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South College Nashville conducted an emergency drill designed to simulate a medical response to an explosion in a chemical lab to offer students experience responding to a mass casualty event, including evaluating and triaging injured patients and working together among

The Knoxville Area Urban League (KAUL) honored deserving community leaders at the Equal Opportunity Awards Gala for volunteer of the year, minority business of the year, corporate leadership and the prestigious Whitney M. Young, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award. For the

South College Atlanta has officially started its Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program with the first cohort beginning classes in June after earning candidacy status from the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE). “We’re pleased to have the first

Four students in the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design have received a scholarship from Johnson Architecture for the 2025-26 school year to help enhance their educational experiences. Architecture students Maya Donahue and Madelyn Neidhart and interior architecture

The South College nursing program has been ranked No. 1 on the “2026 Best Colleges for Nursing in Tennessee” list by Niche based on analysis of student reviews and key statistics. The institution rose from No. 4 in the state

United Way of Greater Knoxville (UWGK) has selected Chrystal Armstrong Brown as president and chief executive officer (CEO) following a committee-led, national search to fill the position. Armstrong Brown had served as the organization’s interim CEO since November 2024, adding

Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) has earned an Affordable Housing Finance Readers’ Choice Award in 2025 for First Creek at Austin Phase 2 in the category of Best Public Housing Redevelopment. The award will be presented Nov. 17 at the

The Bijou Theatre will kick off its 2025-2026 Imagination Series with Billy Goats Gruff & Other Tales, a whimsical family performance by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia designed to spark imagination and introduce young audiences to the magic of live

The Bijou Theatre will host a special evening celebrating the release of The Second Balcony: The African American Experience at the Bijou Theatre, a new book written by historian Jack Neely, and produced by the Knoxville History Project in partnership

Young-Williams Animal Center has partnered with the Knoxville Fire Department (KFD) to provide pet microchip scanners at Station 3, located at 204 E. Baxter Ave., and Station 17, located at 4804 Western Ave., as part of a new initiative to