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University of Tennessee Visitor Guide 2022-2023

VISITOR GUIDE

THE 9 GROUP HILTON FAMILY OF HOTELS Hilton Garden Inn Knoxville / Papermill 6200 Papermill Dr Knoxville TN 37919 865.351.6200 knoxvillepapermilldrive.hgi.com

Hampton Inn & Suites Knoxville / Papermill 601 N. Weisgarber Rd Knoxville, TN 37919 865.693.5400 hamptoninn.com

Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Downtown Knoxville 618 W. Main St. Knoxville, TN 37902 865.522.5400 hamptoninn.com

Hampton by Hilton Knoxville / West 9128 Executive Park Drive Knoxville, TN 37923 865.693.1101 hamptoninn.com

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WELCOME TO ROCKY TOP! Whether you’re planning your first visit to campus or you’re with us right now, we are glad to welcome you to our home sweet home. As you spend time on our campus and in our city, I know you will see all that makes this place special. Take in our eclectic shops and restaurants, sprawling parks and trails, and active neighborhoods. Don’t miss campus landmarks like Neyland Stadium and Hodges Library or lesser-known gems like Ray’s Place and the Melrose Courtyard. From the mountains and rivers that beckon for adventure to the vibrant city streets that invite new experiences, East Tennessee is a place for everyone. At the heart of it all is a campus full of Volunteers committed to discovery, leadership, and service. Tennessee is a place where you will create meaningful memories and adopt a Volunteer spirit that you will carry with you wherever you go.

Donde Plowman Chancellor

CONTENTS Welcome to UT.................................................................. 6 Find Your Passion............................................................. 8 Colleges & Majors........................................................... 10 Plan Your Visit...................................................................12 Tour Campus......................................................................18 Downtown Map............................................................... 20 Home Sweet Home.........................................................22

Visit Knoxville (visitknoxville.com) is the official convention and visitors bureau for the City of Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee, and an accredited member of Destinations International. Its mission is to accelerate sustainable economic growth and development by increasing visitor and convention business to our community. For advertising information, contact [email protected].

Vol Traditions....................................................................24 Athletics..............................................................................26 Become A Vol...................................................................28 SPOT SMOKEY! As featured on the cover, our

campus is home to 10 Smokey statues, honoring each of the bluetick coonhounds that have served as our mascot. As you explore campus, keep an eye out for Rocky Top’s favorite dog! 4 MORE INFO: ADMISSIONS.UTK.EDU

The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status. The university name and its indicia within are trademarks of the University of Tennessee. Job 50737853

WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE We are Tennessee’s university—a place where leadership and service to others are a way of life. Guided by the Volunteer spirit, we make a difference in our communities and people’s lives by listening, working together, and connecting with each other. We pride ourselves on our academic excellence. Our students are encouraged to take risks and are supported by outstanding faculty and staff. And when students are ready to graduate, they become part of a Volunteer family that includes more than 250,000 alumni, who are always ready to light the way.

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Volunteers stay connected to the university and each other through their love for our shared traditions, athletics, and our beautiful campus. From the Torchbearer statue in Circle Park to Ayres Hall on top of the Hill, the university’s 910 acres are situated close to downtown Knoxville, where greenways and pathways provide lots of opportunity for adventure. Wherever you’re coming from, there’s a place for you at UT.

FIND YOUR PASSION When we say we have worldrenowned scholars and facilities, we aren’t exaggerating.

INVESTING IN YOU

Here, students can learn forensic anthropology at the world’s very first Body Farm or perform on stage at one of the country’s finest professional theatres. With more than 360 degree program options, you’ll be able to study what you love at UT. You’ll also find continuous academic support through our Vol Success Team and countless ways to roll up your sleeves and get experience outside the classroom.

As the largest research-intensive institution in the state, we combine strong theoretical knowledge with industry partnerships, with organizations like the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to offer hands-on practical experience. ugresearch.utk.edu

SERVICE–LEARNING

There are lots of opportunities for you to serve the community through the Jones Center for Leadership and Service and specially designed classes.

