De’Hashia Tonnek “DeeDee” Trotter is a three-time Olympian and a women’s NCAA champion in the 400 meters, competing at UT in 2002 and 2003. She was the first UT female athlete to pursue a professional track-and-field career before completing her eligibility. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics as a member of … Continued

Annually, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation makes awards of up to $30,000 to some 60 college juniors who are committed to careers in public service. Following President Truman’s death in 1972, John W. Snyder, secretary of the treasury during the president’s administration, and Stuart Symington, then-senator from Missouri, worked together to create the foundation … Continued

At its June 2014 meeting, the board of trustees presented the Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest award given by the board, to President Emeritus Joe Johnson.

The Trustees’ Lifetime Leadership of the University Award recognizes dedication by an individual for the better part of his or her life to advancing educational achievement at the university. Established in 2009, the inaugural award was made to UT President Emeritus Edward J. Boling.

Trustees’ Scholarships were announced in fall 2000 and inaugurated for the 2001–2 academic year. Students who scored 26 or above on the ACT test or who were in the top 10 percent of their class were eligible. The scholarships could be used at Knoxville, Martin, or Chattanooga and would renew if the student maintained at … Continued

Composer-pianist Richard Trythall studied composition and piano at the University of Tennessee, at Princeton University, and at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, Germany. As a composer, he has received the Rome Prize in Musical Composition; a Guggenheim Fellowship; the Naumburg Recording Award; a Fulbright Fellowship; and composition commissions from the Fromm Music Foundation, Dorian … Continued

Willis C. Tucker came to the university in 1947. He established the Journalism Department and oversaw its transition to a School of Journalism in 1957. He headed the department/school from 1947 to 1972. He established the Tennessee High School Press Association in 1948 to provide a link between the department and high schools and initiated … Continued

In the first SGA meeting of 2009, Jeff Wilcox, Student Government Association president, informed the assembly that with potential budget cuts of up to $90 million across the UT system, discussions were beginning about the possibility of removing the current tuition cap, which provided that courses taken in excess of 12 hours cost no additional … Continued

The Student Government Association lobbied in summer 2012 for a plan that would cap tuition increases for entering freshmen in 2013 at 3 percent per academic year during their time at UT. Chancellor Cheek recommended the plan to the board of trustees, which adopted it at their June 2012 meeting. The plan was implemented alongside … Continued

In fall 1972 UT system campus planner Henry Morse described the plan for linking science buildings on the Hill through a system of tunnels. Beginning with the renovation of Austin Peay, which included a tunnel between Austin Peay and Hesler Biology, the plan was to create tunnels that linked life sciences buildings—Austin Peay, Hesler, the … Continued