Camp Koinonia teaches UT students to meet the needs of children with disabilities by pairing one-on-one with a camper. Gifts from donors help ensure that no child is turned away due to an inability to pay.
Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies
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On one of the premier stages celebrating the powerful impact of sport around the world, a partnership of the Center for Sport, Peace, and Society has been honored with a Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award at ESPN’s 2018 Sports Humanitarian Awards.
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Sport management senior Christian Coleman beat the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, to take home a silver in the men’s 100-meter final of the IAAF World Championships in London in…
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Nearly a decade of work by professors Sarah Hillyer (’10) and Ashleigh Huffman (’07 & ’11) culminated at the Bijou Theatre on September 7 with the debut of a short…
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On April 1, 2017, Joy T. DeSensi, Chancellor’s Professor and longtime scholar and practitioner in the field of sport management, passed away. Joy lost a fierce battle with cancer—her third…
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David Bassett, professor and interim head of the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies takes a look at the science of being an Olympic athlete.
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The college’s Center for Sport,Peace, and Society, along with the Department of Athletics and the Division of Student Life are partnered together for a common goal—to span the boundaries of three different areas of campus for…
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Michelle Kwan, the most decorated figure skater in US history, visited UT in April to speak and participate in a panel discussion with coaches from six countries as part of the Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports initiative.
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In the battle of stairs vs. elevator, does it matter how the stairs look?
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In April, more than 200 students from UT Knoxville spent a week helping children with disabilities at Camp Koinonia. The Therapeutic Recreation program at UT hosts the weeklong camp that…
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