STUDY ABROAD

The world is our campus, and we want you to find your own adventure! Each year, more than 1,200 UT students from all majors study abroad in more than 50 countries. programsabroad.utk.edu

STUDENTTO-FACULTY RATIO

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS

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We offer a variety of funding programs to demonstrate our investment in you! Over 80 percent of UT students and 92 percent of entering first-year students receive financial aid and scholarships from UT, federal, state, and private sources. Check out our net price calculator at onestop.utk.edu/cost-estimate to enter estimates of your family income and academic information for an estimate of your financial aid and out-of-pocket costs. All first-year students who apply by the scholarship deadline are considered for UT institutional scholarships. You can also apply for competitive scholarships and may qualify for awards based on financial need. Students graduating from a Tennessee high school should also consider the HOPE Scholarship, funded by the state. Students must submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) annually. Contact One Stop Student Services at 865-974-1111 or visit onestop.utk.edu/financial-aid for information about scholarships and other financing opportunities.

UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT

INSTITUTIONAL FULL-TIME SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED INSTRUCTIONAL ANNUALLY FACULTY

UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES & MAJORS HERBERT COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

herbert.utk.edu Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications Agricultural Education Community Engagement & Leadership Development Agricultural and Natural Resource Communication Animal Science† Animal Industries Bioscience Pre-Veterinary Medicine (and 3+1 option) Biosystems Engineering*† Pre-Professional Construction Science & Management Environmental & Soil Sciences Conservation Agriculture & Environmental Sustainability Environmental Science Soil Science Food & Agricultural Business† Agricultural Production & Technology Management Finance & Risk Management Food Industry Management Law & Policy Food Science† Pre-Professional (and 3+1 option) Science Forestry Forest Resources Management Restoration & Conservation Science Urban Forestry Wildland Recreation Natural Resource & Environmental Economics† Plant Sciences Horticulture Science & Production Organic Production Plant Genetics & Biotechnology Public Horticulture Sustainable Landscape Design Turfgrass Science & Management Wildlife & Fisheries Science Wildlife & Fisheries Management Wildlife Health Agricultural Science & Natural Resources Exploratory Track

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN archdesign.utk.edu Architecture Graphic Design Interior Architecture

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

artsci.utk.edu Anthropology* Disasters, Displacement & Human Rights Forensic Art (BA) Art History Studio Art (BFA) Two-Dimensional Arts Three-Dimensional Arts Time-Based Arts Biological Sciences* Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology The Biology of Global Health Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Microbiology Chemistry* Chemistry (BSC)* Cinema Studies* Classics* Classical Archaeology Classical Civilization Classical Languages

Greek Latin College Scholars Economics (BA—Intercollegiate with Haslam College of Business)* English* Creative Writing Individualized Program Literature Rhetoric & Writing Technical Communication Geography* Climate & Climate Change Geospatial Science & Technology Landscapes & Environment Space, Society & Culture World Cities & Economics Geographic Information Science & Technology Geology & Environmental Studies* Environmental Studies Geology Planetary Geoscience Water Science Global Studies Global Politics & Economy Global Society & Culture Language, Politics, and Culture History* History of Science, Medicine, & Technology Interdisciplinary Programs Africana Studies Asian Studies Data Science Jewish Studies Latin American & Caribbean Studies (Brazilian Studies, General Studies) Linguistics Medieval & Renaissance Studies Middle East Studies Women, Gender & Sexuality Mathematics* Applied Mathematics Math Biology Math Education Theoretical Math Medical Laboratory Science Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures French & Francophone Studies*† German*† Hispanic Studies (Spanish)* Italian Language & World Business (Arabic, Chinese, French and Francophone, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian Studies) Russian Studies* Music (BA) Applied Music Music & Culture Music Business Administration (Entrepreneurship in Music, Professional Music) Music (BM) Brass Instruments Music Education (String, String Jazz, Vocal-General/Keyboard, Vocal-General/Vocal, Woodwind/Brass/Percussion, Woodwind/Brass/Percussion Jazz) Organ Piano Piano Pedagogy Sacred Music (Organ, Piano, Voice) Strings Studio Music & Jazz Theory/Composition (Composition, Theory) Percussion Instruments Woodwind Instruments

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Voice Neuroscience* Philosophy*† Legal & Political Philosophy Philosophy of Science & Medicine Physics & Astronomy* Academic Astronomy General Political Science*† International Affairs Law & Courts Public Administration Pre-Professional Programs Pre-Dentistry Pre-Law Pre-Medicine Pre-Pharmacy Pre-Veterinary Psychology (BA)* Religious Studies* Religion & Nonprofit Leadership Religion, Race, and Ethnicity Sociology* Criminology & Criminal Justice Critical Race & Ethnic Studies Environmental Sociology Statistics Sustainability Theatre* Acting Design & Technology Arts & Sciences Exploratory Track Arts & Sciences Exploratory Pre-Professional Track

