Under Transition

John Compton and Randy Boyd

Merging campuses and creating a new Oak Ridge Institute, the UT Board of Trustees ratifies big moves by Interim President Randy Boyd.

On the Comeback Trail

Phillip Fulmer addresses the Special Committee on UT Sports

17 months in, UT Athletic Director Phillip Fulmer says the Vols’ sports programs are working their way back to the top.

For the Records

Sheriff Tom Spangler

A UT professor’s open records lawsuit against the Knox County Sheriff’s Office raises questions about access to public officials’ emails.

Backyard Archaeologists

UT anthropology students

UT Knoxville students sift through evidence of ancient civilizations on the banks of the Tennessee River.

Small Step

The UT Torchbearer

UT’s proposed budget keeps tuition increases low. But a decade of hikes has still left it one of the priciest state schools in the Southeast.

This Old House

Eugenia Williams estate

After looking for a way to restore the historic Eugenia Williams mansion, the University of Tennessee decides its best option is to sell it.

UT Picks Plowman

Donde Plowman

The next chancellor of UT Knoxville has experience navigating public university complexities, here and elsewhere.

Game of Chancellors

Donde Plowman

Four candidates to lead the University of Tennessee’s flagship campus presented different styles in forums this week, but some shared themes.

Final Four

Knoxville chancellor finalists

UT announces a quartet of candidates from different backgrounds for chancellor of the flagship Knoxville campus.

An Imperfect Account

Brian Griffin

Eleven years after the murders at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Knoxville writer Brian Griffin sorts through the trauma.