In January 1979, the 108 Nigerian students at UT were among hundreds of the fourteen thousand Nigerian students attending US colleges and universities on scholarships from the Nigerian government whose tuition was unpaid for more than several months after it was due. UT was owed $58,000 in addition to winter tuition charges for enrolled students. … Continued

Having declined in 1878 to allow university buildings to be made available for summer normal school free to teachers and at the expense of the university, the trustees, in response to a recommendation from the faculty, allowed professors McBryde, Lockett, and Nicholson, and Superintendent Smith of the Knox County Schools the free use of the … Continued

To raise awareness of the College of Nursing’s many milestones and recognize the contributions of healthcare professionals who prepared for their careers at UT, the College of Nursing held its first annual NightinGala in September 2009. More than 350 alumni and friends attended the initial celebration.

On February 15, 1879, the UT Board of Trustees approved the recommendation of the faculty that persons who had taught for one year or more in public or private schools should be admitted to UT as special students, and that if they completed with distinction subjects equivalent to the sophomore course of the university, they … Continued

The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis was established at UT in September 2008, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Department of Agriculture, and UT. Under the leadership of founding director, Dr. Lou Gross, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, more than four hundred individuals from … Continued

The Normandy Scholars Program, which combined on-campus study in Knoxville and a monthlong trip to Caen, France, accepted its first class of students in 1992. Open to all students with sophomore standing, scholarships were provided to ensure that students would be able to participate. UT had been approached by the Battle of Normandy Foundation, a … Continued

In 1974 the Undergraduate Council approved a new grading system for Freshman English, which called for grading on an A-B-C-NC basis. A grade of “No Credit” would not be computed in a student’s grade point average.

The original, one-story part of this structure was built in 1842 and was known as the East Dwelling House, or sometimes the Allison House. In 1871 the trustees leased the East Dwelling House to A. K. Foster and the West Dwelling House to M. W. Janney, with the understanding that each would board students with … Continued

The Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation in 2007 banning smoking in public places, with the exception of age-restricted venues, private clubs, smoking rooms in hotels, and a few other places.

The UT Commission for Women instituted the Angie Warren Perkins Notable Woman Award in 1995, and the first designee was Angie Warren Perkins. Award recipients were listed on a plaque in the Carolyn P. Brown University Center (unveiled March 14, 1996). The award was first presented at the Charter Day luncheon and then, with the … Continued