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Jiro Greenberg-Oster, third from left, with fellow students in Kenya.
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Vols in Kenya: Jiro Greenberg-Oster on Giving Back 

Alumni and donors who have made an investment in UT have created a ripple effect, investing in the education of students like Jiro Greenberg-Oster (Class of 2026) for a better state and a better world. 
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Kim Marden and her daughter Kyra Powell post for a photo with Neyland Stadium in the background. The V-O-L-S letters can be seen behind them.
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Sharing Rocky Top Business Sense

Kim Marden (‘95) and Kyra Powell (Class of 2028) share more about their experience at the Rocky Top Business Awards event on May 2.
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A stack of 5 postcards splayed on a table. The top postcard is orange and says You're a Vol For Life!
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A Big Orange Welcome

More than 1,250 Volunteers showed up this spring to welcome the incoming Class of 2029 to Rocky Top as part of our annual Welcome-A-Vol initiative.
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Tyler Myers, wearing safety goggles, orange gloves, and a lab coat, working in a lab.
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How’s Your Microbiome? One Graduating Vol Wants to Know

Torchbearer Tyler Myers (Class of 2025) has spent his time at UT exploring the gut-brain connection. Inspired by a clinical trial that changed his life as a child, he’s turned his passion into purpose through research, service, and mentorship.
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Stephen Arthur helps a young student learn to play the cello.
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UT String Project Makes Music Accessible to Knoxville Schoolchildren

UT’s String Project, funded initially through the National String Project Consortium and a grant secured through the UT Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development from the Tennessee Arts Commission, has grown to about 80 children enrolled and is sustained through the generosity of donors Sally and Alan Sefton.
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Bridget Freisthler talks with students.
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Partnering with Hope

Bridget Freisthler, the Cooper-Herron Professor in Mental Health at the UT College of Social Work, is leading a multistate intervention in fatal overdoses.
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Paige Braddock's cartoon self-portrait.
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Bold Strokes

For 25 years, Paige Braddock has led art direction and coordinated with the licensing office to protect the Peanuts comic strip’s integrity for Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates. 
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Collage of Tim Held and Nikhil Morar.
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A Los Angeles Lakers and Tennessee Volunteers Crossover

Senior Tim Held met Nikhil Morar (’19), manager of business analytics and strategy for the Los Angeles Lakers, when the 2025 cohort of Volunteer 40 Under 40 winners was honored in February.
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Three people holding an orange Tennessee flag.
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New Vol Day: Join the Virtual Celebration

Join alumni, UT faculty and staff, and current students on April 25 as we welcome our newest Vols to the family.
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