Spring 2009

Van Jones and the Promise of a Green Future

Van Jones and the Promise of a Green Future

President Obama has tapped Van Jones, UT Martin graduate, author, and environmental activist, as his green job adviser.

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Audiology and Speech Pathology Move Approved

Audiology and Speech Pathology Move Approved

Once slated for closure, the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology and its clinics will remain open in Knoxville.

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Cheek Is New UT Knoxville Chief

Cheek Is New UT Knoxville Chief

As Dr. Jimmy Cheek begins his tenure as UT Knoxville chancellor, he is writing a new chapter in the story…

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Get a Move On

Get a Move On

Ed Howley helped craft the new U.S. physical activity guidelines, which show why you should get up and go.

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New Hope with Tai Chi

New Hope with Tai Chi

People with physical disabilities can improve their stamina--and their mindset--with a version of the ancient Chinese exercise

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Promise the Moon

Promise the Moon

"The moon has the potential to be, essentially, a gas station in the sky" -- Larry Taylor, UT Knoxville Distinguished…

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Thanks for Great Football Memories

Thanks for Great Football Memories

The very mention of Phillip Fulmer's (Knoxville ’72) name and listeners or readers immediately thought Tennessee.

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From Green to Gold

From Green to Gold

In 1959 Dr. Eyvind Thor planted two white pines outside his UT lab. Today he can't stretch his arms halfway…

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Once Burned, Masterfully Treated

Once Burned, Masterfully Treated

Patients from throughout the world come to Dr. Richard Grossman and his California-based burn treatment centers.

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Lady Vols: In the Beginning

Lady Vols: In the Beginning

In only three decades old, the Lady Vols have given us thrills, chills, championships, and many accomplished lives.

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Bookshelf

Bookshelf

Steve Ash's history of a black Civil War regiment and A. Scott Pearson's medical science-fiction thriller.

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Salute to Howard Baker

Salute to Howard Baker

Private gifts build a special place where understanding and encouraging public service is a priority.

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Coca-Cola Big Orange Caravan Coming Up

Coca-Cola Big Orange Caravan Coming Up

Are you looking for the inside scoop on the Vols and Lady Vols for the upcoming seasons?

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UTAA Needs You

UTAA Needs You

The UTAA needs your help. Gifts sought to supplement declining funds for alumni scholarships and events.

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Kraken Scales Supercomputer Ranks

Kraken Scales Supercomputer Ranks

UT’s new supercomputer ranked 15th in the latest Top 500 list of the world’s most powerful computers.

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Great Value, Lifelong Investment

Great Value, Lifelong Investment

UT Knoxville provides students one of the best values in public ­education, according to The Princeton Review.

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Long Live QE2

Long Live QE2

“We sailed into Dubai in the afternoon on November 26,” Stew Bystrzycki (Knoxville ’04) said. “The sail in was amazing."

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An Association for All

An Association for All

Kino Becton and Marty Begalla are two of the many leaders who make the UTAA great.

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On the Campuses

On the Campuses

Alumni have a new “home” at UT Martin. The former residence ­of the chancellor is now the Alumni Center.

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Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains

David Chapman did the heavy lifting to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75 years ago.

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Haslam Building Open for Business

Haslam Building Open for Business

The new James A. Haslam II Business Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is “open for…

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The Impact of Giving

The Impact of Giving

Three scholarship students talk about their motivation—and their gratitude.

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Bringing Up the Bells

Bringing Up the Bells

Corey and Millicent Bell have only six children at home. Yes, only. Because, you see, they used to have eight.

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