Winter 2008

The Busy-ness of Being Smokey

Logan Durham is having a rough -- or, maybe that's "ruff" -- year. And he's enjoying every moment of it.

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Ayers, Mears, and Geier

Ayers, Mears, and Geier

Richmond taps Ayers as president, Mears dies in Knoxville, Rita Geier joins university

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Rescue on the River

Rescue on the River

May 25, 2006, wasn't a typical day on the job for Jereme Odom. He helped save a life and then…

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Roadside Savior

Roadside Savior

Seizing opportunities is nothing new for William Mackall, the UT Martin Hall of Fame football player and undercover police officer.

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Petroleum-Free in Tennessee

Petroleum-Free in Tennessee

Chad Holliday Jr. is full of enthusiasm as he surveys the crowd at the grand opening of the DuPont Tate…

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Fill'er Up with Grassoline

Fill’er Up with Grassoline

Tennessee business people, farmers, scientists, and ­political leaders have a shared vision of a statewide economy powered by ethanol.

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Academy Rewards

Academy Rewards

The Tennessee Governor's Academy for Mathematics and Science in Knoxville is a radically different kind of school.

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Alaska Adventure

Alaska Adventure

In 1956, on a lark, five UT students departed Knoxville for Alaska, where they spent the summer working in a…

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How to Succeed in Business

How to Succeed in Business

After exploring business practices in Ireland and Scotland, Jennifer Morrison-Fuller came away with a new understanding of the global market.

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Smokey: The Top Dog

Smokey: The Top Dog

Adam Vicars never expected to follow in his older brother's paw prints when he got to the University of Tennessee,…

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The Grace of Strangers

The Grace of Strangers

It was a hot Friday afternoon in a remote village in Belize, and the UT group there on a medical…

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Reaching Out to the Marginalized

Reaching Out to the Marginalized

"I wanted to challenge my prejudice against homeless people." Kathleen Malloy may sound like a social worker, but she's not.

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The Campaign for Tennessee Gains Momentum

The Campaign for Tennessee Gains Momentum

A prodigy in many respects, Clarence Leon Brown received special permission to enter UT at the age of 15.

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A Labor of Love Becomes a Legacy

A Labor of Love Becomes a Legacy

Medical technology has come a long way in the past 40 years, and UTHSC professor Brenta Davis was instrumental in…

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Education Changes Lives

Education Changes Lives

Meet some of the UT graduates whose lives have been dramatically changed by the education they received here.

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A Smoky Mountain Queen

A Smoky Mountain Queen

I gave my first reading of my children's novel, Gentle's Holler, in Sylva, North Carolina, in the spring of 2005.

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