After Governor Austin Peay signed the Butler Bill (prohibiting the teaching of evolution) into law in the spring of 1925, the American Civil Liberties Union offered to represent a Tennessee educator in a test case of the law, which they believed was unconstitutional. Civic leaders in Dayton, Tennessee, decided to pursue such an effort in … Continued

The 1939 Volunteer football team, coached by Major Neyland, held regular-season opponents scoreless, the last time a college team was unbeaten, untied, and unscored upon.

The Scott Hartman Decathlon of the Spring (Dogwood, then Sea Ray) Relays honors Scott Hartman, UT freshman track athlete who was hit in the back of the head by a practice throw of a 16-pound field hammer by a Berea College athlete warming up for a competition on the campus of the University of Kentucky … Continued

In 1891 President Dabney instituted the practice of having a University Scrapbook maintained, into which newspaper stories about the university were placed. When filled, the scrapbooks were sent to the UT library.

The College of Communication and Information opened its Scripps Convergence Lab—a facility similar to the academic commons facility in the John C. Hodges Library, in January 2010. Funded in part with a $500,000 grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation, the 4,000-foot facility provided gathering space for the college’s students and organizations, as well as rooms … Continued

Since 1953 the Scripps Howard Foundation has presented annual national journalism awards honoring work in the communications industry and journalism education. In 2003 Steven Olexa, senior in graphic design and producer of two cartoon columns and the daily editorial illustration for the Daily Beacon, won the prize, receiving $5,000 and a trophy.

The UT Outdoor Sculpture Tour was implemented by the Chancellor’s Office in May 1982 as the result of a collaboration of the UT Knoxville Council for the Study of the Arts, the Cultural Affairs Board, and the School of Art (then Art Department). It was initially proposed by Dr. Harry Rutledge, head of the Classics … Continued

See Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center—Wood Sculptures for Ballroom Stage; Edmondson, William (1874–1951)—Sculptures; Estes Kefauver Bust; Falsetti Wood Sculptures in Morgan Hall; Ferris, Charles Edward—Busts; Frieze—Black Cultural Center; Lettermen’s Wall of Fame; Library, Carnegie; Massey Bust; Neyland Statue; Nielsen Physics Building—Sculpture; Pat Summitt Sculpture; Perkins, Charles A.—Bust; R. Tait McKenzie Sculpture Collection; Reese Sculpture … Continued

Always Faithful, is an exact replica of sculptress Susan Bahary’s monument at the Guam Marine War Dog Cemetery that honors the 25 Marine Dobermans that died helping American soldiers liberate the island of Guam during World War II. The Guam sculpture was dedicated on June 20, 1994. The UT replica, a gift of Dr. Maurice … Continued

Armor Pierce is a metal sculpture on a metal platform elevated by concrete blocks that was placed between the Music and Art/Architecture Buildings when it was purchased in 1987 as the first acquisition in the Reese Collection of outdoor sculpture. Its sculptor, Jim Buonaccorsi, earned the BA from Rhode Island College in Providence and the … Continued