March 4, 2026 The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has selected Julia Dieter, a junior public affairs major at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as a finalist for the 2026 Truman Scholarship. Dieter is one of 198 finalists chosen from 781 applicants representing 305 institutions nationwide. She is UT’s sole finalist and one of two students from Tennessee […]
February 25, 2026 David Colquitt, a hospitality entrepreneur and attorney; entrepreneur and former U.S. Senator Bob Corker; and Shuwanza Goff, vice president of government affairs at Hyundai Motor Group, have joined the Board of Advisors of the Howard H. Baker, Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School). Each will serve a five-year term. “David Colquitt, Senator Bob Corker and Shuwanza Goff each reflect the Baker […]
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) PhD student Vishal Kennedy has been selected to receive the Tom Gilbert Graduate Award from the Center for Energy, Transportation and Environmental Policy (CETEP) at the Baker School to support his project, Assessing the Representation of US Ecosystems in Protected Areas: Identifying Over- and Under-Represented Vegetation Groups. Established in 2024, the Tom Gilbert Award is given to a talented, full-time graduate […]
You Might Be Right takes its name from Howard H. Baker Jr.’s famous quote: “Always remember the other fellow might be right,” because, in this time of intense civil discord, Senator Baker’s ethos, as well as his wisdom, still provide a path for renewing faith in our American institutions. This special release episode features Howard […]
The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board awarded Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs Director Krista Wiegand a Fulbright Specialist Program award to complete a project in the Philippines at Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU). Wiegand will spend the next month completing a project that aims to exchange […]