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The Graduate School is excited to announce the Graduate School Faculty Fellows Program (GSFP), which is designed to take existing partnerships to a new level. Our first cohort of faculty fellows for spring 2026 will work closely with Graduate School leadership and staff to improve processes and implement solutions that benefit UT graduate students. Together, we can strengthen the support we provide, allowing students to achieve their goals and carry the Volunteer spirit forward. 


The Graduate School is transitioning to a new thesis and dissertation submission and review platform called Vireo. Vireo offers a more simplified submission process and allows for greater ease in tracking the progress of submissions through review stages.


At Friday’s Doctoral Hooding Ceremony, over 150 doctoral graduates ascended to the stage to receive their hood and be called “doctor” before a crowd of friends and family.


The heats for the 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition at UT wrapped up last week. For each heat, one participant was selected as the winner of the heat, assuring themselves of a spot in the final competition on November 19 at 1:00pm in Student Union 169.


Get into the spooky spirit on October 28 with Voloween Fright Night, hosted by the Graduate Student Senate! 🎃👻 Kick […]


If you are planning to graduate fall 2025, a preliminary draft of a thesis or dissertation must be submitted online […]


Savannah Brown, a recent MBA graduate from the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business, was named one of Poets & Quants’ (P&Q) 2025 Best and Brightest MBAs, a recognition she attributes to the mentorship and support of Haslam’s faculty and her classmates.


The Graduate School is excited to welcome Marieke Van Puymbroeck, the new vice provost and dean of the Graduate School. Van Puymbroeck comes to us most recently from Clemson University, where she served as associate dean of the graduate school and professor of recreational therapy.


McKenzie Granata, a third-year Phd student in public health, is addressing critical health needs in central Appalachia through community-engaged research, made possible by the Community Engagement Academy.


Among ten Fulbright awardees from UT are a recently graduated master’s student and a current master’s student who will graduate in August.