At its meeting of December 7, 1897, the Alumni Association decided to erect massive columns made of local marble at the entrance to the Hill as a memorial to the institution’s first president, Samuel Carrick. The columns were dedicated on May 2, 1900, and a macadam (asphalt) road around the hill was installed. In 1931 … Continued

In 1924 UT’s Engineering College, in cooperation with the National Association of Marble Dealers, aided by Smith-Hughes funds for trade training, inaugurated a 12-week session of the only marble setters school (The Apprentice Training School for Marble Setters) in the United States. The school required attendance 50 hours a week, 36 of which were devoted … Continued

The Medieval and Renaissance Curriculum and Outreach project began in 2001 with a UT presidential initiative grant. In 2003 MARCO became the MARCO Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville as it received a $3 million challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Under the challenge grant, NEH … Continued

Richard Marius, born at Dixie Lee Junction, Tennessee, received a degree in journalism from the university in 1954. He earned the bachelor’s degree in divinity from Southern Baptist Seminary in 1958. He then served as a Rotary Fellow in Strasbourg, France. He earned the PhD from Yale University in 1962 in Reformation history. He joined … Continued

In 1984 a mobile extension of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit established in 1975 was begun by UT Medical Center. A fully equipped pediatric intensive care van, which provided for the needs of premature babies or extremely ill children as far away as southern Kentucky, took to the road. Later named MARMA (Mother’s Answer to … Continued

In 1961 a colony of South American marmosets was established at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (later [1966] Oak Ridge Associated Universities) to study the immune aspects of bone marrow transplantation. In 1967 ORAU built a 10,000-square-foot facility containing labs and offices and to house the marmoset colony. The building could house 450 … Continued

The Martial Arts Club traces its beginnings to the 1964 establishment of the Karate Club and the 1972 establishment of the Judo/Taekwondo Club, which evolved into a larger organization offering classes and competition in four different martial arts styles: karate, judo, tae kwon do, and jujitsu.

UT students have served the Knoxville community by participating through TeamVOLS in service projects since 2003. The national Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service was started by former Pennsylvania US Senator Harris Wofford and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis, who coauthored the King Holiday and Service Act. The federal legislation calls upon citizens to utilize … Continued

Cuonzo Martin, head basketball coach at Missouri State, was appointed Tennessee head basketball coach on March 28, 2011, succeeding the fired Bruce Pearl. Martin played guard at Purdue from 1991 to 1995, earning first-team All Big Ten honors his senior year. He was drafted number 57 in the second round of the NBA draft by … Continued

Tee Martin, from Mobile, Alabama, was the quarterback on the 1998 Tennessee National Championship football team. A street near Neyland Stadium was named for him in March 2000. He was drafted in the fifth round of the NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles and then for the Oakland Raiders, … Continued