University of Tennessee News

A new street to be built by the city of Knoxville is being named for Juanita Cannon, a retired longtime educator who later chaired the board of directors of Knoxville's Community Development Corp.

The state granted the University of Tennessee approval Monday to purchase and demolish three historic Queen Anne-style Victorians on White Avenue as part of the school's plan for a science building.

At the eastern end of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, not far from Cosby, are three 25-foot-tall hemlock trees enveloped in nylon that appear out of nowhere like circus tents in the middle of the forest.

Mayor Madeline Rogero announced today the city is exploring a partnership with the University of Tennessee that could include a culture center at the iconic site of the 1982 fair.

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A new museum exhibit at the University of Tennessee that is scheduled to be unveiled later this month will celebrate the timeless appeal of birds.

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Cyndi Stone Holland of Mount Juliet and Mr. Ken Holland of Old Hickory, TN announce the engagement of their daughter, Hailey Allyse Holland, to Braden Craig Anderson, son of Jeff and Donna Anderson of Old Hickory, TN.

Construction of the Alpha Omicron Pi house, pictured on Friday at the University of Tennessee's Sorority Village, is dragging on due to the bankruptcy of its contractor and subsequent legal entanglements.

Third-, fourth- and fifth-graders struggling to read can beef up their skills this summer before they head to back to school, thanks to the University of Tennessee.

This charcoal and ink drawing of a screech owl is called "My name is Hubert and I am not an owl." It is part of the upcoming "Birds in Art" exhibit at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture.

Haley Green gets help with her graduation cap from Danielle Aranas at the My Village Child Development Center's last pre-K graduation on Friday.

Kenny Hall, former Vol basketball player is talking about his dealings with a University of Tennessee administrator in trouble for possible inappropriate relationships with student athletes.

Photos by MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL Patty Boardwine, chief victims witness coordinator, hugs Hugh Newsom after a jury said guilty of all counts Friday in the re-trial of George Thomas accused of taking part in the January 2007 kidnappings and killings of Channon Christian, 21, and Chris Newsom, 23.

For the past year, Scott County's only hospital has been closed, but the facility could see new life as early as July.

Are you kidding me? I recently heard a news story about segregated proms in Georgia.

The entrance to the Pellissippi Place technology research and development park. Medical sciences company ProNova Solutions is coming to Blount County, and bringing 500 jobs and $52 million in capital investment.

University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro defended the Knoxville campus's spring "Sex Week" program under critical questioning Thursday from state Sen.

With many University of Tennessee students already out of Knoxville for the summer, construction around campus will begin to pick up in hopes of meeting scheduled completion goals.

"We've brought together a group of security and technical experts from around the region to help us think through those standards and have now actually developed a draft set of standards that we'll be talking individually with the school board members about," schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre said.