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<span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Controversy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Controversy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Controversy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-University_Medical_Center" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#University_Medical_Center"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>University Medical Center</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-University_Medical_Center-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tennessee_Presidents_Center" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tennessee_Presidents_Center"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Tennessee Presidents Center</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tennessee_Presidents_Center-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Academics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Academics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Academics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Academics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Academics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Academics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Undergraduate_admissions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Undergraduate_admissions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Undergraduate admissions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Undergraduate_admissions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rankings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rankings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Rankings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rankings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Research" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Research"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Research</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Research-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Oak Ridge National Laboratory</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-SECU:_the_SEC_Academic_Initiative" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#SECU:_the_SEC_Academic_Initiative"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.2</span> <span>SECU: the SEC Academic Initiative</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-SECU:_the_SEC_Academic_Initiative-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Howard_H._Baker_Jr._Center_for_Public_Policy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Howard_H._Baker_Jr._Center_for_Public_Policy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.3</span> <span>Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Howard_H._Baker_Jr._Center_for_Public_Policy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agricultural_Campus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agricultural_Campus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Agricultural Campus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agricultural_Campus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cherokee_Research_Campus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cherokee_Research_Campus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Cherokee Research Campus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cherokee_Research_Campus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Campus_master_plan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campus_master_plan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Campus master plan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Campus_master_plan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Space_Institute" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Space_Institute"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Space Institute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Space_Institute-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Student_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Student_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Student life</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Student_life-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Student life subsection</span> </button> <ul 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id="toc-The_Rock" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Rock"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>The Rock</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Rock-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greek_institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greek_institutions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Greek institutions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greek_institutions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Athletics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Athletics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Athletics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Athletics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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Band</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pride_of_the_Southland_Band-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mascot" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mascot"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Mascot</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mascot-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nickname" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nickname"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Nickname</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nickname-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="University of Tennessee (disambiguation)">University of Tennessee (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/Seal_of_the_University_of_Tennessee.svg/225px-Seal_of_the_University_of_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/Seal_of_the_University_of_Tennessee.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_University_of_Tennessee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="357" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Other name</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Tennessee (colloquially)<br />UT<br />UTK<br />UT Knoxville<br />UTenn</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Blount College (1794–1807)<br />East Tennessee College (1807–1840)<br />East Tennessee University (1840–1879)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Veritatem cognoscetis, et veritas vos liberabit.</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Motto in English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">"You will know the truth and <a href="/wiki/The_truth_will_set_you_free" title="The truth will set you free">the truth shall set you free</a>."<br /><b>On seal:</b> "Agriculture, Commerce"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a> <a href="/wiki/Land-grant_university" title="Land-grant university">land-grant</a> <a href="/wiki/Research_university" title="Research university">research university</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">September 10, 1794<span class="noprint">; 230 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1794-09-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent institution</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_system" title="University of Tennessee system">University of Tennessee system</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Higher_education_accreditation" title="Higher education accreditation">Accreditation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Southern Association of Colleges and Schools">SACS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/ORAU" class="mw-redirect" title="ORAU">ORAU</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Universities_Research_Association" title="Universities Research Association">URA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Grant_Association" title="Sun Grant Association">Sun Grant</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment">Endowment</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$1.01 billion (2023)<br />(UT Knoxville only)<sup id="cite_ref-Endowment_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endowment-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />$1.60 billion (2023)<br />(system-wide)<sup id="cite_ref-NACUBO_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACUBO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)">Chancellor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Donde Plowman<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Boyd_(university_president)" title="Randy Boyd (university president)">Randy Boyd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Provost_(education)" title="Provost (education)">Provost</a></th><td class="infobox-data">John Zomchick<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,700+<sup id="cite_ref-quickfacts_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quickfacts-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Administrative staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">9,791<sup id="cite_ref-quickfacts_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quickfacts-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">38,728 (fall 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-enrollment_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enrollment-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">30,564 (fall 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-enrollment_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enrollment-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8,164 (fall 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-enrollment_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enrollment-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=University_of_Tennessee&params=35_57_6_N_83_55_48_W_type:airport"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°57′6″N</span> <span class="longitude">83°55′48″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.95167°N 83.93000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.95167; -83.93000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">Midsize city<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, 600 acres (240 ha)<sup id="cite_ref-quickfacts_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quickfacts-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Total, 2,128 acres (861 ha)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Daily Beacon</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shades_of_orange#UT_orange" title="Shades of orange">Orange</a> and white<sup id="cite_ref-Colors_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Colors-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF8200; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers" title="Tennessee Volunteers">Volunteers & Lady Volunteers</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Sporting affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a> – <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Smokey_(University_of_Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smokey (University of Tennessee)">Smokey XI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.utk.edu/">utk.edu</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:UT_Knoxville_logo_left.