Just as the animated X Men characters had genes that gave them amazing superpowers, three UT alumni combined their own X factors to create the cult classic.
Documenting Life
Nick Geidner suspects that several years ago, only a few of his students would have ever seen a documentary.
The Cartoon World of Marshall Ramsey
If Marshall Ramsey drew a cartoon about his time at UT, it would show him sitting with his dad in Neyland Stadium watching his first football game in 1980.
Alumna Entrepreneur Pitches Company at National Inventors Hall of Fame
UT alumna and entrepreneur Lia Winter participated in the 2019 Collegiate Inventors Competition sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
New Website Catalogs LaFollette Photojournalism Project
Each spring, professor Rob Heller from UT’s School of Journalism and Electronic Media takes his advanced photojournalism students to LaFollette, Tennessee, to find and photograph stories.
Mayfield’s Love for UT Woven into Fabric of Vol Tradition
You may not know who is responsible for the dapper vest on Smokey that all of Vol Nation sees every Saturday. That person, is Jill Mayfield.
The Carousel’s Cultural Crucible
Likely the country’s oldest theatre in the round, when the Carousel was built it was not even on any campus.
Do You Believe in Centaurs?
UT has its own unique piece of mythological history in the John C. Hodges Library—the bones of an adult male centaur.
A Roustabout Career: The Forgotten Celebrity of Clarence Brown
Legendary Hollywood director Clarence Brown, born May 10, 1890, spent his youth in East Tennessee, earning two engineering degrees from UT by the time he reached age 19.