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.

President John Shumaker sent a series of emails to students, faculty, and staff in February 2003 detailing Governor Bredesen’s request for budget cuts in all departments, and announced that UT would be a “No Whine Zone.” A website through which individuals could send suggestions and comments to the president indicated considerable controversy about the pronouncement … 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.

Cindy Noble, a 6-foot-5-inch center from Clarksville, Ohio, averaged 15.2 points and 7.1 rebounds a game during her career as a Lady Vols basketball player from 1978 to 1981. She was a three-year starter and helped get UT to three AIAW Final Fours and two runner-up finishes. She was a member of the team that … Continued

Professor Noel joined the faculty of the College of Law in 1945, was named a Distinguished Service Professor in 1966, and retired in 1974. He practiced in New York City and Boston and taught at three other universities before joining the UT Law faculty. His special field of interest was product liability, and he coauthored … Continued

Walter Smith, a 1969 psychology graduate, is the multi-Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist “Barry Nolan.” After completing his degree at UT, he studied neurophysiology and theater history as a postgraduate, and worked as a psychiatric social worker. He began his broadcast journalism career as a lifestyle correspondent for WNBC-TV’s The Now! Show. He has anchored … Continued

Prompted by budget cuts in 1996 and 1997, the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for Planning and Budgeting (formed in response to a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools recommendation that there be greater participation in university planning) issued a report calling for the establishment of two committees, one of which would examine and evaluate all academic … Continued

Prior to 2011 the only multiyear appointment for non-tenure-track faculty was the position of distinguished lecturer, which was for a period of up to five years. At its June 23, 2011, meeting, the UT Board of Trustees approved the addition of a senior lecturer position for a period of up to three years and approved … 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

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