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/UT_Knoxville_logo_left.svg/220px-UT_Knoxville_logo_left.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/UT_Knoxville_logo_left.svg/330px-UT_Knoxville_logo_left.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/UT_Knoxville_logo_left.svg/440px-UT_Knoxville_logo_left.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="114" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>University of Tennessee, Knoxville</b> (or <b>The University of Tennessee</b>; <b>UT</b>; <b>UT Knoxville</b>; or colloquially <b>UTK</b> or <b>Tennessee</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">public</a> <a href="/wiki/Land-grant_university" title="Land-grant university">land-grant</a> <a href="/wiki/Research_university" title="Research university">research university</a> in <a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville, Tennessee</a>, United States. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, it is the flagship campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_system" title="University of Tennessee system">University of Tennessee system</a>, with ten undergraduate colleges and eleven graduate colleges. It hosts more than 30,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. It is <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education" title="Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education">classified</a> among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UT's ties to nearby <a href="/wiki/Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory" title="Oak Ridge National Laboratory">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</a>, established under UT President Andrew Holt and continued under the <a href="/wiki/UT%E2%80%93Battelle" title="UT–Battelle">UT–Battelle</a> partnership, allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students. Also affiliated with the university are the <a href="/wiki/Howard_H._Baker_Jr._Center_for_Public_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy">Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Anthropological_Research_Facility" title="University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility">University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Arboretum" title="University of Tennessee Arboretum">University of Tennessee Arboretum</a>, which occupies 250 acres (100 ha) of nearby <a href="/wiki/Oak_Ridge,_Tennessee" title="Oak Ridge, Tennessee">Oak Ridge</a>. The university is a direct partner of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Medical_Center" title="University of Tennessee Medical Center">University of Tennessee Medical Center</a>, which is one of two Level I <a href="/wiki/Trauma_center" title="Trauma center">trauma centers</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East Tennessee</a>. </p><p>Nine of its alumni have been selected as <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodes Scholar">Rhodes Scholars</a> and one alumnus, <a href="/wiki/James_M._Buchanan" title="James M. Buchanan">James M. Buchanan</a>, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics. It is a top producer of <a href="/wiki/Fulbright_scholars" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulbright scholars">Fulbright scholars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UT is one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the oldest secular institution west of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Continental_Divide" title="Eastern Continental Divide">Eastern Continental Divide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Hill_at_UT_Knoxville_in_the_1800s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/The_Hill_at_UT_Knoxville_in_the_1800s.jpg/300px-The_Hill_at_UT_Knoxville_in_the_1800s.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/The_Hill_at_UT_Knoxville_in_the_1800s.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="208" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(Knoxville)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hill (Knoxville)">The Hill</a></i>. The University of Tennessee was established in 1794, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the U.S.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_and_early_days">Founding and early days</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding and early days"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 10, 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state and at a meeting of the legislature of the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Territory" title="Southwest Territory">Southwest Territory</a> at Knoxville, <b>Blount College</b> (named for Governor <a href="/wiki/William_Blount" title="William Blount">William Blount</a>) was established with a charter.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new, non-sectarian, all-male, white-only institution struggled for 13 years with a small student body and faculty, and in 1807, the school was rechartered as <b>East Tennessee College</b> as a condition of receiving the proceeds from the settlement devised in the Compact of 1806. When <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Carrick" title="Samuel Carrick">Samuel Carrick</a>, its first president and only faculty member, died in 1809, the school was temporarily closed until 1820. When it reopened, it began experiencing growing pains. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> had previously recommended that the college leave its confining single building in the city and relocate to a place it could spread out. In the summer of 1826 (coincidentally, the year that Thomas Jefferson died), the trustees explored "Barbara Hill" (today known simply as <i>The Hill</i>) as a potential site and relocated there by 1828.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1840, the college was elevated to <b>East Tennessee University</b> (ETU). The school's status as a religiously non-affiliated institution of higher learning was unusual for the period of time in which it was chartered, and the school is generally recognized as the oldest such establishment of its kind west of the Appalachian Divide.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reconstruction">Reconstruction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reconstruction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tennessee was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederacy</a> in 1862 when the <a href="/wiki/Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts" title="Morrill Land-Grant Acts">Morrill Act</a> was passed, providing for endowment funds from the sale of federal land to state agricultural colleges. On February 28, 1867, Congress passed a special Act making the State of Tennessee eligible to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts" title="Morrill Land-Grant Acts">Morrill Act</a> of 1862 program. In January 1869, the Reconstruction-era Tennessee state government designated ETU as Tennessee's recipient of the Land-Grant designation and funds. </p><p>As a land-grant institution, ETU was bound not to exclude any citizens of the state on the basis of color or race. To get around the requirement, the university chose to pay tuition for Black students to attend a separate institution, <a href="/wiki/Fisk_University" title="Fisk University">Fisk University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-desegregation_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desegregation-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, in 1870, the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee Constitution">Tennessee Constitution</a> was ratified with a provision, Article XI § 12, that prohibited public schools from enrolling both Black and White students, a policy that remained in place until the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-desegregation_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desegregation-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In accepting the land grant funds, the university would focus upon instructing students in military, agricultural, and mechanical subjects. Trustees soon approved the establishment of a medical program under the auspices of the Nashville School of Medicine and added advanced degree programs. East Tennessee University was renamed the <b>University of Tennessee</b> in 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During World War II, UT was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the <a href="/wiki/V-12_Navy_College_Training_Program" title="V-12 Navy College Training Program">V-12 Navy College Training Program</a> which offered students a path to a Navy commission.<sup id="cite_ref-list-of-v-12_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-list-of-v-12-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_rights_era">Civil rights era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Civil rights era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the university was required to enroll students of any race or ethnicity as a public, land-grant institution, the Tennessee state constitution prohibited integrated education.