The city has also been working with startups and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to come up with ways to improve traffic safety. UTC already operates a testbed on East M.L. King Boulevard that includes cameras, lidar, radar and audio to better understand how pedestrians use Chattanooga’s transportation networks. Lidar is short for light detection and…
UTC Honors Local Heroes at Annual Veterans Day Luncheon
At University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, students, staff and community members gathered at the Wolford Family Athletic Center for the annual Veterans Day luncheon honoring local heroes. Terry Ellis — a professor of nursing and first lieutenant in the Army National Guard — served as keynote speaker, sharing his experiences caring for injured soldiers and…
UTC professor and 1st Lieutenant honoring veterans at university event
At University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the annual Veterans Day luncheon brought together students, faculty and members of the military community to honor service and sacrifice. Assistant Professor of Practice Terry Ellis—also a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army National Guard—served as keynote speaker, reflecting on his family’s long history of service and the commitment…
4-Star General B.B. Bell Donates Papers And Memoir To UTC Library Special Collections
Retired four-star U.S. Army General B.B. Bell, a 1969 alum of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has donated his personal archives—including 37 chronologically organized boxes of documents—and his memoir Memoirs of a Nondescript Four-Star General: A Love Story to UTC’s Special Collections. The materials trace his 39-year military career and his 54-year marriage to…
UTC Police Department welcomes Sergeant Sophie the therapy K-9
Sergeant Sophie, a one-year-old Labrador Retriever, has joined the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Police Department as the campus’s first dedicated therapy K-9, beginning service November 3. Handler Corporal Aaron Bayer, along with Chief Sean O’Brien and EM Director Brett Fuchs, emphasize Sophie’s role in community engagement rather than law-enforcement—offering comfort to students, staff, victims…