(Art Education) Deaf Education (Elementary License, Secondary License) Educational Interpreting Education Elementary Education (ESL Education, Five-year Internship, Interventionist Special Education, Middle Grades Math, Middle Grades Science) Second Language Education (World Language Education and ESL) Secondary Social Science Education VolsTeach Secondary STEM (VolsTeach 6-12 Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Math Science, Physics) Kinesiology Nutrition Dietetics Biomedical Nutrition Science Community Nutrition Hospitality & Tourism Management Sport Management Therapeutic Recreation Special Education Interventionist (K-8 and 6-12) and Comprehensive (K-12) Education, Health & Human Sciences Exploratory Track

HASLAM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

engr.utk.edu Aerospace Engineering*† Biomedical Engineering*† Chemical Engineering* Biomolecular Engineering Civil Engineering*† Computer Engineering* Computer Science*† Electrical Engineering*† Power & Energy Systems*† Industrial Engineering*† Materials Science & Engineering*† Mechanical Engineering*† Nuclear Engineering* Radiological Engineering* Engineering Exploratory Track

haslam.utk.edu Accounting Business Analytics Economics (BSBA) Finance Human Resource Management Management Marketing Public Administration Supply Chain Management Business Administration Exploratory Track

Many business majors offer an international business concentration, an information management concentration, or a program integrated with engineering.

COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION

cci.utk.edu Advertising Communication Studies* Information Sciences User Experience Design (UXD) Data, Information Management & Analytics Journalism & Electronic Media Creative Media News Science Communication Sports Communication Public Relations Communication & Information Exploratory Track

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES

cehhs.utk.edu Audiology & Speech Pathology Child & Family Studies Community Outreach Early Childhood Education Licensure Pre-K-3 Early Development and Learning Licensure Pre K-K Deaf Studies ASL Education

TICKLE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF NURSING nursing.utk.edu Nursing* Accelerated Track RN Track

SOCIAL WORK

csw.utk.edu Social Work* Social Work Social Work (online)

UNIVERSITY EXPLORATORY TRACK Colleges that offer only graduate-level programs COLLEGE OF LAW law.utk.edu COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE vetmed.tennessee.edu HONORS CONCENTRATION AVAILABLE 5-YEAR BACHELOR’S/ MASTER’S PROGRAM For the most updated list of colleges and majors, visit tiny.utk.edu/UTmajors.

PLAN YOUR VISIT The moment you set foot on Rocky Top, you’ll find a place that feels like home. Campus is filled with energy and tradition around every corner—don’t step on the university seal if you want to graduate in four years! Here you’re close to rivers and outdoor adventure, a friendly city, and the most-visited national park in the country. Let us show you around!

SEE ROCKY TOP IN PERSON!

If you aren’t already on an official campus tour when you receive this guide, you can schedule one at visit.utk.edu or by calling 865-946-TOUR (8687). Our tours start in the Visitors Center, located in the Student Union at 1502 Cumberland Avenue. You can also take advantage of our SelfGuided Tour found on page 18 of this guide. The Volunteer Statue Known as the Torchbearer, this statue represents our rich tradition of leadership and service. The Hill The iconic old campus stands on the hill above the north shore of the Tennessee River and is home to Ayres Hall, opened in 1921.

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Neyland Stadium Home to the Tennessee football team and, on game days in the fall, 102,455 enthusiastic Vol fans. Hodges Library The main library is a favorite gathering place, with convenient access to academic resources, OneStop Student Services, and common areas for studying and catching up over a cup of coffee. The Rock Painting the Rock is a time-honored tradition. Messages feature everything from event announcements to marriage proposals.

WANT TO SEE A PERFORMANCE OR CATCH A GAME?

Visit utsports.com and clarencebrowntheatre.com for tickets to upcoming games and shows.