<sup id="cite_ref-desegregation_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desegregation-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only white students were accepted until 1952, when the first two Black students were allowed to enroll in a graduate program. Even after <a href="/wiki/School_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="School segregation in the United States">educational segregation</a> was ruled unconstitutional by the <a href="/wiki/SCOTUS" class="mw-redirect" title="SCOTUS">Supreme Court</a> in 1954 in <i><a href="/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education" title="Brown v. Board of Education">Brown v. Board of Education</a></i>, the university resisted <a href="/wiki/Desegregation_in_the_United_States" title="Desegregation in the United States">desegregation</a>. Black students could first enroll as undergraduates in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-desegregation_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desegregation-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>African-American attorney <a href="/wiki/Rita_Sanders_Geier" class="mw-redirect" title="Rita Sanders Geier">Rita Sanders Geier</a> filed suit against the state of Tennessee in 1968, alleging that its higher education system remained <a href="/wiki/Segregation_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Segregation in the United States">segregated</a> despite a federal mandate ordering desegregation. She alleged that the opening of a University of Tennessee campus at <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a> would lead to the creation of another predominantly white institution that would strip resources from <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_University" title="Tennessee State University">Tennessee State University</a>, the only state-funded <a href="/wiki/Historically_black_university" class="mw-redirect" title="Historically black university">Historically black university</a>. The suit was not settled until 2001, when the Geier Consent Decree resulted in the appropriation of $77 million in state funding to increase diversity among student and faculty populations among all Tennessee institutions of higher learning.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:280px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><b>Colleges/Schools<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li>Herbert College of Agriculture</li> <li>Haslam College of Business</li> <li>Tickle College of Engineering</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_School_of_Public_Policy_and_Public_Affairs" title="Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs">Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs</a></li> <li>College of Architecture & Design</li> <li>College of Arts & Sciences</li> <li>College of Communication & Information</li> <li>College of Education, Health & Human Sciences</li> <li>College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_College_of_Law" title="University of Tennessee College of Law">College of Law</a></li> <li>College of Music</li> <li>College of Nursing</li> <li>College of Social Work</li> <li>College of Veterinary Medicine</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administration">Administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UT_Ayres_Hall_front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/UT_Ayres_Hall_front.jpg/237px-UT_Ayres_Hall_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="237" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/UT_Ayres_Hall_front.jpg/356px-UT_Ayres_Hall_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/UT_Ayres_Hall_front.jpg/474px-UT_Ayres_Hall_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ayres_Hall" title="Ayres Hall">Ayres Hall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>UT Knoxville is the flagship campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_system" title="University of Tennessee system">University of Tennessee system</a>, which is governed by a 12-member <a href="/wiki/Board_of_trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of trustees">board of trustees</a> appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Governor of Tennessee</a>. The Board of Trustees appoints a president to oversee the operations of the system, four campuses, and two statewide institutes.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Randy_Boyd_(university_president)" title="Randy Boyd (university president)">Randy Boyd</a> is the current president following the retirement of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._DiPietro" title="Joseph A. DiPietro">Joseph A. DiPietro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The president appoints, with Board of Trustees approval, chancellors for each campus. The Knoxville campus has been headed by Chancellor Donde Plowman since 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor John Zomchick is responsible for the academic administration of the Knoxville campus and is a member of the Chancellor's Cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Controversy">Controversy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 15, 2016, the UT Board of Trustees confirmed <a href="/wiki/Beverly_J._Davenport" title="Beverly J. Davenport">Beverly J. Davenport</a> as the next Chancellor of the Knoxville campus, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Cheek" title="Jimmy Cheek">Jimmy Cheek</a>. She was the first female Chancellor of the university.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 2, 2018, UT President Joe DiPietro fired Davenport, citing poor communication and interpersonal skills, among other reasons. The decision received criticism from the student body and faculty, as these reasons were also listed as Davenport's strengths, and why DiPietro chose to hire her a little over one year earlier. She was rehired.<sup id="cite_ref-tenn20180502_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tenn20180502-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="University_Medical_Center">University Medical Center</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: University Medical Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Medical_Center" title="University of Tennessee Medical Center">University of Tennessee Medical Center</a>, administered by University Health Systems and affiliated with the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, collaborates with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Health_Science_Center" title="University of Tennessee Health Science Center">University of Tennessee Health Science Center</a> to attract and train the majority of its medical staff. Many doctors and nurses at UTMC have integrated careers as teachers and healthcare professionals, and the center promotes itself as the area's only academic, or "teaching hospital". </p><p>The University Medical Center is the primary referral center for <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East Tennessee</a>, Western <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, and Southeastern <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>. It is one of three <a href="/wiki/Level_I_trauma_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Level I trauma center">Level I trauma centers</a> in the East Tennessee geographic region. Extensive expansion programs were embarked upon the 1990s and 2000s (decade) and saw the construction of two sprawling additions to the hospital's campus, a new Cancer Institute and a Heart Lung Vascular Institute. The new UT Medical Center Heart Hospital received its first patient on April 27, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennessee_Presidents_Center">Tennessee Presidents Center</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tennessee Presidents Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The University of Tennessee is the only university in the nation to have three presidential papers editing projects.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university holds collections of the papers of all three U.S. presidents from Tennessee—<a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Undergraduate_admissions">Undergraduate admissions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Undergraduate admissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="float:right; clear:right;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Undergraduate admissions statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="position:relative;">2023 entering<br />class<sup id="cite_ref-FallEnrollmentReport_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FallEnrollmentReport-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><span style="position:absolute; top:0; right:0; text-align:right;">Change vs.<br />2018</span></div><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Admit rate</th><td class="infobox-data">46.0% <div style="float:right;"><small>(<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Neutral decrease"><img alt="Neutral decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Decrease_Neutral.svg/11px-Decrease_Neutral.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Decrease_Neutral.svg/17px-Decrease_Neutral.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Decrease_Neutral.svg/22px-Decrease_Neutral.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="346" /></span></span> −31.8)</small></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Yield_(college_admissions)" title="Yield (college admissions)">Yield rate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">28.8% <div style="float:right;"><small>(<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> −4)</small></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;">Test scores <a href="/wiki/Interquartile_range" title="Interquartile range">middle 50%</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/SAT" title="SAT">SAT</a> Total</th><td class="infobox-data">1190–1340</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ACT_(test)" title="ACT (test)">ACT</a> Composite</th><td class="infobox-data">25–31</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;">High school <a href="/wiki/GPA" class="mw-redirect" title="GPA">GPA</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average</th><td class="infobox-data">4.19</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-roman"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 2022 annual ranking of <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> categorizes UT as "more selective".