Campus

With the purchase of the Hill in 1826, our institution began building and expanding. Here are the 10 oldest buildings that are still standing on campus today.

Likely the country’s oldest theatre in the round, when the Carousel was built it was not even on any campus.

Imagine a financial wizard who enabled the first subway tunnel under the Hudson River, teamed up with actors to cofound United Artists, served as secretary of the US treasury and a US senator from California, and ran for president twice.

For 25 years, visitors to Hodges Library have been transfixed by what appear to be the bones of a mythological creature. The installation, a work of art, reminds viewers to remain skeptical of what may appear to be true.

Every university is judged by its alumni, and former UT students have found themselves all over the world, distinguishing themselves in the sciences, literature, and performing arts. UT graduates who…

She plays the piano, loves to read, wakes up at 4 a.m. every day, and says her biggest influence was her father. Find out more about our ninth chancellor, Donde Plowman, and see what she did on her first day back on Rocky Top.

What’s the most intellectually exciting spot in Tennessee? Thousands of professors have taught on the Hill, of course, and contributed to the tradition. But for more than a century, UT…

If you went to elementary school in a certain era, you might have seen a map of a fictitious place drawn to illustrate all the basic geographic features. UT’s campus…

Two centuries ago, UT was called East Tennessee College, but even in those days, its educational scope was much broader than the region it called home. Its founder, Samuel Carrick,…

Wedged between the Hill and hulking Neyland Stadium is the Alumni Memorial Building. People who attend the frequent events held in its modern Cox Auditorium may not pay much attention…