Winter 2007

Changing Tomorrow Today

Changing Tomorrow Today

UT's statewide marketing effort is keyed to the "fUTure" and includes billboards, a new television commercial, and print advertising.

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Miss Tennessee, An Emmy Winner, and a Katrina Update

Miss Tennessee, An Emmy Winner, and a Katrina Update

Blair Pancake won the Miss Tennessee title, and UT Chattanooga alumnus Leslie Jordan won an Emmy.

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A President's Eye View

A President’s Eye View

President John Petersen is in his third year at the UT helm, and he's making his mark on several fronts.

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Doan Heads GSA

Doan Heads GSA

Lurita Doan is a top government administrator, a technology company founder, and a scholar of Renaissance literature.

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No Smoking

No Smoking

Each year almost 10,000 Tennesseans die as a direct result of cigarette smoking. Yet 28 percent continue to smoke.

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Fuel from the Fields

Fuel from the Fields

Agricultural production has traditionally focused on food and fiber, but a third F has entered the picture. Fuel.

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Biodiesel Comes Full Circle

Biodiesel Comes Full Circle

When you hear Scott Curran talk about "creating a model for campus sustainability," it's hard not to get caught up…

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Mays Pursues a Workable Fuel Cell

Mays Pursues a Workable Fuel Cell

Jimmy Mays's polymer research has put him on the leading edge of a new clean-energy research initiative.

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Fueling Tomorrow

Fueling Tomorrow

Gas-guzzling cars and congested highways -- our transportation culture is ripe for change, but can we hope for anything better?

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Hear and Now

Hear and Now

Research at the University of Tennessee may be sweet music to the ears of millions of hearing-aid users.

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Kennewick Man: An Unburied Treasure

Kennewick Man: An Unburied Treasure

Is Kennewick Man a sacrosanct skeleton that should be reburied? Or are his bones evidence that should be preserved and…

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Of Crimes and Clues

Of Crimes and Clues

In a small room off the cottage's entryway, crime-scene investigators study blood spatters on the wall and bloody handprints on…

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There He Blows

There He Blows

Josh Wolcott came to UT to study art. He never dreamed he'd be creating synthetic human bodies to blow up.

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Cafe Dismay

Cafe Dismay

When did coffee become a fashion statement? Plain old Folger's in a bottom-of-the-line Procter Silex is soooo yesterday.

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