Sigma Sigma Rho was incorporated as a South Asian interest sorority at St. John’s University on December 10, 1998. It was installed at UT in 2010. Its name displays its motives and goals: Sisterhood, Society, and Remembrance. Its mascot is the black mare; its colors are royal blue, black, and silver; its flower is the … Continued

This national nursing honorary was founded in 1922 at the Indiana University Training School for Nurses and recognizes scholarship and leadership among College of Nursing students. UT’s Gamma Chi Chapter was granted its charter in 1978.  The chapter annually presents the Sylvia Hart Award to a graduating senior who displays the most promise of future … Continued

Sigma Upsilon was founded in 1906 and became a widely established national literary society. The UT Chapter, the Lanier Club, was established in 1917 as the English Club, accepting to membership juniors of recognized literary ability, proven either by work on the college publications or elsewhere. In 1920 the English Club successfully petitioned Sigma Upsilon … Continued

Thomas Terrill Siler, Jellico native, was editor of the Mugwump, managing editor of the Orange and White, and sports editor of the Volunteer. After graduating from the university in 1931, he worked as a reporter for the Knoxville News Sentinel and later for the Associated Press. He worked in Associated Press Bureaus in Nashville and … Continued

He was known as “Dr. Bernie” because of the TV program Stop! Look! and Listen!, which helped children achieve speech and reading readiness. But he was to the UT community a fine scholar, an active participant in shared governance, and a highly respected teacher. After earning the PhD from Purdue University in 1953, Silverstein came … Continued

Dr. Simberloff was appointed to UT Knoxville’s Nancy Gore Hunger Chair of Excellence in Environmental Studies in 1997. He came to UT from Florida State University, where he was the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor in Biology. He earned both the baccalaureate degree (1964) and the PhD (1969) from Harvard. He was the recipient of … Continued

Peyton Manning’s jersey number at UT was 16.

The Department of Anthropology maintains three skeletal collections. The William M. Bass Forensic Skeletal Collection, which began with Professor Bass’s service as state anthropologist in the 1970s and consists of several hundred cases (gunshot wounds, stabbings, etc.) that have skeletal elements present. A small portion of relatively complete cases includes positively identified individuals, but most … Continued

In 1900, on an attractive part of the south slope of the Hill, overlooking the Tennessee River, a site was selected for the first dormitory to be built for women, Barbara Blount Hall. Excavation for the foundation stopped almost as soon as it started, however, when a workman discovered that the location’s scenic beauty and … Continued

The UT Ski Club was organized in the winter quarter of 1964. The benefits of belonging included a 50 percent discount at the Gatlinburg Ski Resort. The club initially made two trips a week to Gatlinburg (weather permitting), and its charter membership exceeded one hundred students.