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…
History and Tradition
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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…
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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,…
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One of the ironies of American culture is that, repeatedly, the South becomes known for its devotion to things it first resisted. As strange as it may seem, the South…
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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…
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Students in 1916 studied plant taxonomy in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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The Pride of the Southland band celebrates 150 years in 2019.
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A century ago, the world was at war. The United States’ 1917 entry into World War I rippled across the country leaving its mark, certainly on families, but also on institutions of higher learning, including the University of Tennessee.
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Take a look at how campus has grown in the past 70 years and what’s coming next.
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General Robert Neyland’s game maxims helped former football player Austin “Shifty” Shofner (’37) and several others escape a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.