Severance, Tramell Tillman is taking the entertainment world by storm.
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Brianna Mason Broady (’17, ’18) made history as the first Miss Tennessee who is Black, and she used her platform to expand the work of a club she started as a student at UT to help students with autism.
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Former Lady Vol swimmer and adaptive fashion designer Mary Cayten Brakefield (’20) is set to launch a line of women’s clothing that makes dressing independently a reality for those with disabilities.
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Aerospace engineering graduate Camille Calibeo (’19) is using her burgeoning social media brand, the Galactic Gal, to educate others about space and inspire young girls and women around the world to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.