KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, academic adviser accused of sexually harassing students at his previous university has been placed on paid administrative leave.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Lee W. Waldrep also was ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — University of Tennessee Interim President Randy Boyd is rolling out an initiative aimed at providing the UT system with greater transparency and accountability.

According to a news release, the effort includes a website where the public can find answers to some of ...

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Volunteers have planted more than 600 American chestnut trees at Eastern Kentucky University in an effort to restore the tree to the Daniel Boone National Forest.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police at the University of Tennessee are investigating a fraternity after two women reported being drugged and sexually assaulted.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed 20 members to the new advisory boards for each of the four campuses within the state’s university system.

Haslam appointed the members after the advisory boards were created by Tennessee’s General Assembly last ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — University of Tennessee system interim president Randy Boyd has named a search committee to assist in the selection of a Knoxville campus chancellor.

The chancellor for UT Martin, Keith Carver, will chair the committee, which will launch its search in January and ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New University of Tennessee system interim president Randy Boyd has outlined his priorities.

In a news release Monday, the university said Boyd plans to launch a search soon for the new chancellor of the flagship Knoxville campus. A search for a permanent university ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say an officer has suffered a serious head injury from an unprovoked attack as he directed game-day traffic near the University of Tennessee.

The Knoxville Police Department says in a statement that a white male came up behind the officer Saturday night and ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A University of Tennessee student is among this year’s Rhodes scholars.

The 32 recipients of the prestigious scholarship announced Sunday includes Grant H. Rigney of Normandy. The senior was selected to begin studies next fall at Oxford University in ...

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Martin has suspended the Tennessee Tau chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon while the school investigates hazing allegations.

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BENTON, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say hunters have found skeletal remains in a remote area of a national park in Tennessee.

News outlets report a body was found Monday by hunters in the Cherokee National Forest near Benton. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland said ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed two new members to University of Tennessee’s Board of Trustees.

Haslam announced Monday that Decosta Jenkins, president and CEO of Nashville Electric Service, and Jamie Woodson, executive chairman and CEO of the State ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn and Democratic ex-Gov. Phil Bredesen are set to clash in their second — and likely last — U.S. Senate race debate this year in Tennessee.

The debate Wednesday will take place at the University of Tennessee’s Howard H. Baker ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Knoxville is closing one of its on-campus residence halls that houses nearly 600 students, citing elevated mold levels in several rooms and common areas.

The Knoxville News Sentinel

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is receiving up to $7.5 million for a study that will use potatoes to detect nerve agents, radiation and plant pathogens to help deployed troops and civilians in war-torn areas.

The institute says the money comes ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A University of Tennessee professor has resigned amid an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — University of Tennessee Medical Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced a partnership Wednesday to improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care across Tennessee.

University Health Network and Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network said the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the selection of Knoxville businessman and former gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd as the university system’s interim president.

Board members voted Tuesday on the recommendation that Trustees ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The chairman of the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees announced Wednesday that he is recommending former gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd to serve as the university system’s interim president.

University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro announced Monday ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro announced Monday that he plans to retire early next year.

DiPietro said he will retire Feb. 14, but will actually step down from active service Nov. 21 to use his remaining vacation time.

“We’re facing a time of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A second U.S. Senate debate between Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn and Democratic ex-Gov. Phil Bredesen is set for Oct. 10 in Knoxville.

Blackburn’s campaign announced Wednesday that she will participate in the debate at the University of Tennessee’s ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — University of Tennessee administrators say they will consider policy changes that would allow beer and wine at certain on-campus events.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the proposed changes at what has been a dry campus are based on task force ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee’s interim engineering dean is taking a position with the White House starting next week.

The Knoxville News Sentinel

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro has sold his Knoxville home for $720,000.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports he plans ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee’s newly retooled board of trustees has selected a former president of PepsiCo Inc. as its next chairman.

The board voted Wednesday to have John Compton take the top spot on the board. Compton also briefly led Pilot Flying J, the gas ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee’s newly retooled board of trustees is set to discuss the election of a board chairman.

A university news release says that the Nashville meeting will take place Aug. 1 at the Nashville Public Library. The agenda includes electing a board ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a man forced a woman in a wheelchair out of her car before he stole and crashed the vehicle.

Oak Ridge police tell news outlets the woman wasn’t injured when the carjacking occurred Saturday in a restaurant parking lot.

Deputies with ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say an argument has resulted in a shooting at an apartment complex that left one male dead and two others injured.

News outlets report the shooting occurred Saturday night at the Holston Oaks Apartments in Knoxville. Two of the shooting victims ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Students at the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville and Chattanooga campuses won’t have a tuition increase next year.

Tennessee’s Board of Trustees on Friday approved a budget for 2018-19 calling for no tuition increase at either of those two schools. Students at ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A subcommittee at the University of Tennessee Knoxville has passed a proposal to hold tuition flat for the first time in 34 years.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of students and professors from the University of Tennessee are working to make the Tennessee River more accessible.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee has finalized a $1.33 million settlement with ousted chancellor Beverly Davenport, formally ending her employment at the school after a tumultuous tenure that lasted less than 1 ½ years.

The Board of Trustees’ audit and compliance ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee has reached a deal that would buy out ousted chancellor Beverly Davenport for $1.33 million.

The university announced Friday that the audit and compliance committee will meet Tuesday with a settlement deal on the agenda.

If ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Records show that the University of Tennessee has pumped millions from its endowment into private investment funds, including many in the Cayman Islands.

The USA Today Tennessee Network reports that the school successfully lobbied ...

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to raise tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel drew concerns from most candidates for governor at a forum on Thursday, who said they worry a trade war could harm Tennessee’s farm exports, particularly soybeans.

But most of the Republicans ...

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — A gubernatorial forum this week is focusing on issues important to west Tennessee.

The event is taking place Thursday at the University of Tennessee at Martin and will be moderated by West Tennessee native Meg Kinnard, a political and legal affairs reporter with The ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee has named its interim pick to replace ousted Knoxville campus chancellor Beverly Davenport.

In a news release Thursday, university president Joe DiPietro said Wayne Davis will serve as interim chancellor for six months to one year. He ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Winners of the 2017 Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters & Media Editors college contest were announced Saturday at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville.

Students from 17 schools submitted more than 300 entries in the contest to honor the best in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — State lawmakers have approved five of Gov. Bill Haslam’s nominees to serve on a newly configured University of Tennessee board of trustees.

The Senate voted Tuesday to agree with the House on the confirmation of former PepsiCo President John Compton; former Lady Vol ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers made clear Thursday that they wanted every member of the University of Tennessee board of trustees booted and don’t want any on a newly-configured board.

The state Senate Education Committee rejected four of Gov. Bill Haslam’s 10 nominees ...

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — The president of a Tennessee variety show venue says one of its workers has died after a carbon dioxide leak.

The Oak Ridger reports that David Fee, president and CEO ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Five decades after it went missing, a south Alabama woman has found a Tennessee surgeon’s ring while exploring a neighborhood with her metal detector.

Al.com reports that Barbara ...

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee at Martin will soon have a new provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.

He is Philip Acree (AY’-cree) Cavalier, who most recently was provost of Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. He’s expected to begin his work at Martin ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A University of Tennessee student collapsed during a charity boxing tournament and later died at a hospital.

Knoxville Police said 20-year-old Joseph Tanner Wray collapsed between the second and third rounds Friday night. Medical staff attended to Wray before he was ...

PINEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say an 11-year-old boy has shot his 6-year-old sister in the head.

Police said the girl is in critical but stable condition at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.

A news release from police said preliminary investigation ...