Since launching in spring 2025, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Nursing’s MobileMOC clinic has delivered preventive health care to older adults across 10 rural Southeast Tennessee counties. Funded by a $2.6 million Tennessee Department of Health grant, the mobile clinic logged more than 2,200 patient touch points, 7,500 miles traveled and 600+…
Unity Group of Chattanooga Remembers Representative Dr. Tommie F. Brown
Dr. Tommie F. Brown, former UTC faculty and Chattanooga state representative, was remembered for her lifelong commitment to social justice, education and community service. The Unity Group of Chattanooga honored her leadership in transforming city governance, expanding representation and advocating for vulnerable children. Brown founded UTC’s Social Work program and broke barriers as an academic…
Unity Group Of Chattanooga Remembers Rep. Dr. Tommie F. Brown
Local nonprofit the Unity Group of Chattanooga honored the life of Dr. Tommie F. Brown, a beloved UTC professor, longtime state legislator and trailblazer who passed away at 91. Brown joined UTC’s faculty in 1971, founded the Social Work program, and served seven terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives, advancing education, equity and civic…
UTC’s RAIL System Saves Rural Tennessee School Districts More Than $22,000 In First Semester
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s new Rural Assessment Intervention Library (RAIL) System is already making an impact by providing free access to educational assessment tools for rural school districts, serving 19 districts and offering 186 resources in its first 3½ months. Participating schools saved more than $22,000 in costs, helping educators better evaluate and…
Renowned Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Natasha Trethewey To Speak At UTC
The Pulse highlights Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey’s visit to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Trethewey will deliver a free public lecture, “The Role of the Humanities in Our Personal and Civic Lives,” on Thursday, Feb. 5, as part of the O’Dea Lecture in the Humanities, featuring readings, a…