It never gets old seeing new Volunteers—nearly 7,000 this year—standing together and pledging to light the way for others. Torch Night is one of my favorite traditions and a rite of passage for every student on Rocky Top. It’s a moving experience that connects students to the university and to one another. Research shows […]
There’s never been a better time to be a Volunteer. We have built tremendous momentum in recent years—doubling our research awards, improving our graduation rates, and earning accolades for our academic excellence.
Chancellor Donde Plowman celebrates the ways the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is an “Everything School” in a June 16 guest editorial in the Knoxville News Sentinel. With recent post-season successes for softball and baseball, UT became the first school since 1998 to participate in a New Year’s Six or BCS bowl, the men’s and […]
UT is paving the way for a new era of humanities and creative work—one that connects the exploration of the human experience with fields like medicine, energy and environmental sciences, and data studies.
UT is proud to provide the skilled workforce that our state needs.
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 […]
Every year, UT leaders head to our three local Flagship high schools to surprise a handful of students with news of their admission to the state’s flagship land-grant university. It’s a big deal for these students and their families—not just because of the opportunity to attend the state’s top public institution but also because their […]
UT faculty are at the forefront of their fields and creating solutions that will transform industries and the world we live in. They are creating new lightweight composites to build bridges and cars, developing the next generation of artificial intelligence technology, and finding new strategies for improving literacy skills of young students. The discoveries taking […]
This is the future of education, and it’s how we prepare the next generation of engineering leaders
Chancellor Plowman delivered the speech Thursday in the Natalie Haslam Music Center.
