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.
Plowman’s Start
The new chancellor of the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville campus has had a busy first semester. We sat down to talk about it.
Power Poll: Confidence in Boyd
Should UT make its interim president permanent? Our latest survey of local community leaders shows strong support.
Controlling the Programs
Sex Week’s organizers say the event will go forward even as a new campus system for student events aims to isolate it.
Trustees Bullish on Boyd, TVA Deal
A plan to move the UT system administration off the Knoxville campus gets the nod — and maybe a permanent president to go with it.
Under Transition
Merging campuses and creating a new Oak Ridge Institute, the UT Board of Trustees ratifies big moves by Interim President Randy Boyd.
This Old House
After looking for a way to restore the historic Eugenia Williams mansion, the University of Tennessee decides its best option is to sell it.
Vol Access
Boyd announces UT Promise, a privately endowed scholarship to make the state university free for lower-income students.