Let UT Verse, UT’s proprietary AI assistant, help you start the new year more organized, less stressed, and ready to excel. Check out these ideas for faculty, staff, and students:  

Start With a Solid Plan 

UT Verse is great at turning chaos into a simple plan you can follow. 

• Faculty can sketch out lectures, office hours, grading blocks, and research time, then ask UT Verse to turn that into a clear weekly plan. 

• Staff can map recurring tasks, deadlines, and meetings into a schedule that makes room for deep-focus work instead of constant rushing. 

• Students can build a realistic week that includes classes, study time, work shifts, and campus activities instead of guessing and hoping it fits. 

Try this: “Help me create a weekly schedule that includes my classes, study sessions, and club meetings.” 

Find the right academic help 

When you are busy, the hardest part is often knowing where to start. UT Verse can help you get to the right resources faster. 

• Faculty can ask for ideas for examples, activities, or readings to support a lesson or to locate sample research articles in a specific area. 

• Staff can look for training materials, policy explanations, or how‑to text for websites and documentation. 

• Students can get plain‑language explanations of tough concepts, suggestions for credible sources, and ideas for how to structure a paper or project. 

Try this: “Can you suggest credible articles on climate change for my research paper?” 

Set Attainable Goals  

A new semester always feels busy; the trick is turning good intentions into habits. UT Verse can walk with you through that process. 

• Faculty can ask for strategies to balance teaching, research, service, and personal time in a way that feels sustainable. 

• Staff can break large projects into smaller steps with realistic timelines and reminders they can actually follow. 

• Students can turn vague hopes (“do better this semester”) into concrete goals with weekly actions and simple check‑ins. 

Try this: “Help me set academic goals for this semester and suggest ways to stay motivated and manage my time.” 

Get Quick Answers About UT 

Instead of digging through multiple sites, you can ask UT Verse the practical questions that slow you down. 

• New and returning students can ask about libraries, advising, parking maps, and how to use key systems like registration and Canvas. 

• Staff can check steps for reserving rooms, planning events, or finding the right office for a specific service. 

• Faculty can ask about teaching tools, AI policies, or where to find support for instructional technology. 

Try this: “Where is the nearest parking option to Ayres Hall, and where can I see the campus parking map?” 

Simply visit UTVerse.tennessee.edu, log in with your credentials, and tackle one real task today.