Wildflower Witness

A University of Tennessee scientist uses Henry David Thoreau’s 19th century observations to chart the effects of climate change.

Big Ears’ Big Tent

The festival’s eclectic energy is carrying over to its home city, in many different ways. We trace some of them.

A national report (with a Tennessee co-chair) charts a decline in civic engagement. It also offers some solutions.

Boyd announces UT Promise, a privately endowed scholarship to make the state university free for lower-income students.

In response to J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ regional writers stake a claim to political and cultural diversity in the Southern mountains.

The UT Board of Trustees approves a plan to change how student activity fees are distributed, potentially shutting down funding to Sex Week.

After a career building public-private connections, Tom Rogers prepares to take the reins at UT’s research park.

With extreme weather events on the rise, a UT professor looks at the social equity of disaster and disruption.

Replying to a state report, the University of Tennessee students who organize Sex Week reply say they deserve more respect.

In response to a comptroller’s report, the University of Tennessee abolishes a committee that has directed money to the controversial Sex Week.