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, the university received 50,488 applications. It extended offers of admission to 23,221 applicants, or 46%, after holistic review that includes examination of academic rigor, performance and admissions test scores. 6,694 accepted students chose to enroll, a yield rate of 29%.<sup id="cite_ref-FallEnrollmentReport_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FallEnrollmentReport-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of all <a href="/wiki/Matriculation" title="Matriculation">matriculating</a> students, the average high school GPA was 4.19; of incoming students who submitted <a href="/wiki/SAT" title="SAT">SAT</a> scores, the <a href="/wiki/Interquartile_range" title="Interquartile range">interquartile range</a> was 1190–1340; of incoming students who submitted <a href="/wiki/ACT_(test)" title="ACT (test)">ACT</a> scores, the interquartile range was 25–31.<sup id="cite_ref-FallEnrollmentReport_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FallEnrollmentReport-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UT's 2023 freshman <a href="/wiki/University_student_retention" title="University student retention">retention rate</a> is 91.1%, with 73.5% going on to graduate from the university within six years<sup id="cite_ref-FallEnrollmentReport_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FallEnrollmentReport-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px;"> <caption><b>Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics</b> <sup id="cite_ref-FallEnrollmentReport_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FallEnrollmentReport-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>2023</th> <th>2022</th> <th>2021</th> <th>2020</th> <th>2019</th> <th>2018</th> <th>2017</th> <th>2016 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Applicants </th> <td>50,488</td> <td>36,290</td> <td>29,909</td> <td>25,423</td> <td>21,764</td> <td>20,457</td> <td>18,872</td> <td>17,583 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Admits </th> <td>23,221</td> <td>24,826</td> <td>22,413</td> <td>19,867</td> <td>17,160</td> <td>15,912</td> <td>14,526</td> <td>13,578 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Admit rate </th> <td>46.0</td> <td>68.4</td> <td>74.9</td> <td>78.1</td> <td>78.8</td> <td>77.8</td> <td>77.0</td> <td>77.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Enrolled </th> <td>6,694</td> <td>6,846</td> <td>5,948</td> <td>5,512</td> <td>5,254</td> <td>5,215</td> <td>4,895</td> <td>4,851 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Yield rate </th> <td>28.8</td> <td>27.6</td> <td>26.5</td> <td>27.7</td> <td>30.6</td> <td>32.8</td> <td>33.7</td> <td>35.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>ACT composite*<br /><small>(out of 36)</small> </th> <td>25–31</td> <td>25–30</td> <td>25–31</td> <td>25–31</td> <td>24–30</td> <td>25–31</td> <td>25–30</td> <td>24–30 </td></tr> <tr> <th>SAT composite*<br /><small>(out of 1600)</small> </th> <td>1190–1340</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">—</td> <td>1180–1340</td> <td>1140–1290</td> <td>1140–1310</td> <td>1150–1330</td> <td>1140–1310</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>* middle 50% range </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rankings">Rankings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/College_and_university_rankings_in_the_United_States" title="College and university rankings in the United States">Academic rankings</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">National</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Top_Colleges" title="America's Top Colleges"><i>Forbes</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_Forbes_NU_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_Forbes_NU-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">144</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking"><i>U.S. News & World Report</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_USNWR_NU_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_USNWR_NU-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">105 <small>(tie)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Monthly_college_rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Monthly college rankings"><i>Washington Monthly</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_Wamo_NU_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_Wamo_NU-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">152</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal"><i>WSJ</i></a>/College Pulse<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_WSJ_NU_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_WSJ_NU-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">193</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">Global</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings"><i>QS</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_QS_W_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_QS_W-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">481 <small>(tie)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Times_Higher_Education_World_University_Rankings" title="Times Higher Education World University Rankings"><i>THE</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_THES_W_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_THES_W-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">301–350</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Global_Universities_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking"><i>U.S. News & World Report</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_USNWR_W_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_USNWR_W-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">245 <small>(tie)</small></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The University of Tennessee was tied for 46th among public universities and tied for 103rd among national universities in the United States by <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> in its 2022 rankings.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The University of Tennessee was ranked as the most <a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">LGBTQ-unfriendly</a> university in the United States by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Princeton_Review" title="The Princeton Review">The Princeton Review</a></i> among all 388 institutions it surveyed for its 2023 rankings. The campus Pride Center has been defunded and vandalized several times.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Research">Research</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The total research expenditures of the UT Knoxville campus were $324.4M for FY 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UT Knoxville boasts several faculty who are among the leading contributors to their fields, including Harry McSween, generally recognized as one of the world's leading experts in the study of <a href="/wiki/Meteorites" class="mw-redirect" title="Meteorites">meteorites</a> and a member of the science team for <a href="/wiki/Mars_Pathfinder" title="Mars Pathfinder">Mars Pathfinder</a> and later a co-investigator for the <a href="/wiki/Mars_Odyssey" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars Odyssey">Mars Odyssey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars Exploration Rovers">Mars Exploration Rovers</a> projects.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university also hosts Barry T. Rouse, an international award-winning Distinguished Professor of Microbiology who has conducted multiple <a href="/wiki/NIH" class="mw-redirect" title="NIH">NIH</a>-funded studies on the herpes simplex virus (HSV) and who is a leading researcher in his field.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UT's agricultural research programs are considered to be among the most accomplished in the nation, and the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment is home to the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Initiative, recognized by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy" title="United States Department of Energy">United States Department of Energy</a> (DOE) as the "best local clean fuels program in America".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By funding from the DOE, the University of Tennessee ranked 6th for FY 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Oak Ridge National Laboratory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory" title="Oak Ridge National Laboratory">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</a></div> <p>The major hub of research at the University of Tennessee is <a href="/wiki/Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory" title="Oak Ridge National Laboratory">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</a> (ORNL), one of the largest government laboratories in the United States. ORNL is a major center of civilian and governmental research<sup id="cite_ref-ornlreview1_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ornlreview1-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and features two of the world's most powerful supercomputers. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UT-mall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/UT-mall.jpg/220px-UT-mall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/UT-mall.jpg/330px-UT-mall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/UT-mall.jpg/440px-UT-mall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Looking west along the Pedestrian Walkway</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="SECU:_the_SEC_Academic_Initiative">SECU: the SEC Academic Initiative</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: SECU: the SEC Academic Initiative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The University of Tennessee is a member of the SEC Academic Consortium, now called the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference#Formation_of_SECU_and_SEC_academic_network" title="Southeastern Conference">SECU</a>, a collaborative endeavor designed to promote research, scholarship and achievement amongst the member universities in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Howard_H._Baker_Jr._Center_for_Public_Policy">Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Howard_H._Baker_Jr._Center_for_Public_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy">Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Howard_H._Baker_Jr._Center_for_Public_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy">Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy</a> regularly holds events relative to the center's three major areas of focus which are Energy & Environment, Global Security, and Leadership & Government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agricultural_Campus">Agricultural Campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Agricultural Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Through 21 departments, the agricultural (nicknamed "Ag") campus offers 11 undergraduate majors, 13 undergrad minors, 14 graduate programs, and veterinary medicine majors.