Ground was broken for the 180,540-square-foot Art and Architecture Building on February 13, 1977. The facility would serve the Department (now School) of Art, which was occupying 11 former residences, a coal bin (sculpture studio) and part of the McClung Museum, and would provide expanded space for the School of Architecture (now College of Architecture … Continued

The School of Architecture recognized one of the largest gifts to its 21st Century Campaign in September 1998, with the naming of the large auditorium in the building for the McCarty family. Renovation of the auditorium was made possible by a gift to the school by the local architectural firm of McCarty, Holsaple, McCarty and … Continued

The annual art auctions, begun in 1950 by Professor C. Kermit Ewing as a fundraising medium for student art scholarships, provided an evening’s lively annual entertainment as “Buck” Ewing insulted and cajoled bidders to stretch to acquire pieces of art donated by local, regional, and national artists. UT Theatre Head Paul Soper often assisted Ewing. … Continued

In August 2004 the US Postal Service issued a 10-stamp block commemorating American Indian art. A sandstone Ancestor figure that was held in the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture’s collections was one of the items included. A special cancellation of the stamp was held at the McClung Museum a day following … Continued

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UT was fined $29,000 in August 2001 for demolishing two buildings (of three) being removed to allow construction of the Eleventh Street Garage. A concerned parent of a child in the adjacent UT Child Development Center called the compliance coordinator for Knox County Air Quality Management complaining about the dust produced by razing one building … Continued

In winter 1983 UT’s Environmental Health and Safety unit began a systematic friable asbestos evaluation of UT buildings, concentrating first on those built between 1940 and the mid-1970s, when the use of asbestos was a very common, fire-retarding construction practice. Preliminary tests in four dormitories (Massey, Reese, Dunford, and Morrill) turned up no friable asbestos … Continued

Edith Evans Asbury earned the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from UT in 1932 and 1933, respectively. While a student at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, she had worked for the Cincinnati Times-Star, and she developed a passion for journalism. Following graduation, she became a reporter for the Knoxville News Sentinel until … Continued

A captain in the US Navy, Jeffrey Ashby received the MS in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute (Tullahoma, Tennessee) in 1993. In 1994 he was selected by NASA as an astronaut and reported to the Johnson Flight Center in March 1995. He was chosen to serve as a pilot on the … Continued