Given the rising cost of obtaining a college degree, it’s no wonder that many college students experience financial hardship — and even food insecurity. The stress of financial pressures inevitably has a detrimental effect on students’ academic performance. To learn about support services available at UT, attend our Lunch and Learn panel discussion on financial … Continued

By Stacy Palado Did you meet your Valentine at UT Libraries or have another library love story to share? We want to know. Send your UT Libraries love story to spalado@utk.edu.

Jargon Blaster is an 8-bit imitation video game created by Elijah Dies, an instructional programs developer and designer, specifically for UT Libraries. The game, released in early 2023, is designed to give students a fun way to learn library terms and definitions that can be difficult to understand. Dies’ goal with the project was to … Continued

Americana singer/songwriter Maggie Longmire will perform at the John C. Hodges Library on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Her appearance — part of the UT Libraries’ program Boundless: Artists in the Archives — will feature the first public performance of original songs inspired by materials held in UT Libraries’ Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University … Continued

Douglass Day, celebrated on February 14th, honors America’s great abolitionist, educator, and statesman Frederick Douglass (c. 1817–1895) and encourages us to delve deeper into our country’s complex history of slavery and racism. The University of Tennessee participates in a nationwide Douglass Day initiative that each year focuses on an important figure in Black history. This … Continued

By Megan Venable About 140 high school students showed up early one recent morning to experience Big Orange STEM Saturday (BOSS) at the John C. Hodges Library. BOSS is a day-long professional conference that gives students the exclusive opportunity to meet with STEM professors and local collaborators and interact with them to learn more about … Continued

The University of Tennessee Libraries is ranked 22nd overall among the nation’s best public university libraries, according to recently released statistics and rankings. UT Libraries is also 4th in the Southeastern Conference, behind the University of Florida, Texas A&M University, and Vanderbilt University, the Association of Research Libraries statistics show. UT Libraries has risen to … Continued

Save the date for the 2023 Wilma Dykeman Stokely Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, February 28, at 7 p.m. (EST), at the Bijou Theater. Join us for a conversation with director and producer Ashley York and documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon. Our guests will address the portrayal of Appalachian culture in film and discuss their current … Continued

Every November is National Novel Writing Month. Each year, the NaNoWriMo nonprofit organization hosts an international novel-writing challenge to promote creative writing. Once again, the UT Libraries and the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center joined in the fun by hosting our own short story contest. Fifty students dropped by our five-hour “write-in” on the evening … Continued

UT Libraries will offer a wide variety of activities and events for all Volunteers as part of its annual Destress for Success week, December 8–15. Be ready to walk the red carpet to success this year during finals!  At Hodges: Study Day, Thursday, December 8: In addition to study sessions with our Peer-Learning Assistants (formerly, tutors) from … Continued