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campus supports academics, research and community outreach.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Anthropological_Research_Facility" title="University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility">University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility</a>, nicknamed the "<a href="/wiki/Body_Farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Body Farm">Body Farm</a>", is located near the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Medical_Center" title="University of Tennessee Medical Center">University of Tennessee Medical Center</a> on <a href="/wiki/Alcoa_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcoa Highway">Alcoa Highway</a> (<a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_129" title="U.S. Route 129">US 129</a>). Founded by <a href="/wiki/William_M._Bass" title="William M. Bass">William M. Bass</a> in 1972, the Body Farm endeavors to increase anthropological and forensic knowledge specifically related to the decomposition of the human body and is one of the leading centers for such research in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-bassinterview_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bassinterview-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cherokee_Research_Campus">Cherokee Research Campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Cherokee Research Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 16, 2009, the university broke ground on a 188-acre (76 ha) campus in downtown Knoxville that is devoted to <a href="/wiki/Nanotechnology" title="Nanotechnology">nanotechnology</a>, neutron science, <a href="/wiki/Materials_science" title="Materials science">materials science</a>, energy, climate studies, <a href="/wiki/Environmental_science" title="Environmental science">environmental science</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Biomedical_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Biomedical science">biomedical science</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campus_master_plan">Campus master plan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Campus master plan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:College-exterior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/College-exterior.jpg/220px-College-exterior.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/College-exterior.jpg/330px-College-exterior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/College-exterior.jpg/440px-College-exterior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="659" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_College_of_Law" title="University of Tennessee College of Law">UT College of Law</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The university implemented a 25-year (2001–2026) campus master plan.<sup id="cite_ref-masterplan_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-masterplan-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan is designed to make the campus more pedestrian-friendly by establishing large areas of open green space and relegating parking facilities to the periphery. Uniform building design codes are in the planning. The iconic <a href="/wiki/Ayres_Hall" title="Ayres Hall">Ayres Hall</a> underwent a massive upgrade as part of Phase 1 of the project in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-masterplan_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-masterplan-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UT-McClungPlaza.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/UT-McClungPlaza.jpg/220px-UT-McClungPlaza.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/UT-McClungPlaza.jpg/330px-UT-McClungPlaza.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/UT-McClungPlaza.jpg/440px-UT-McClungPlaza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>View of <a href="/wiki/Europa_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Europa (mythology)">Europa and the Bull</a> at McClung Plaza</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Space_Institute">Space Institute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Space Institute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Space_Institute" title="University of Tennessee Space Institute">University of Tennessee Space Institute</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Space_Institute" title="University of Tennessee Space Institute">University of Tennessee Space Institute</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Tullahoma,_TN" class="mw-redirect" title="Tullahoma, TN">Tullahoma, TN</a>, is an extension of the Knoxville campus supporting research and graduate studies in aerospace engineering and related fields. The Space Institute is home to various supersonic wind tunnels used by the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering. This includes Mach 2, Mach 2.3, and Mach 4 facilities. A Mach 7 wind tunnel was completed in 2021 to support <a href="/wiki/Hypersonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypersonic">hypersonic</a> flight research.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Space Institute is also home to the Center of <a href="/wiki/Laser" title="Laser">Laser</a> Applications (CLA). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_life">Student life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Student life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_body">Student body</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Student body"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"> <caption style="font-size:90%">Student body composition as of Fall 2023. </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race and ethnicity<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2" data-sort-type="number">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_whites" title="Non-Hispanic whites">White</a> </td> <td align="right">76.7% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">76.7</span><div style="width:153.4px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:gray"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black</a> </td> <td align="right">4.2% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">4.2</span><div style="width:8.4px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:mediumblue"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic</a> </td> <td align="right">5.9% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">5.9</span><div style="width:11.8px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:green"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">5.9% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">5.9</span><div style="width:11.8px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:brown"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> </td> <td align="right">3.5% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">3.5</span><div style="width:7px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:purple"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Foreign_national" title="Foreign national">Foreign national</a> </td> <td align="right">3.6% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">3.6</span><div style="width:7.2px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:orange"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Economic_diversity" title="Economic diversity">Economic diversity</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_lower_class" title="American lower class">Low-income</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">24% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">24</span><div style="width:48px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:red"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">Affluent</a><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">76% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">76</span><div style="width:152px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:black"> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In Fall 2023, the university enrolled 28,883 undergraduate and 7,421 graduate and professional students; 54.6% of students are female, 45.4% are male.<sup id="cite_ref-quickfacts_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quickfacts-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UT hosts students from all 50 U.S. states and over 90 foreign countries. 22,922 students come from Tennessee, and the next three most popular U.S. states are <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. The top three home countries of international students are <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organizations">Organizations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The University of Tennessee has over 450 registered <a href="/wiki/Student_organizations" class="mw-redirect" title="Student organizations">student organizations</a>. These groups cater to a variety of interests and provide options for those interested in service, sports, arts, social activities, government, politics, cultural issues, and Greek societies.