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Chancellor Celebrates UT Successes on Inside Tennessee 

Chancellor Donde Plowman appeared in October on WBIR’s local politics show Inside Tennessee, where she celebrated UT Knoxville’s growing momentum.  In the wide-ranging interview, hosts John Becker and John North asked the chancellor about record-breaking enrollment, research partnerships, and the university’s three new academic colleges and schools.  “This university is changing and becoming an even […]

Chancellor Plowman Announces 2023-24 Leadership Academy Class 

Chancellor Donde Plowman has announced the second class of the Chancellor’s Leadership Academy, which includes 30 deans, associate deans, directors, department heads, and other faculty and staff from across the university.   The eight-month program launched in 2022 to identify emerging campus leaders and further develop their professional and personal leadership skills. The group will […]

Plowman Delivers Keynote to Tennessee Grocery Execs and Workers 

Chancellor Donde Plowman lauded the role of grocery stores in our communities and shared the industry-supporting research and workforce development efforts happening at UT Knoxville during her recent remarks at the Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association Expo in Sevierville.  “So much of our lives take place around food—from weekly rituals like going to the store as […]

Celebrating our World-Class Faculty

Faculty at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are among the best in the world. Our faculty are top experts in their fields, and their work is among the most cited by their peers. They are at the forefront of knowledge, working to better understand everything from artificial intelligence to new building materials and how people […]