Charles Ferris was honored at a special engineering convocation on February 23, 1953. Approximately one hundred engineering alumni, students, and friends attended the 11:00 a.m. ceremony, which was climaxed by the unveiling of a bronze bust of Dr. Ferris, who had died in 1951. Dr. James D. Hoskins, president emeritus, unveiled the bust, which was … Continued

In 1984 a committee headed by Dr. Warren Neel, dean of the College of Business, was appointed to examine computing and networking on campus. It recommended the establishment of a campus-wide communications network. Work on installation of a fiber optic network to provide campus communications was begun in fall 1986 under the direction of John … Continued

In 1932 Newman Hancock, a cotton breeder in the Agricultural Experiment Station, approached Dr. Kenneth Hertel, of the Physics Department, seeking assistance in measuring the degree to which characteristics that would make cotton crops more valuable were being bred into various cotton varieties. Hertel and associates in the Physics Department developed the random fibrograph that … Continued

The first annual Field Day was held on April 12, 1889. The event included the high kick, wheelbarrow race, sack races, potato race, three-legged race, and tug-of-war, as well as more common track events. In 1898 Field Day was combined with University Day, and a day’s holiday contained them both. In the morning, talks about … Continued

AgResearch and UT Extension hold annual field days, which are essentially conventions of farmers. Farmers can see crops in the field and observe response to fertilizers or treatment for disease or damage. New developments related both to crop and animal management are explained and new equipment demonstrated. In the 1930s as many as ten thousand … Continued

Field Hockey had competed as a club sport since 1969 and was one of the seven sports moved from club to institutional status in 1973. Its coach was Jean Lewis, assistant professor in the Women’s Physical Education Department. When the Women’s Athletics Department was established in 1976, field hockey was one of the seven sports … Continued

ARAMARK, UT’s dining services contractor, announced in August 2011 the establishment of the “Field of Greens” restaurant concept in the Hermitage Room of the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center. The restaurant specialized in all natural, fresh, made-to-order salads and wraps; a soup of the day; and desserts. The restaurant served lunch Monday through Friday.

Fifteenth Street (now James Agree Street north of Cumberland and Phillip Fulmer Way south of Cumberland) included until 1968 a half-block dogleg, which caused a major bottleneck for vehicular traffic and a dangerous pedestrian crossing. In 1968 UT worked with the City of Knoxville, partially funding the straightening of the intersection. The Seventeenth and Cumberland … Continued

In 1939 Josephine Carringer and Betty Lynn, two of the authors of Fish Talk, wrote a march for UT in response to a request from alumni that they compose a song to replace “Down the Field,” which is a Yale University song. They did, and organist George Dempster first played the tune in assembly. Bandmaster … Continued