In 1992 the NCAA initiated the Woman of the Year Award to honor a senior female student-athlete who had distinguished herself throughout her college career. Recipients had to have won a varsity letter in the year the award was presented, have completed eligibility in her primary sport, and have a cumulative GPA of at least … Continued

John R. Neal earned the AB degree from UT in 1893, the AM and LLB degrees from Vanderbilt in 1896, and the PhD from Wisconsin (history) in 1889. From 1909 to 1923, he taught law at the university. From 1899 until 1907, he taught law at the University of Denver, returning to Tennessee to run … Continued

Nelson Nee, a native of mainland China, who fled with his family to Taiwan in the late 1940s, served as associate dean of students and director of international students and cultural affairs at UT from 1960 to 1969. He came to UT pursue a master’s degree. He left UT in 1969 to become vice chancellor … Continued

As part of the celebration of Homecoming ’86, members of UT Agricultural Extension Homemaker Clubs throughout the state created a 5-foot by 12-foot needlepoint map of Tennessee, which required more than ten thousand hours of stitching. Clubs in each of the 95 counties selected three possibilities for stitching that would symbolize their county. One symbol … Continued

Lake R. Neel, 1907 UT agriculture graduate, edited the UT Farmer while a student and was editor in chief of the 1907 Volunteer. After graduation he spent a year working on his father’s farm and then returned to UT in 1908 to do graduate work in agronomy, while holding a teaching fellowship in zoology. In … Continued

Freshman basketball player Emmanuel Negedu, who came to the United States from his native Nigeria in 2005 and did not play organized basketball until he was 15, was a popular and extremely promising player. On September 28, 2009, following a group weightlifting session, he was participating in an impromptu race with a teammate on the … Continued

In 1880 four African Americans were elected to the Tennessee State Legislature (T. A. Sykes, Davidson County; T. F. Cassels and I. F. Norris, Shelby County; and John M. Boyd, Tipton County). Following their election, Representatives Sykes, Cassels, and Norris (as well as two white representatives, James Trimble and J. W. Baker of Davidson County) … Continued

Lindsey Nelson, a native of Columbia, Tennessee, and a 1941 UT graduate with a major in English, became a broadcasting legend. He served as a student assistant to football coach General Robert R. Neyland, working as a spotter, and in 1940 assisted Bill Stern in the NBC radio broadcast of the UT vs. Duke game. … Continued

The NetID is the name portion of UT e-mail addresses (the identifying word immediately before @. The NetID and a NetID password are required to access e-mail and a wide variety of services.

The first African American vice president of the UT system, Michael T. Nettles, earned the bachelor’s in political science at UT in 1976 and the MS in higher education (1977), MA in political science (1978), and PhD in higher education (1980), all from Iowa State University. He was appointed UT vice president for assessment in … Continued