Interclass football games began early in the twentieth century. On November 18, 1915, the YMCA organized an interfraternity basketball league. In 1917 faculty, students, and coaches enlisted in the army as war was declared, and the curtailment of football and other intercollegiate athletic contests was replaced by emphasis on physical training for all students. Male … Continued

The dirt and sand mixture of the intramural fields adjacent to the Student Aquatic Center was replaced by artificial turf in summer 1997. The surface consisted of a 1.75-inch layer of rubber, a six-inch layer of crushed stones, and a one-foot layer of gravel, with a top layer of Denso Turf. Denso Turf was a … Continued

The development of land following the Yale Avenue Urban Renewal Project provided for intramural fields adjacent to the student aquatic center, which were developed in 1967. Fulton Bottoms, a playing field adjacent to the agriculture campus, was acquired from the State when the Tennessee drivers’ training facility moved. The area next to the aquatic center … Continued

UT signed its first formal linkage agreement with an international university, Technische Hochschule Aachen, in 1964. The agreement was initiated by the Space Institute and provided for informal faculty and student exchanges and for the A. W. Quick/B. H. Goethert Lecture Series, an opportunity for presentations at both institutes. A few of the other early … Continued

Ion Aleph Masonic fraternity was established in 1920. Its motto was Trust and Unit; its colors were green and white; and its flower was the white carnation.

Chancellor Loren Crabtree announced in March 2003 the formation of the International Materials Institute, a joint UT College of Engineering-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Neutron Institute to be headed by UT’s Dr. Peter Liaw. The core funding for the effort came from $3.6 million from the National Science Foundation. Of more than 70 proposals for international … Continued

Theta Chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity was installed at UT in 2012. The fraternity is an African American social service fraternity founded in 1963 at Morgan State College (now University). Its motto is “Building a tradition, not resting upon one.” Its colors are charcoal brown and gilded gold; its symbol is the centaur; and … Continued

ISEP is a university-to-university consortium arrangement that provides opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students to participate in one-year exchanges or direct attendance. ISEP programs are open to all academic fields. UT became active with ISEP in 1980.

At its winter 1975 meeting, the board of trustees voted to drop its requirement that a student be domiciled in Tennessee for one-year before becoming eligible to pay in-state fees. All individuals domiciled in Tennessee (those who are permanent residents of  Tennessee, having come to Tennessee for reasons other than to pursue education) were to … Continued

The 1963–65 Yale Avenue Urban Renewal Project, through which UT acquired 134 acres of land for expansion, took place in an area south of Andy Holt Avenue between Phillip Fulmer Way and the L&N Railroad tracks. UT projected that its expansion needs would be greater than the boundaries of the federal urban renewal project, and … Continued