In March 1952 the east wing of the Jessie Harris Building was damaged by an early-morning fire. Two silver services were melted; silver tableware, linens, and china were damaged. The fire was caused by a defective refrigerator in the workshop of the Foods Department, and rooms on the first and third floors were damaged by … Continued

Abbreviation for Joint Institute for Computational Sciences.

Abbreviation for Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research.

In 2006, recognizing the unique contributions James A. Haslam II and his wife, Natalie, had made to UT, an award signified by a medal that bears their names was initiated by the university. The Jim and Natalie Haslam Presidential Medal is presented at the discretion of the president. Recipients are “those rare individuals who make … Continued

Abbreviation for Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences.

A 2014 endowment established the Joan Cronan Graduate Fellowship, which provides a fellowship to female athletes who wish to follow in Cronan’s footsteps and promote women’s athletics. The first recipient was four-time All-American softball star Raven Chavanne, who pursued a master’s in sport management.

Construction began on the Joan Cronan Volleyball Practice Facility in February 2014, with the $2,725,000 structure scheduled for completion in fall 2014. Located adjacent to the Regal Soccer Stadium, the facility has three courts, players’ locker room and lounge, athletic training area, equipment room, film study room, and coaches offices. Architects for the project were … Continued

Colleen Slemmer, 19, a Job Corps participant living at the Job Corps residence on Dale Avenue, was murdered behind the agriculture campus steam plant on January 12, 1995, by three of her fellow Job Corps participants. Two UT physical plant employees discovered her body the next morning. Christa Pike (18) and Tadaryl Shipp (17) were … Continued

Legendary Basketball Coach Ben Jobe was a graduate student at UT in fall 1963 in the College of Education. Jobe, a Nashville native, earned the bachelor’s degree from Fisk in 1956, where he was a four-year letterman and All Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as both a junior and a senior. He earned the master’s from … Continued

The 1994 Master Plan for Space and Facilities for Units in Knoxville recommended closing Andy Holt Avenue between Volunteer Boulevard and Melrose Avenue and creating a pedestrian mall. The university worked with the City of Knoxville, and the city council issued an ordinance that closed the street on a temporary basis in December 1995 to … Continued