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Chattanooga Times Free Press
March 12, 2018
The University of Tennessee last week launched its first systemwide marketing campaign in 12 years to raise awareness about the work of campuses across the state. The campaign budget is now $300,000, comprised of private fundraising and investment income. A first phase costing $220,000 will runÃâà...
Columbia Daily Herald
March 9, 2018
Joe DiPietro, who became the 25th president of the University of Tennessee on Jan. 1, 2011, will speak at the Kiwanis Club of Columbia on Friday. DiPietro is the chief executive officer of a statewide university system that includes the flagship campus in Knoxville, campuses in Chattanooga and Martin, theÃâà...
Knoxville News Sentinel
March 9, 2018
The University of Tennessee this week launched its first system-wide marketing campaign in 12 years to raise awareness about the work of campuses across the state. The campaign budget is currently $300,000, comprised of private fundraising and investment income. A first phase costing $220,000 willÃâà...
Patch.com
March 8, 2018
KNOXVILLE, TN -- A respected University of Tennessee anthropology professor says bones found on a remote South Pacific island in 1940 are likely those of Amelia Earhart, the renowned aviatrix who, along with her navigator Fred Noonan, went missing during an around-the-world flight attempt in 1937.
Knoxville News Sentinel
March 7, 2018
As past presidents of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association and its 345,000-plus alumni, for many years we have observed that UT's strength is the unity by which the university system has operated in serving not only its students, but also citizens in our great state. This is a call to action to UTÃâà...
Knoxville News Sentinel
February 28, 2018
Faculty at the University of Tennessee are concerned about proposed changes to the post-tenure review process that they say will essentially eliminate tenure. The proposal handed down from system administration specifically puts in place provisions for peer reviews of tenured faculty at least every sixÃâà...
Inside Higher Ed
February 27, 2018
A joint committee of faculty members and administrators from across the University of Tennessee's four campuses spent months revising the system's posttenure review policy, which it acknowledged was outdated and needed strengthening. The committee included the university system's Board of TrusteesÃâà...
Inside Higher Ed
February 26, 2018
A University of Tennessee at Knoxville student, Tanner Wray, was pronounced dead at the University of Tennessee Medical Center Friday night after collapsing during a boxing match unaffiliated with the college, WBIR reported. The Knoxville Police Department began to investigate Wray's death Saturday.
Knoxville News Sentinel
February 22, 2018
University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro speaks about tuition and outsourcing after the annual Board of Trustees meeting at UT Knoxville's campus on ... Weeks after the University of Tennessee adopted a new policy on pay for administrators who move to faculty jobs, the university is backtracking onÃâà...
The Tennessean
February 14, 2018
A proposal to overhaul the University of Tennessee board of trustees passed its first hurdle in a House subcommittee despite some concerns. The UT FOCUS Act, proposed by Gov. Bill Haslam, seeks to make considerable changes to the trustee board, most notably by pairing down its membership from 27Ãâà...
CBS News
February 8, 2018
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The University of Tennessee's president said vandals at the Chattanooga campus have tried to cover up posters for black history month with ones referencing Adolf Hitler. The white nationalist group the Traditionalist Workers Party has advertised an event at the Knoxville campus,Ãâà...
Knoxville News Sentinel
December 31, 1999
University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro sent an email to faculty Thursday criticizing the response to proposed changes to the post-tenure review process that some opponents say amounts to eliminating tenure. "Periodic post-tenure review of all tenured faculty is not uncommon in higher education,Ãâà...