KNOXVILLE & NEARBY

From museums and shopping to outdoor adventure and nightlife, Knoxville has something for everyone. Market Square You’ll find a variety of restaurants and eclectic shops, a farmers’ market during the warmer months, and an ice skating rink during the winter. Urban Wilderness Want to take a hike or a bike ride? This area covers 1,000-forested acres along downtown’s south waterfront with more than 50 miles of trails and greenways. The Old City Come to the historic portion of Knoxville for a variety of shops, restaurants, coffee houses, art galleries, and entertainment venues.

World’s Fair Park Don’t miss the view from atop the Sunsphere (that big gold globe in the skyline) or the statue of Sergei Rachmaninoff, who performed his final concert on UT’s campus. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Just about an hour’s drive away is America’s most-visited national park, world renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, not to mention some truly gorgeous views! For information on other tours, events, restaurants, and more, check out visitknoxville.com, stop by the city’s downtown Visitors Center at the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill, or call 800-727-8045.

Visit Cedar Bluff Hotels • West Knoxville, TN

Room to Work, Space to Relax

Holiday Inn Knoxville West Cedar Bluff 9134 Executive Park Drive Knoxville, TN 37923 865-693-1011 holidayinn.com/cedarbluff

Ask for the ILUT9 rate

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Hilton Garden Inn Knoxville West Cedar Bluff 216 Peregrine Way Knoxville, TN 37922 865.690.6511 knoxvillewestcedarbluff.stayhgi.com

Ask for UTFF rate

Baymont by Wyndham Knoxville West Cedar Bluff 209 Market Place Blvd Knoxville, TN 37922 865-531-7444 WyndhamHotels.com/Hotel/46953

Ask for LKUT rate

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PRIME DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE LOCATION

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Set up an official campus tour at visit.utk.edu. We can’t wait to show you around Rocky Top!

ROBERT M. LINDSAY FIELD at LINDSEY NELSON STADIUM

CRC/BEST LAB

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ENVIRONMENTAL & LANDSCAPE LAB

JOAN CRONAN VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE FACILITY

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HOME SWEET HOME Rocky Top is home to a thriving community where you can live, eat, learn, hang out, and explore. UT offers more than 400 active student clubs— anyone up for a gaming marathon with eSports or getting out on the lake with the Bass Fishing Club? Students can join sororities and fraternities and professional societies, along with sports, international, academic, religious, service, and government–interest organizations. Find out more at go.utk.edu. Campus comprises state-of-the-art residence halls, dining facilities, and classrooms. But there are also plenty of cozy and green spots you can claim for quiet studying, and it’s easy to get around with walkways and our free bus system—the T.

STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

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CAMPUS ACRES

HOUSING CONNECTIONS

Join other students who share your interests in a living and learning community. You’ll be surrounded by a close-knit group, learning and growing together with the help of our supportive faculty and staff. housing.utk.edu/llc

Students can choose from dozens of retail locations and restaurants with homemade fare on campus, including a new dining location on west campus that will open in the fall. Convenience stores, markets, fast food chains, and coffee shops are located on and within walking distance to campus. dining.utk.edu

From the moment you first arrive on campus as a student, the Jones Center for Leadership and Service provides opportunities to be a part of something bigger than yourself, beginning with the Ignite program for incoming freshmen. leadserve.utk.edu

148,000 SQUARE FEET OF TRECS

(state-of-the-art recreational facility)

ON-CAMPUS DINING LOCATIONS

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VOL TRADITIONS First things first. Go to your closet and start picking out what you’re going to wear on your first Big Orange Friday. Next, start learning the words to “Rocky Top.” We could keep going with this list, but we’ve got more than 225 years of traditions for our Vols to enjoy. Take a look at a few of our favorites.

TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS

References to the Tennessee Volunteers began during the 1800s, when thousands of Tennesseans volunteered in response to the president’s call for service. Our football team earned the moniker in 1902, and it reflects our rich tradition of leadership and service.

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THE VOLUNTEER CREED

Displayed at the base of the Volunteer statue in Circle Park is the university community’s guiding principle: “One that beareth a torch shadoweth oneself to give light to others.”

Smokey, our beloved bluetick coonhound, leads the Vols by running through the T before each home football game. A costumed version of Smokey first emerged in the 1970s and is a top collegiate mascot and star on and off the field.

‘ROCKY TOP’

“Rocky Top” has been UT’s heartfelt anthem since the early 1970s. On game days in the fall, the song resonates from Neyland Stadium as we sing it at the top of our lungs to cheer on our Volunteers.

