The Office of Information Technology adopted a policy in 2005 requiring all UT computer users to change their passwords every 180 days. The policy also required that passwords be at least eight characters long and contain three of four characteristics: one numeric character, one uppercase character, one lowercase character, and one special character (such as … Continued

The Pat Head Summitt Basketball Camp began in 1977.

The Pat Summitt Plaza was dedicated on November 21, 2013. Dave Hart, vice chancellor and director of athletics, indicated to the press in May 2013 that UT would honor Pat Summitt with a statue as part of the Lake Loudoun Boulevard Streetscape Project. In June 2013 UT released plans for the Pat Summitt Plaza, which … Continued

The eight-foot seven-inch bronze sculpture of Pat Summitt in the Pat Summitt Plaza was unveiled at the dedication of the plaza on November 21, 2013. Eighty-six-year-old David Adickes from Houston was commissioned by the LaPorte family of Elizabethton, Tennessee, to sculpt the centerpiece of the plaza. UT alum Chris LaPorte, from Houston, was a collector … Continued

In the 1880s Tennessee fruit growers started research to a blight-free, weather-resistant, and flavorful pear. In 1953, after 26 years of research and experimentation, Dr. Brooks Drain, UT horticulturist, announced the development of 75 new varieties of pears that met the criteria. In 1946 Dr. Drain had introduced the Orient Pear, which met the criteria, … Continued

On March 28, 2005, Bruce Pearl was named the UT men’s basketball head coach, replacing Buzz Peterson, whose contract UT had bought out after two losing seasons in his four-year stint as head men’s basketball coach. A native of Boston, Pearl earned the bachelor’s in business administration degree from Boston College in 1982, graduating cum … Continued

In fall 1982 the Exhibits Committee of the university center brought to campus for display in the Gallery Concourse an exhibit of 35 lithographs and etchings of artist Phillip Pearlstein. This was not the first time Pearlstein had exhibited works on campus. A former student of the late C. Kermit Ewing, former head of the … Continued

UT announced in October 1965 that the pedestrian bridge (originally called a “crosswalk”) across Cumberland Avenue at Strong Hall would be built, with a completion date prior to the end of the year. The pedestrian bridge was designed by Bruce McCarty and Associates and constructed by Rentenbach Construction Company. The concrete bridge was precast by … Continued