The sculpture on the front of the Nielsen Physics Building is Untitled, by UT faculty member Philip Nichols, the first sculptor appointed to the UT art faculty (1961). The sculpture is a welded steel relief placed in 1962, which is a dynamic abstraction of sharply joined planes that appear on one level to present a … Continued

UPSIDE (Urban Program in Sustainable Design Education) was founded by UT Architecture Professor David Fox in 2001. The program provides hands-on learning experience for UT students while helping the Chattanooga community by creating affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families. UPSIDE is a partnership between UT’s College of Architecture and Design, Howard High School, Chattanooga … Continued

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Honor Society for Computing and Information Disciplines) was founded in 1967 at Texas A&M University. It recognizes academic excellence at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in computing and information disciplines. Only colleges that offer a degree in a computing-science-related discipline may obtain a charter for a UPE chapter. UPE is the … Continued

Members of the University Concerts’ Usher Corps made their first appearance at the Jepson-Martini concert on October 15, 1938, attired in tuxedos. Over one hundred men applied for the positions; 57 were selected. Six women were added to the Usher Corps in 1939. Members were annually selected from among applicants by the head ushers. The … Continued

The USS David R. Ray, named for Medal of Honor recipient David R. Ray, was commissioned on December 19, 1977, as a versatile multimission destroyer capable of operating independently or as an integral part of a powerful battle group. The principal mission of the ship was to detect, classify, and engage hostile submarines. The ship’s … Continued

In spring 2007 UT contracted with E2Campus, a mass notification and text messaging firm, to provide a secure system through which institutional emergency messages could be sent to email addresses, cell phones, PDAs, and pagers. There was no cost for students, faculty, and staff to participate in the ALERT system, and no advertising content was … Continued

A UT Knoxville App for Apple and Android systems was first produced by Blackboard in 2012. The initial app was limited to information accessible through Blackboard.

Homecoming weekend 1964 marked the beginning of an annual UT Appreciation Week, sponsored by the UT Support Committee, a subgroup of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce. The appreciation week was the first event of the committee. On campus, an open house was held at the Panhellenic Building and the Neyland Stadium press box. Downtown merchants … Continued

In 2001 Bumble Bear and Mace Bear came to campus as part of the Dogwood Arts Festival’s Bearfoot in the City public animal-arts campaign. Bumble Bear was attached to one of the large pillars of Hodges Library along Volunteer Boulevard, and Mace Bear was at the Cumberland Avenue entrance to the Hill. The program, modeled … Continued

In 1879, when the legislature changed the name of the institution to the University of Tennessee, it passed additional legislation designed to make the board of trustees representative of the entire state, and established a Board of Visitors composed of nine members, three from each grand division of the state, to hold office for four-year … Continued