“ One that beareth a torch shadoweth oneself to give light to others.” —The Volunteer Creed

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Campus Protests Over Gaza Intensify Amid Pushback by Universities and Police

There were more than 120 new arrests as universities moved to prevent pro-Palestinian encampments from taking hold as they have at Columbia University.

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By J. David Goodman ,  David Montgomery ,  Jonathan Wolfe and Jenna Russell

This story was reported on the ground from campuses in Austin, Los Angeles, Boston, Rhode Island, San Antonio and New York.

A wave of pro-Palestinian protests spread and intensified on Wednesday as students gathered on campuses around the country, in some cases facing off with the police, in a widening showdown over campus speech and the war in Gaza.

University administrators from Texas to California moved to clear protesters and prevent encampments from taking hold on their own campuses as they have at Columbia University, deploying police in tense new confrontations that already have led to dozens of arrests.

At the same time, new protests continued erupting in places like Pittsburgh and San Antonio. Students expressed solidarity with their fellow students at Columbia, and with a pro-Palestinian movement that appeared to be galvanized by the pushback on other campuses and the looming end of the academic year.

Protesters on several campuses said their demands included divestment by their universities from companies connected to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, disclosure of those and other investments and a recognition of the continuing right to protest without punishment.

The demonstrations spread overseas as well, with students on campuses in Cairo, Paris and Sydney, Australia, gathering to voice support for Palestinians and opposition to the war.

As new protests were emerging, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, visited the Columbia campus in New York, where university officials were seeking to negotiate with protest leaders to end the encampment of around 80 tents still pitched on a central campus lawn.

Mr. Johnson said the school’s president, Nemat Shafik, should resign if she could not immediately get the situation under control, calling her an “inept leader” who had failed to guarantee the safety of Jewish students.

The speaker said there could be an appropriate time for the National Guard to be called in , and that Congress should consider revoking federal funding if universities could not keep the protests under control.

Republican lawmakers have accused university administrators for months of not doing enough to protect Jewish students on college campuses, seizing on an issue that has sharply divided Democrats.

Some of the campus demonstrations that have taken place since the war began last year have included hate speech and expressions of support for Hamas, the armed group based in Gaza that led the deadly attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, sparking the war that has left more than 34,000 people dead in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

One of the biggest new protests on Wednesday was in Texas, where dozens of police officers, many of them in riot gear and some of them on horseback, blocked the path of protesters at the state’s premier public university, the University of Texas at Austin. At least 34 people were arrested after refusing to disperse, according to a state police spokeswoman.

Gov. Greg Abbott said that arrests there would continue until the protesters dispersed. “These protesters belong in jail,” he wrote on X . “Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled.”

Hours earlier, at the Dallas campus of the University of Texas, a large group of student protesters briefly staged a sit-in near the office of the university president, demanding divestments. The students left after the president agreed to meet with them.

At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, the police moved in just before lunchtime to break up an encampment of about 100 pro-Palestinian protesters at the center of campus. As demonstrators chanted, “Shame,” officers tackled at least one protester and put that person into a campus police car, but the protester was later released.

Claudia Galliani, 26, a master’s student in public policy at U.S.C., said she was protesting “to stand in solidarity with the students of Columbia and other campuses across the States who are receiving brutality due to their advocacy for Palestine.” She said that the protesters had been ostracized and accused of antisemitism.

Many U.S.C. students were angered at the cancellation of a commencement address by the valedictorian Asna Tabassum, who is Muslim, after complaints from groups on campus that cited her support on social media for Palestinians.

“I think universities don’t want what’s happening on the East Coast to spread to the West Coast,” said Maga Miranda, a doctoral student in ethnic studies at the University of California, Los Angeles who joined the protest at U.S.C.

Protesters returned later in the day, but the university prevented a permanent encampment from being established, as the tents that had been forcibly removed in the morning were not re-erected.

Just before 6 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department officers ordered them to disperse and threatened them with arrest and expulsion from school. Many protesters moved outside of a police perimeter, but more than two dozen locked arms in the middle of the campus quad, some holding Palestinian flags.

Officers ultimately arrested 93 people for trespassing and one person on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, L.A.P.D. officials announced late Wednesday. Capt. Kelly Muniz of the L.A.P.D. did not have further details on the assault.

