As a result of a survey conducted for the US Department of Labor, Oak Ridge Associated Universities facilitated development of the Training and Technology project in 1966. The venture combined the facilities of ORNL, Union Carbide’s industrial training capacity, and UT’s Industrial Education Program to provide effective training for both vocational-technical teachers and workers. This … Continued

Published twice yearly, Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law is a student publication of the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law. Its inaugural issue was in fall 1999.

A fee of $7.50 for all official university transcripts was instituted in January 2007. Official transcripts are printed on special security paper. The university had previously charged the fee for online transcript orders, but transcripts had been free if obtained in person in the Registrar’s Office. Students could still print out an academic history report … Continued

The Transportation Research Center of the College of Engineering was created in 1970 to foster and facilitate interdisciplinary research, public service, and outreach in the field of transportation. It began full-time operation in 1972 and also opened a satellite office in Nashville in 1972 to coordinate the management of the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s University … Continued

In late 1986 UT issued a request for proposals to establish an on-campus travel center. In July 1987 World Travel Service’s UT branch opened in the Carolyn P. Brown University Center in the former check-cashing area.

Ground was broken for the new $20.3 million student recreation facility in April 2000, and the building was in use in August 2003 (the grand opening was September 5, 2003). When opened, the Tennessee Recreational Center for Students (TRECS) contained four basketball courts and a one-seventh-mile indoor circular track (7 laps to the mile) as … Continued

Some of the trees on Ayres Hall lawn retain the plaques marking their planting by graduating senior classes as memorials to their attendance at the university. The practice was started by the class of 1877 and was followed by the classes of 1879, 1881, 1882, and 1895.

John Trembley swam for UT during the years from 1970 to 1975, winning nine NCAA championships and setting three records. He was a nine-time All-American. He had enrolled at Tennessee planning eventually to become a dentist. He graduated in 1975 with a BA in philosophy. His swimming career all but ended in 1975 when he … Continued

A joint project among the Chamber of Commerce, City of Knoxville, and UT developed in 1985 led to establishment of a trolley system of five trolleys running two routes in downtown Knoxville to stimulate downtown business and to encourage periphery parking. The closest the trolleys came to UT was the 1982 World’s Fair site. The … Continued