<sup id="cite_ref-UTKSORP_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UTKSORP-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The university operates two radio stations: student-run The Rock (formerly the Torch)<sup id="cite_ref-WUTK_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUTK-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/WUTK-FM" title="WUTK-FM">WUTK-FM</a> 90.3 <a href="/wiki/Megahertz" class="mw-redirect" title="Megahertz">MHz</a>) and <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a> <a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">affiliate</a> <a href="/wiki/WUOT-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="WUOT-FM">WUOT-FM</a> 91.9 MHz. The university's first radio station was on the AM frequency 850 kHz, a donation from Knoxville radio station <a href="/wiki/WIVK-FM" title="WIVK-FM">WIVK-AM/FM</a>. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Phoenix_(literary_art_magazine)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Phoenix (literary art magazine) (page does not exist)">The Phoenix</a></i>, a literary art magazine, is published in the fall and spring <a href="/wiki/Academic_term" title="Academic term">semesters</a> and showcases student artistic creativity. </p> <dl><dt>The Volunteer Channel</dt></dl> <p>The Volunteer Channel (TVC) is the university's student run television station. TVC reaches nearly 7,000 UT students in residence halls and 100,000 residents in surrounding counties on Comcast Digital Channel 194.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Daily_Beacon"><i>The Daily Beacon</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: The Daily Beacon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Daily Beacon</i> is the editorially independent student newspaper of UT's campus. It began in 1906 as <i>The Orange & White</i> and became a staple on the campus landscape, publishing for 61 years. <i>The Daily Beacon</i> was established as its successor in 1965, taking over in spring 1967. It printed 10,000 daily copies weekly prior to moving online.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It now distributes 2,100 copies per week and produces daily online content about the campus and the surrounding area.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Rock">The Rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: The Rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Rock_(University_of_Tennessee)" title="The Rock (University of Tennessee)">The Rock (University of Tennessee)</a></div> <p>Unearthed in the 1960s, the Rock probably soon thereafter became a "canvas" for student messages. For years the university sandblasted away the messages but eventually deferred to students' artistic endeavors. <i>The Daily Beacon</i> has editorialized: "Originally a smaller rock, the Rock has grown in prestige and size while thousands of coats of paint have been thrown on its jagged face. Really, its function is as an open forum for students."<sup id="cite_ref-trad-rock_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trad-rock-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greek_institutions">Greek institutions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Greek institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The University of Tennessee hosts roughly 20 sororities and 30 fraternities. Approximately 20% of undergraduate men and 30% of undergraduate women are active in Greek organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers" title="Tennessee Volunteers">Tennessee Volunteers</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neyland_Stadium_2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Neyland_Stadium_2010.JPG/220px-Neyland_Stadium_2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Neyland_Stadium_2010.JPG/330px-Neyland_Stadium_2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Neyland_Stadium_2010.JPG/440px-Neyland_Stadium_2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Neyland_Stadium" title="Neyland Stadium">Neyland Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tennessee_Volunteers_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Tennessee_Volunteers_logo.svg/100px-Tennessee_Volunteers_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Tennessee_Volunteers_logo.svg/150px-Tennessee_Volunteers_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Tennessee_Volunteers_logo.svg/200px-Tennessee_Volunteers_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="202" data-file-height="202" /></a><figcaption>UT athletics logo</figcaption></figure> <p>Tennessee competes in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>'s (SEC) Eastern Division, along with <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators" title="Florida Gators">Florida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Bulldogs" title="Georgia Bulldogs">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats" title="Kentucky Wildcats">Kentucky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers" title="Missouri Tigers">Missouri</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks" title="South Carolina Gamecocks">South Carolina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores" title="Vanderbilt Commodores">Vanderbilt</a>. The only UT team that does not compete in the SEC is the women's <a href="/wiki/College_rowing_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="College rowing (United States)">rowing</a> program, which competes as a single-sport member of the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Lady_Volunteers_basketball" title="Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball">Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball</a> team has won eight NCAA Division I titles (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008); only <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Huskies_women%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut Huskies women's basketball">Connecticut</a>, with eleven titles, has more championships. Their former head coach, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Summitt" title="Pat Summitt">Pat Summitt</a>, is the all-time winningest basketball coach in NCAA history and had a 100 percent graduation rate for all players who finished their career at UT. Women's basketball rivals for Tennessee within the conference include <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Lady_Bulldogs_basketball" title="Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores_women%27s_basketball" title="Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball">Vanderbilt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/LSU_Lady_Tigers_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="LSU Lady Tigers basketball">LSU</a>. </p><p>In August 2014, University of Tennessee students were given the opportunity to vote for a name for the Neyland Stadium student section. The name "Rocky Top Rowdies" was selected over "General's Quarters", "Smokey's Howl", "Vol Army", and "Big Orange Crew".<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 10, 2014, as part of a university-wide branding overhaul, the UT athletic department announced that starting with the 2015–16 school year, all UT women's teams except for basketball would drop "Lady" from their nickname and become simply "Volunteers". The rebranding coincided with UT's switch from <a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a> to <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> as its uniform supplier. The change was unpopular and the name "Lady Volunteers" has since returned.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club_sports">Club sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Club sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sports include tennis, pickleball, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_wrestling" title="Collegiate wrestling">wrestling</a>, hockey, running, crew, golf, ballroom dance, and paintball.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some teams join intercollegiate conferences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colors">Colors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Colors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charles Moore, president of the university's athletic association, chose orange and white for the school colors on April 12, 1889. His inspiration is said to have come from orange and white <a href="/wiki/Asteraceae" title="Asteraceae">daisies</a> which grew on the Hill. To this day there are still orange and white flowers grown outside the University Center. Although students confirmed the colors at a special meeting in 1892, dissatisfaction caused the colors to be dropped. No other acceptable colors could be agreed on, however, and the original colors were reinstated a day later. The University of Tennessee's official colors are <a href="/wiki/Shades_of_orange#UT_orange" title="Shades of orange">UT Orange</a> (Pantone 151), White, and Smokey Gray (Pantone 426).<sup id="cite_ref-officialcolors_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialcolors-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pride_of_the_Southland_Band">Pride of the Southland Band</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Pride of the Southland Band"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pride_of_the_Southland_Band" title="Pride of the Southland Band">Pride of the Southland Band</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/UCLA%40UTopen.ogv/220px--UCLA%40UTopen.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="408" data-mwtitle="UCLA@UTopen.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:UCLA@UTopen.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/UCLA%40UTopen.ogv/UCLA%40UTopen.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="384" data-height="288" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/UCLA%40UTopen.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="384" data-height="288" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/UCLA%40UTopen.ogv/UCLA%40UTopen.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /></video></span><figcaption>Five-minute video of the open of a football game</figcaption></figure> <p>The Pride of the Southland Band (or simply The Pride) is UT's marching band. As one of the oldest institutions at the university, the band partakes in many of the gameday traditions. At every home game, the Pride performs the "March to the Stadium" which includes a parade sequence and climaxes when the band stops at the bottom of The Hill and performs the "Salute to the Hill", an homage to the history and legacy of the university. The band is known for its pregame show at the beginning of every home game, which ends with the football team running onto the field through the "Opening of the T". