UT System President Randy Boyd

A Beacon of Light in Challenging Times: Embracing Unity through the Legacy of Sen. Howard Baker

As Election Day approaches, our country once again finds itself navigating moments of intense debate and polarizing rhetoric. With issues that stir our passions and shape our future, it’s natural to feel the weight of this time. But at the University of Tennessee, we are reminded of a guiding light that transcends partisanship—a beacon that calls us to rise above division and to honor the values that hold us together as a community, a state and a nation.

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UT System President Randy Boyd

Condensing a legacy

The process of condensing a lifetime of work into a column or tribute can indeed feel inherently unfair, as it oversimplifies the richness and complexity of a person’s existence. It abbreviates decades of a person’s experiences, achievements and impact into editorial guidelines and guardrails that seek to enact brevity into a legacy that knows no boundaries.

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UTHSC Tackling Grand Challenges of Rural Health Care

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has launched a new mobile health unit dedicated to growing the availability of rural health care across our great state, starting with Lake and Lauderdale counties. UTHSC, based in Memphis, is the largest educator of health care professionals in Tennessee. But in rural counties in Tennessee, the … Continued

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Forever Thankful for Teachers

Teachers are so much more than instructors of math, science, history, English, reading and so forth. Teachers help us learn how to think critically, problem solve, work as an individual and in a team, build confidence and become mature, responsible people.

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