Ishmael Beah, UT Yearbooks, Olympic Medalists, and other news.
As head of alumni programs at the UT Health Science Center in Memphis, Barbara McAdams definitely got around—to hundreds of alumni events attended by thousands of graduates. Retired as of June 2008 with 30 years service, McAdams says she couldn’t have imagined a better job.
Each year the UT Alumni Association recognizes the contributions its regional chapters make across the state of Tennessee and the nation. These chapters provide unique programming that shares the great things happening at UT with their local communities.
An update on the Campaign for Tennessee, a new Warhol exhibit at UTC, A look at this year’s Haslam Scholars—these stories and more in the latest installment of UTopics.
UT’s new supercomputer is one of the world’s fastest after just a few months in operation. In June, UT’s Kraken ranked 57th in the “Top500” list. Further upgrades that were to be made after the ranking was released were expected to power Kraken to a spot among the world’s top 10. Kraken has grown—quickly—out of a $65-million National Science Foundation grant to UT. At the time the grant was announced, President John Petersen called it “a major national win that places the university in the upper echelon of supercomputing capability.” How right he was.
Objects from long ago and far away promise a tantalizing museum experience this summer at UT Knoxville. The Frank H. McClung Museum is offering “Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands,” an exhibit from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, through August 3.
The 2008 Lady Vols brought home an unprecedented eighth NCAA women’s basketball crown. Tennessee Alumnus tips its hat to all the championship teams in Pat Summitt’s storied reign
This year as president of the UT Alumni Association, I’ve asked you to share with me your stories about how education transforms lives. Your stories are powerful reminders that education matters.
Jan Simek steps in as interim Knoxville Chancellor, forensic science on display, and UT Extension’s efforts to put Tennessee’s winemaking industry on the map—these and other stories in this edition of UTopics.
Three UT alumni, Carl Wolfson, Leanne Morgan, and Dale Henry, are making their livings by making others laugh.
