To members of the University of Tennessee community, the torch represents the Volunteer spirit of service and leadership. Torch Night is the backdrop for a longstanding campus tradition of symbolically passing the torch of Volunteer ideals to each new generation of students. Torch Night: A New Beginning is a rite of passage for incoming Volunteers. … Continued

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has joined the Open Library of Humanities’ Library Partnership Subsidy system. The partnership helps support open access to scholarship in the humanities. Access to research and knowledge that serves the public good is central to the mission of UT Knoxville. Making research and scholarship created at the university immediately available … Continued

Singer-songwriter Maggie Longmire was the featured artist March 23 at the UT Libraries’ unique series Boundless: Artists in the Archives. Her songs spoke of the hard lives of coal miners and their families, and a hoped-for end to our reliance on fossil fuels. The Boundless program invites musicians and other artists to visit the Libraries’ … Continued

Softball legend and former Lady Vol Monica Abbott retired from professional softball this year. Prior to her illustrious career as a professional athlete, she was also one of the most decorated players in the history of college softball. During her years at UT, from 2004 to 2007, she pitched an astonishing 23 no-hitters and six … Continued

Congratulations to Charlie Daniel, who was recently inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame! Charlie Daniel delighted Knoxvillians with his editorial cartoons for 60 years — first at the Knoxville Journal and later at the News Sentinel, retiring in 2019 at age 89. Daniel received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the gala event … Continued

Young people from East Tennessee communities are using data science and data visualization to tell stories that are personally meaningful to them and their communities. An event at UT’s John C. Hodges Library on March 30 will offer an opportunity for participating students to share progress to-date on their data art projects. That event — … Continued

The University of Tennessee Libraries has received a $250,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation* to complete processing and promote the recently acquired Beauford Delaney Papers, the personal archive of the renowned modernist painter. The grant will fund a two-year graduate research fellowship, an opening exhibition and celebration, and community exhibitions planned in collaboration with … Continued

Writing papers got you down? Not sure how or where to start your research? Join us for a paper writing marathon Wednesday, March 29, in 212 Hodges Library, 4 p.m. to midnight. Research and writing help will be available until 10 p.m., in person or via Zoom at http://tiny.utk.edu/WBSpring23. Librarians will be on hand to … Continued

For some of our students on campus, this is a very real concern. Luckily for us at UT, there are many resources available to address this growing need. The UT Libraries Diversity Committee recently held a panel discussion to explore resources available to students who are experiencing financial hardship. Blake Weiss, program director for basic … Continued

“When I was nine years old, I saw this 48 Hours news program which made sweeping generalizations about people from my region. Like we were all to be pitied.…That show made me feel shame for being from eastern Kentucky.… That TV news program had a lasting impact on me. It was the first time I … Continued