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mascot">Mascot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Mascot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Smokey_(mascot)" title="Smokey (mascot)">Smokey (mascot)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nickname">Nickname</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Nickname"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tennessee is known as the "Volunteer State" for the large number of Tennesseans who <a href="/wiki/United_States_Volunteers" title="United States Volunteers">volunteered</a> for duty in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. A UT athletic team was dubbed the Volunteers for the first time in 1902 by the <i><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta Constitution">Atlanta Constitution</a></i> following a football game against the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets">Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets</a>, although the <i>Knoxville Journal and Tribune</i> did not use the name until 1905. By the fall of 1905 both the <i>Journal</i> and the then-<i><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_News_Sentinel" title="Knoxville News Sentinel">Sentinel</a></i> were using the nickname.<sup id="cite_ref-trad-volunteer_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trad-volunteer-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Tennessee_people" title="List of University of Tennessee people">List of University of Tennessee people</a>.</div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peyton_Manning_(51665689271).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Peyton Manning, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback"><img alt="Peyton Manning, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Peyton_Manning_%2851665689271%29.jpg/80px-Peyton_Manning_%2851665689271%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Peyton_Manning_%2851665689271%29.jpg/120px-Peyton_Manning_%2851665689271%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Peyton_Manning_%2851665689271%29.jpg/160px-Peyton_Manning_%2851665689271%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a>, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dixie_Carter_1977.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Dixie Carter, actress"><img alt="Dixie Carter, actress" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Dixie_Carter_1977.JPG/90px-Dixie_Carter_1977.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Dixie_Carter_1977.JPG/135px-Dixie_Carter_1977.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Dixie_Carter_1977.JPG/181px-Dixie_Carter_1977.JPG 2x" data-file-width="702" data-file-height="932" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dixie_Carter" title="Dixie Carter">Dixie Carter</a>, actress</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Candace_Parker_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Candace Parker, professional women's basketball player"><img alt="Candace Parker, professional women's basketball player" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Candace_Parker_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Candace_Parker_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Candace_Parker_%28cropped%29.jpg/134px-Candace_Parker_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Candace_Parker_%28cropped%29.jpg/179px-Candace_Parker_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2139" data-file-height="2863" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a>, professional women's basketball player</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lamar_Alexander_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lamar Alexander, former US Senator"><img alt="Lamar Alexander, former US Senator" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lamar_Alexander_official_photo.jpg/80px-Lamar_Alexander_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lamar_Alexander_official_photo.jpg/120px-Lamar_Alexander_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lamar_Alexander_official_photo.jpg/160px-Lamar_Alexander_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a>, former US Senator</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scott_J._Kelly.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scott Kelly, astronaut"><img alt="Scott Kelly, astronaut" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Scott_J._Kelly.jpg/96px-Scott_J._Kelly.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Scott_J._Kelly.jpg/144px-Scott_J._Kelly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Scott_J._Kelly.jpg/192px-Scott_J._Kelly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Kelly_(astronaut)" title="Scott Kelly (astronaut)">Scott Kelly</a>, astronaut</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Tessitore,_Jason_Witten,_Booger_McFarland_-_2018_SEC_Summerfest_3_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jason Witten, NFL tight end"><img alt="Jason Witten, NFL tight end" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Joe_Tessitore%2C_Jason_Witten%2C_Booger_McFarland_-_2018_SEC_Summerfest_3_%28cropped%29.jpg/74px-Joe_Tessitore%2C_Jason_Witten%2C_Booger_McFarland_-_2018_SEC_Summerfest_3_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Joe_Tessitore%2C_Jason_Witten%2C_Booger_McFarland_-_2018_SEC_Summerfest_3_%28cropped%29.jpg/111px-Joe_Tessitore%2C_Jason_Witten%2C_Booger_McFarland_-_2018_SEC_Summerfest_3_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Joe_Tessitore%2C_Jason_Witten%2C_Booger_McFarland_-_2018_SEC_Summerfest_3_%28cropped%29.jpg/148px-Joe_Tessitore%2C_Jason_Witten%2C_Booger_McFarland_-_2018_SEC_Summerfest_3_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="633" data-file-height="1028" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Witten" title="Jason Witten">Jason Witten</a>, NFL tight end</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_Corker_official_Senate_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bob Corker, former U.S. Senator"><img alt="Bob Corker, former U.S. Senator" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bob_Corker_official_Senate_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/91px-Bob_Corker_official_Senate_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="91" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bob_Corker_official_Senate_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/136px-Bob_Corker_official_Senate_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bob_Corker_official_Senate_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/182px-Bob_Corker_official_Senate_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1364" data-file-height="1801" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Corker" title="Bob Corker">Bob Corker</a>, former U.S. Senator</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arian_Foster_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arian Foster, NFL running back"><img alt="Arian Foster, NFL running back" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Arian_Foster_%28cropped%29.jpg/81px-Arian_Foster_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="81" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Arian_Foster_%28cropped%29.jpg/121px-Arian_Foster_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Arian_Foster_%28cropped%29.jpg/162px-Arian_Foster_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="539" data-file-height="798" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Arian_Foster" title="Arian Foster">Arian Foster</a>, NFL running back</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurt_Vonnegut_1972.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kurt Vonnegut, author"><img alt="Kurt Vonnegut, author" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kurt_Vonnegut_1972.jpg/81px-Kurt_Vonnegut_1972.jpg" decoding="async" width="81" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kurt_Vonnegut_1972.jpg/121px-Kurt_Vonnegut_1972.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kurt_Vonnegut_1972.jpg/162px-Kurt_Vonnegut_1972.jpg 2x" data-file-width="936" data-file-height="1388" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut" title="Kurt Vonnegut">Kurt Vonnegut</a>, author</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Justice_in_November_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jim Justice, Governor of West Virginia"><img alt="Jim Justice, Governor of West Virginia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Jim_Justice_in_November_2021.jpg/96px-Jim_Justice_in_November_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Jim_Justice_in_November_2021.jpg/144px-Jim_Justice_in_November_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Jim_Justice_in_November_2021.jpg/192px-Jim_Justice_in_November_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1709" data-file-height="2137" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Justice" title="Jim Justice">Jim Justice</a>, Governor of West Virginia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heath_Shuler,_official_110th_Congressional_photo_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Heath Shuler, former NFL quarterback and U.S. Congressman"><img alt="Heath Shuler, former NFL quarterback and U.S. Congressman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Heath_Shuler%2C_official_110th_Congressional_photo_portrait.jpg/80px-Heath_Shuler%2C_official_110th_Congressional_photo_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Heath_Shuler%2C_official_110th_Congressional_photo_portrait.jpg/119px-Heath_Shuler%2C_official_110th_Congressional_photo_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Heath_Shuler%2C_official_110th_Congressional_photo_portrait.jpg/159px-Heath_Shuler%2C_official_110th_Congressional_photo_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Heath_Shuler" title="Heath Shuler">Heath Shuler</a>, former NFL quarterback and U.S. Congressman </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Allen_West,_Official_Portrait,_112th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Allen West, former Chair of the Texas Republican Party and former US Congressman"><img alt="Allen West, former Chair of the Texas Republican Party and former US Congressman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Allen_West%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg/102px-Allen_West%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Allen_West%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg/153px-Allen_West%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Allen_West%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg/204px-Allen_West%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2525" data-file-height="2976" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)" title="Allen West (politician)">Allen West</a>, former Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Republican Party">Texas Republican Party</a> and former US Congressman</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Bill_Haslam_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bill Haslam, 49th Governor of Tennessee"><img alt="Bill Haslam, 49th Governor of Tennessee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Governor_Bill_Haslam_crop.jpg/93px-Governor_Bill_Haslam_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Governor_Bill_Haslam_crop.jpg/139px-Governor_Bill_Haslam_crop.