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  • William Lyons receives the Leadership Tennessee Civic Understanding Pillar Award. He holds the award and smiles in front of a red backdrop that says "Leadership Tennessee".

    Institute of American Civics’ William Lyons Receives Leadership Tennessee Civic Understanding Pillar Award 

    August 6, 2026
  • A graphic for the Southeast Energy Policy Forum with Center for Energy, Transportation, and Environmental Policy. On the left, an emblem containing the event's logo is on a grey background. On the right is a photo of a panel holding microphones and speaking.

    US Senator Bill Hagerty to Keynote the 2026 Southeast Energy Policy Forum at UT 

    July 31, 2026
  • People gathered in a square holding a Ukrainian flag.

    The Conversation: Czech nonprofits applied lessons learned during the COVID‑19 pandemic to the Ukrainian refugee crisis – but had little say in key decisions

    July 27, 2026
  • Student Colter Harding sits in Toyota Auditorium during a class. He is looking to his right and students around him are out of focus.

    Institute of American Civics to Launch First Undergraduate Degree Program 

    July 23, 2026
  • The Capitol Building on an overcast summer day.

    Record 41 UT Students Head to Washington for Summer Policy Internships 

    June 1, 2026
  • Baker School Celebrates Inaugural Awards Ceremony Honoring Excellence in Teaching, Academics, Leadership and Service

    May 22, 2026
  • How much is a bat worth? Protecting these tiny insect‑eaters isn’t just good for farms – their deaths cost taxpayers and the wider economy

    May 14, 2026
  • New study explores energy and resource impacts of quantum computing 

    May 11, 2026
  • Keels Inspires Next Generation National Security Leaders with support from Battelle 

    May 7, 2026
  • UT’s Julia Dieter Receives Truman Scholarship 

    May 1, 2026
  • Baker student Julia Dieter posed for a group photo with Amber Williams, Senior Vice Provost for the Division of Student Success, Marianne Wanamaker, Dean of the Howard H. Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, and Pat Akos, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of University Honors after accepting the 2026 Truman Scholar award.

    UT Student Named 2026 Truman Scholar

    April 24, 2026

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