By 9 p.m., officers cleared the remaining protesters from the private campus and locked the gates.

At Brown University in Rhode Island, scores of students pitched tents on the campus’s Main Green on Wednesday. Organizers said their minds were on the children and students in Gaza, not on the administration’s warning that the new encampment violated university policy. They promised to stay until they were forced off.

“What we’re putting on the line is so minimal in risk, compared to what Gazans are going through,” said Niyanta Nepal, a junior from Concord, N.H., and the president-elect of the student body. “This is the least we can be doing, as youth in a privileged situation, to take ownership of the situation.”

She said the emergence of a national student movement on college campuses had galvanized Brown students. “I think everyone was ready to act, and the national momentum was what we needed,” she said. Rafi Ash, a sophomore from Amherst, Mass., and a member of Brown University Jews for Ceasefire Now, said the student protesters were in it for the long haul. “We’ll be here until they divest, or until we’re forced off,” he said.

Administrators at Harvard University sought to head off a similar scene by shuttering Harvard Yard, a central gathering place on campus. But students flooded the yard’s grassy patches anyway on Wednesday, rapidly erecting tents as part of an “emergency rally” against the suspension a pro-Palestinian campus group.

At Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, Calif., administrators said they were shutting down the campus through the weekend, concerned that protesters occupying two buildings could spread to others.

Late Tuesday, two students were arrested at Ohio State University, school officials said, during an on-campus protest that had since dispersed.

The protests at the University of Texas at Austin were among the first to take place in a Republican-led state in the South, occurring within walking distance of the governor’s mansion. Like other Republican political leaders, Gov. Greg Abbott has been outspoken in his support for Israel, and last month, he vowed to fight any antisemitism on campus.

University leaders on Tuesday said they had revoked permission for a protest and warned those who might seek to gather anyway.

“The University of Texas at Austin will not allow this campus to be ‘taken,’” two administrators from the Office of the Dean of Students wrote in a letter to the Palestine Solidarity Committee.

State police were deployed to the campus on Wednesday at the request of the university and at Mr. Abbott’s direction, said the state police spokeswoman, Ericka Miller, “in order to prevent any unlawful assembly.”

When protesters began to congregate despite the warnings, the response was swift. Scores of officers formed crowd-control lines, some clutching batons. After having ordered the protesters to disperse, some officers surged into the crowd and hauled several people away, then returned for others.

“Let them go!” some people shouted as the crowd grew.

At one point, hundreds of students and their supporters were gathered on the south mall of the campus, including some who gathered in a large circle and chanted, “Pigs go home!” Soon, the police moved in again, pushing through the crowds and making further arrests.

Ms. Miller said the majority of those arrested were charged with criminal trespassing.

In a statement, the university’s Division of Student Affairs said that the university would not tolerate disruptions “like we have seen at other campuses” and would take action to allow students to finish their classes and final exams “without interruption.”

Anna Betts and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs in New York, Edgar Sandoval in San Antonio and Jose Quezada in Arcata, Calif., contributed reporting.

J. David Goodman is the Houston bureau chief for The Times, reporting on Texas and Oklahoma. More about J. David Goodman

Jonathan Wolfe is a senior staff editor on the newsletters team at The Times. More about Jonathan Wolfe

Jenna Russell is the lead reporter covering New England for The Times. She is based near Boston. More about Jenna Russell

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News and Analysis

The most recent  pro-Israel counter demonstration was at the University of California, Los Angeles, home to large Israeli and Jewish populations. More are planned in the coming days , stirring fears of clashes.

An officer whose gun went off inside a Columbia University building fired it accidentally  as the police were removing pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus, the New York Police Department said.

A union representing academic workers said it would file unfair labor charges  against the U.C.L.A. and potentially walk out over the handling of protests this week.

Exploiting U.S. Divide:  America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify  the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

A Year Full of Conflicts:  The tumult in Bloomington, Ind., at Indiana University where large protests have led to dozens of arrests and calls for university leaders to resign, shows the reach of the protest movement .

Seizing Hamilton Hall:  Some of those arrested during the pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia were outsiders  who appeared to be unaffiliated with the school, according to an analysis of Police Department data.

A Collision Course:  Desperate to stem protests that have convulsed campuses across the country , a small number of universities have agreed to reconsider their investments in companies that do business with Israel. But how?