Student Experience
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Mead’s Quarry Research Reveals Toxic Algae Drivers
UT research into a pink algae bloom that closed the popular swimming area at Ijams Nature Center in 2024 is providing insight into how the organisms thrive. Researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who quantified high toxin levels during a 2024 pink algae bloom at Mead’s Quarry Lake have published a new study identifying…
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Centers Build Writing, Math, and Chemistry Confidence
Support from the College of Arts and Sciences helps students strengthen foundations, solve problems, and hone critical thinking. Find Academics Help Here Check out these websites for information about the services, hours, and more. The Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center has multiple in-person locations on campus and offers online appointments too. The Math Place is…
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UT’s Latin Day Brings Hundreds to Knoxville Campus
The Department of Classics shows middle and high school students from East Tennessee the wonders of the ancient world and career opportunities in classics. The annual Latin Day at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been inspiring hundreds of young scholars from area middle and high schools for generations and supporting their teachers. “The event…
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Student-Faculty Collaboration Refreshes McClung Exhibit
Anthropology student and professor collaborate to update long-standing McClung exhibit on human origins. The university celebrated the Scopes Trial Centennial throughout 2025 with numerous public activities that addressed a variety of topics related to the historic Tennessee trial and the science of evolution. As official events rolled along, one honors anthropology student and her faculty…
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UT Scholar Part of Rare Etruscan Tomb Discovery
UT doctoral student Anna Catherine Gibbs’ archaeology research took her to Italy and the opening of an undisturbed tomb from the seventh century BCE. Anna Catherine Gibbs returned to Italy in the summer of 2025 for her seventh season of fieldwork on the San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (SGARP), working with the team that lowered…
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Harb Family Helps Launch Middle East Study Abroad
With the Harb family’s help, a new study abroad program to Jordan will immerse students in Palestinian history and culture, add perspective on global issues, and prepare students for international careers. Nearly 75 years after the first person of Palestinian descent graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a new program will allow students to…
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Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium (ASUReS) 2026
Looking for another opportunity to share your work? The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA), hosted by Undergraduate Research, Fellowships & Service-Learning, invites students from all majors to present their research or creative projects in a poster format on April 7th, 2026. Held each spring in the Student Union, EUReCA is a campus-wide event that brings…
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Activities Grants Light Up Vol Spirit
Vols across arts and humanities interests find community and collaboration through wide-ranging organizations supported by student activities grants. Student-led organizations throughout the college and university offer Vols a wide range of opportunities to engage with each other on projects that enliven and enrich fellowship, friendship, and fun in campus life—all while connecting classroom insights and…
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College-Wide: Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center
Herbert Writing Center grows opportunities for helping Vols across campus develop professional writing skills. The Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center expanded its student-focused mission this fall thanks to ongoing engagement from the Herbert family and a new status as a college-level center for comprehensive, cross-disciplinary writing support for Vols at all academic levels. The center…
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New Program to Enhance Grad Student Career Readiness
Graduate student training program in sciences and math gets a boost from the National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $399,209 to Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) faculty to develop and implement a holistic disciplinary training program for first-year graduate students that enhances research, teaching, and leadership skills,…