If the ongoing construction on campus wasn't enough to get you to redirect your paths, the upcoming construction will.

Knoxville city officials have announced an updated timeline for the redesigning of Cumberland Avenue.

Construction will start along 17th Street and go to Volunteer Boulevard and is expected to begin ...

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek wants to communicate with students, and he wants to do it better. He made that clear to The Daily Beacon in an hour-long sit down he did recently with the paper.

Cheek said that one of the primary goals for the upcoming year is to communicate effectively ...

UT's VolsTeach program aims to direct math and science majors into filling the high need, high demand jobs of elementary and high school teachers.

According to coach and recruiter Jada Johnson, the program is an ideal way for students to try teaching on for size sans commitment.

"VolsTeach is ...

The Daily Beacon sat down with Provost Susan Martin on Wednesday, Aug. 8 for questions regarding student life, the new 4x15 plan and how classrooms are drastically changing to improve the enhancement of the learning experience. These are selected questions and responses from the entirety of the interview.

Will there ...

If it hadn't had been for the mysterious "Guv'nah," one of Knoxville's most beloved and acclaimed bands might not have existed. Because, for the members of the Southern rock outfit The Dirty Guv'nahs (The Dirty Guvs for short), their path towards a musical career was one ...

UT's Life of the Mind book selection, "The Accidental Asian," is set to spark discussion amongst freshmen about ethnic identification and what it means to be American, among other themes.

The collection of essays and short memoirs, published by author Eric Liu in 1998, has been critically praised by ...

Beatles fans are in for a treat this month with the Knoxville arrival of 1964 "A Tribute," arguably the closest one can get to seeing those four lovable lads from Liverpool present day.

The band has been hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest Beatles tribute band of all ...

There is a lot of speculation surrounding the Tennessee football program this season. Will Derek Dooley keep his job? Will the trio of Tyler Bray, Justin Hunter and Da'Rick Rogets produce the way fans hope? Will they be in Knoxville after this season? But in the wake of all ...

There is no other way to say this: I love October.

Those who know me well understand that October holds a very special place in my heart: it takes on fairy wings and demon claws and it transforms into this magical month known as “Adventure-tober.”

Adventure-tober is an annual personal ...

According to a recent Gallup poll, approximately one in four young people today is getting inked.

Matthew Crigger, apprentice at local tattoo studio Synergy Tattoo, said tattoos may be losing their negative stigma, but American culture still has a ways to go.

“Media and television shows have helped to make ...