Throughout his 34-year career at UT, the late Charlie Brakebill raised money to help make a difference on campus. Perhaps no gift he secured did more than one in 1967 from Hollywood director and UT alumnus Clarence Brown.
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A current student remembers Bill Larsen, retired professor of English and cinema studies who passed away on September 7, 2021.
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Celebrating 100 years of Ayres Hall, Morgan Hall, and Neyland Stadium
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A new program is supporting Black and Latino men to help them succeed at UT and beyond.
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The Olympic Games in July 2021 featured 11 current and past Vols and Lady Vols, bringing UT’s total number of Olympic competitors to more than 120. Impressive as it is, that count doesn’t include the important contributions of coaches and other staffers behind the scenes—such as Director of Track and Field Beth Alford Sullivan, who’s coached seven Olympians in her time at UT.
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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.
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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.
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Chancellor Donde Plowman and Student Government Association President Karmen Jones sat down together to share an honest conversation about the state of diversity and inclusion on campus, what the university could do better, and what it means when we say “Vol is a Verb.”
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UT faculty, staff, and students help 3D print personal protective gear for front-line workers.
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Hera Jay Brown (’18), UT’s ninth Rhodes Scholar, is working to make the world a better place.