Chloe White Kennedy

The University of Tennessee's Athletics Department should report directly to the UT Knoxville chancellor instead of the UT system president, a group studying the issue recommends.

The one word that sums up how many University of Tennessee students felt Wednesday about the departure of head football coach Lane Kiffin: betrayed.

KNOXVILLE - The mood on the University of Tennessee campus today - the first day of spring semester classes - was glum and intensely focused on football rather than classrooms.

Cory Zickefoose thought the gunman looked too nervous to shoot him early Thursday during an armed robbery attempt at the Pilot station on Cumberland Avenue.

A blue-ribbon panel is being created to examine whether Volunteer athletics should continue reporting to the University of Tennessee system or shift to the Knoxville campus.

Incoming University of Tennessee freshmen have had an easier time moving into dorm rooms than it took for the Knoxville campus's iconic Rock to be moved 275 feet diagonally across the street.

KNOXVILLE - It took six hours, but the University of Tennessee's iconic Rock has been hoisted out of the ground and onto a flatbed truck.

The University of Tennessee's policy change for donors who would like to qualify for season tickets for athletic events might change how those donors contribute to specific academic programs.

Donors to specific University of Tennessee academic programs no longer will qualify for season tickets to athletic events under a policy that takes effect in the 2010-11 season.

After more than 40 years at one corner of Volunteer Boulevard and Pat Head Summitt Street, the University of Tennessee's iconic Rock will be moved across the intersection this month to make way for a new student health center.

Former University of Tennessee basketball player Ramar Smith is accused of taking $6,000 in cash, a gun and a half-pound of marijuana during an armed home invasion robbery Monday night.

KNOXVILLE - Former UT basketball player Ramar Smith is accused of taking $6,000 in cash, a gun and a half pound of marijuana during an armed home invasion robbery Monday.

KNOXVILLE - The state comptroller this morning released a state audit of the University of Tennessee showing the Advancement Services office and Athletic Department overstated pledges by $6.4 million.

University of Tennessee officials are discussing how the athletic departments could increase efficiency and possibly generate more funding for academics as the UT system grapples with a projected state funding shortfall of at least $66 million.

After a week of controversy, Phillip Fulmer declined a three-month appointment Friday as a special assistant to University of Tennessee President John Petersen - an appointment that aimed to maintain Fulmer's insurance and retirement benefits while he considers his options ...

University of Tennessee President John Petersen on Tuesday announced a mandatory hiring freeze and a moratorium on new academic programs while defending the appointment of former head football coach Phillip Fulmer.

University of Tennessee faculty are experiencing "considerable distress" about President John Petersen's appointment of former head football coach Phillip Fulmer as special assistant, Faculty Senate President John Nolt said today. "We are at this moment in the middle of campus ...

Former University of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer has agreed to serve a three-month appointment as "special assistant to the president," effective Dec. 1, a UT spokeswoman said this afternoon. The position will pay Fulmer $12,500 a month from private ...

Students in the University of Tennessee's Turfgrass Science and Management program will now have more opportunities to study in the field - literally - thanks to a $535,000 donation from the UT Athletic Department.

It started as a reception honoring the accomplishments of the Alliance of Women Philanthropists at University of Tennessee President John Petersen's home. It ended with verbal attacks, tears and yelling, according to a report by UT development personnel.

There's no free lunch at Thompson-Boling Arena anymore - at least for the hired help.