UT celebrated the centennial of its chartering twice—once in 1894 and once in 1907. The institution that has become UT was chartered in 1794 as Blount College. It was rechartered in 1807 as East Tennessee College when it was designated the recipient of funds to be collected through the sale of lands agreed upon in … Continued

The College of Veterinary Medicine began work on its Center for Agriculture and Food Security Preparedness in 2002 with the purpose of combatting agriterrorism and bioterrorism. In October 2006 US Representative Zach Wamp announced the center had been awarded a $2-million grant to establish an extensive web-accessible training program for national and industrial use and … Continued

CARE, a unit of the College of Social Work’s Social Work Office and Public Service, provides a data collection structure for researchers through UT and beyond, utilizing telephone surveys, data comparison, postcard surveys, and other forms of applied research data collection. The center was created in 2009 to house and expand the role of the … Continued

UT and Astroturf broke ground on a $1.5 million research center, creating the Center for Athletic Field Safety in summer 2009. The purpose of the center is to compare natural grass-playing surfaces to synthetic surfaces, with the goal of improving athletic performance and reducing injuries. The UT outdoor-research facility consists of 60 small-scale athletic research … Continued

In 1936 Theodore Glocker, then head of the School of Commerce, added a Bureau of Business Research to administer outside grants and to serve as the research arm of the school. The name was later changed to the Center for Business and Economic Research. Dr. Charles White was the faculty member who first presided over … Continued

The Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature celebrated its official opening on March 1, 1999, with ceremonies in the Hodges Library and a presentation by Suzanne Fisher Staples, writer of young adult literature. Publishers of children’s and young adult books agreed to place newly published books on review with the center for study by … Continued

The Center for Clean Products was established in 1992 through a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and is currently housed within the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE). The center develops, evaluates, and promotes cleaner technologies that minimize pollution at the source and contribute to long-term, sustainable development. In keeping with … Continued

The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences partnered with Knox County Schools in 2010 to form the UT Center for Educational Leadership. The center was designed with five components: a Leadership Academy for aspiring school principals, a Professional Development Institute for current principals, an Executive Level Institute for central office administration, a research center, … Continued

The CEB was founded in 1986 with a $1 million grant from the US Department of Education to provide seed money for UT and ORNL to establish a center through which scientists could find new ways to use the emerging field of biotechnology to solve environmental problems. Dr. Gary Sayler was the founding director. For … Continued

The College of Business’ Center for Executive Education began in 1972 as the Tennessee Executive Development Program. It was begun with money from the Partnership for Achievement capital campaign conducted in conjunction with planning for the new Stokely Management Center building.