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_Historical_Society" title="East Tennessee Historical Society">East Tennessee Historical Society</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Press" title="University of Tennessee Press">University of Tennessee Press</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Other consists of <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Multiracial Americans</a> & those who prefer to not say.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The percentage of students who received an income-based federal <a href="/wiki/Pell_grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Pell grant">Pell grant</a> intended for low-income students.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The percentage of students who are a part of the <a href="/wiki/American_middle_class" title="American middle class">American middle class</a> at the bare minimum.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Tennessee&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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University of Tennessee. February 22, 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 12,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Endowment+Overview&rft.pub=University+of+Tennessee&rft.date=2024-02-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgiving.utk.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2Ffy24_endowment_digital_final.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUniversity+of+Tennessee" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NACUBO-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NACUBO_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As of June 30, 2023. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2023-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-FINAL.xlsx">"U.S. and Canadian 2023 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY22 to FY23, and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(XLSX)</span>. 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Knoxville (page does not exist)">Marble City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanicsville,_Knoxville" title="Mechanicsville, Knoxville">Mechanicsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakwood-Lincoln_Park" title="Oakwood-Lincoln Park">Oakwood-Lincoln Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_City,_Knoxville" title="Old City, Knoxville">Old City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_North_Knoxville" title="Old North Knoxville">Old North Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Waterfront,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Waterfront, Knoxville (page does not exist)">South Waterfront</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">University of Tennessee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Knoxville" title="East Knoxville">East Knoxville</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burlington,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burlington, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilhowee_Park,_Knoxville" title="Chilhowee Park, Knoxville">Chilhowee Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Five_Points,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Five Points, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Five Points</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holston_Hills,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holston Hills, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Holston Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morningside,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morningside, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Morningside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkridge,_Knoxville" title="Parkridge, Knoxville">Parkridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strawberry_Plains,_Tennessee" title="Strawberry Plains, Tennessee">Strawberry Plains</a>‡</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Knoxville" class="mw-redirect" title="North Knoxville">North Knoxville</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alice_Bell,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alice Bell, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Alice Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_City,_Knoxville" title="Fountain City, Knoxville">Fountain City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inskip,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inskip, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Inskip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Hills_Historic_District_(Knoxville)" title="North Hills Historic District (Knoxville)">North Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood,_Knoxville" title="Norwood, Knoxville">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powell,_Tennessee" title="Powell, Tennessee">Powell</a>‡</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Knoxville" title="South Knoxville">South Knoxville</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Village,_Knoxville" title="Colonial Village, Knoxville">Colonial Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Home_Park,_Knoxville" title="Island Home Park, Knoxville">Island Home Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest,_Knoxville" title="Lake Forest, Knoxville">Lake Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindbergh_Forest" title="Lindbergh Forest">Lindbergh Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Old_Sevier,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Old Sevier, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Old Sevier</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestal,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vestal, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Vestal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Knoxville" title="West Knoxville">West Knoxville</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bearden,_Knoxville" title="Bearden, Knoxville">Bearden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Bluff,_Knoxville" title="Cedar Bluff, Knoxville">Cedar Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Heights,_Knoxville" title="Forest Heights, Knoxville">Forest Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lyons_View,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lyons View, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Lyons View</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northshore_Town_Center,_Knoxville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northshore Town Center, Knoxville (page does not exist)">Northshore Town Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Hill,_Knoxville" title="Rocky Hill, Knoxville">Rocky Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sequoyah_Hills,_Knoxville" class="mw-redirect" title="Sequoyah Hills, Knoxville">Sequoyah Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_Creek,_Knoxville" title="Turkey Creek, Knoxville">Turkey Creek</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hills,_Knoxville" title="West Hills, Knoxville">West Hills</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alcoa_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcoa Highway">Alcoa Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_White_Parkway" class="mw-redirect" title="James White Parkway">James White Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_Pike" title="Kingston Pike">Kingston Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Area_Transit" title="Knoxville Area Transit">Knoxville Area Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGhee_Tyson_Airport" title="McGhee Tyson Airport">McGhee Tyson Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pellissippi_Parkway" title="Pellissippi Parkway">Pellissippi Parkway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County_Schools" title="Knox County Schools">Knox County Schools</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin-East_High_School" title="Austin-East High School">Austin-East HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bearden_High_School_(Tennessee)" title="Bearden High School (Tennessee)">Bearden HS</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Old_City_Hall_(Knoxville)" title="Old City Hall (Knoxville)">Old City Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Fair_Park" title="World's Fair Park">World's Fair Park</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Museum_of_Art" title="Knoxville Museum of Art">Knoxville Museum of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunsphere" title="Sunsphere">Sunsphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Amphitheater" title="Tennessee Amphitheater">Tennessee Amphitheater</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Theatre" title="Tennessee Theatre">Tennessee Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoo_Knoxville" title="Zoo Knoxville">Zoo Knoxville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>‡This neighborhood also has portions in adjacent municipalities or unincorporated areas<br /> <a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Christian_School" title="Knoxville Christian School">Knoxville Christian School</a> is not in the city limits.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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