The Torchbearer is the official magazine of the Knoxville campus. Designed to bring news of UT’s Knoxville campus to alumni and friends, it was first published in September 1962, replacing the “News Letter” that had featured a variety of UT news for 40 years. From 1962 to 1986, Torchbearer was published as a four-or-six page newsletter. In 1986 it was redesigned as a tabloid-style newsmagazine, with more pages, photos, and feature stories. It was published on newspaper stock as part of a winter 1997 redesign, and in 2009 it became a full-color glossy magazine. An “e” version was first published for January/February 2006.