The five-year appointment comes in the midst of the university contending with the academic and economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Pandemic Preparations
With Knox County’s COVID-19 count still at one, Knoxville declares an emergency, Knox County Schools close through April 3 and UT moves the rest of its semester online.
Boyd Makes His Case
In a town hall meeting on the Knoxville campus, UT’s interim president addresses diversity, affordability and guns.
On-the-Job Training
A partnership between Knox County Schools and the University of Tennessee will pay aspiring special education teachers as they finish their degrees.
Salary Study
How does the University of Tennessee’s pay for non-tenured faculty stack up? That depends on how you look at it.
Back to the Drawing Board
UT will revisit its campus programming funding — again — after student groups say a new system has shut them out.
UT Trustees Move Toward Naming Boyd President
Pending campus feedback, the Knoxville businessman will likely lose the ‘interim’ from his title for a five-year appointment.
‘Stretch Goals’
From boosting enrollment to securing major new state funding, Interim UT President Randy Boyd lays out an aggressive agenda for 2020.
The Year Ahead: Big Orange Outlook
The University of Tennessee will search for a new president this year — near or far — and welcome its first wave of UT Promise students.
2019 Revue: University of Tennessee
New leaders, a campus merger, a Sex Week détente and other changes during a transitional year at the Knoxville flagship.