Take Back the Night Chattanooga is an internationally recognized event that is a visible stand against sexual violence, specifically violence against women.
Kathi Weeks presents ‘Down with Love: Feminist Critique and the New Ideologies of Work’ on Oct. 26
Kathi Weeks, professor of gender, sexuality and feminist studies at Duke University draws from 1970’s critiques of the ideologies of love and romance to develop a critique of the popular literature advice that directs employees to find love and happiness at work.
Department of Mathematics Colloquium Series hosts Lakmali Weerasena, Oct. 20
Lakmali Weerasena presents: A Local-search Algorithm and a Tolerance Function for Multi-objective Combinatorial Optimization Problems.
College wrestling giants heading to Chattanooga, Jan. 1-2
The 2018 Southern Scuffle, presented by Compound Clothing, will feature wrestlers from nine teams who finished in the top 25 at last year’s NCAA Tournament—all making their way to Chattanooga for the Jan. 1-2 event, hosted by UTC. The NCAA Champion Penn State Nittany Lions lead this group that includes Ohio State (2), Oklahoma State…
Flora, Fauna, and Flute: nature inspired concert features flute and narrator, Oct. 22
This concert for flute and narrator follows a theme of nature with musical selections and narrations based on birds, flowers, trees and animals.
MOCForward: Topics, including touchy ones, discussed at Diversity & Inclusion conference
Multiple aspects of diversity and inclusion—some on touchy topics—were presented at the inaugural Moving Our Campus (MOC) Forward: An Inclusive Excellence Conference
MOCForward focuses on diversity and inclusion
Moving Our Campus (MOC) Forward: An Inclusive Excellence Conference was held in the University Center on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The conference’s theme was “Exploring Inclusion as a Path to Excellence.” Embracing diversity and inclusion is one of the four top goals in UTC’s Strategic Plan.
UTC professor leads team to study what makes some plants common, some plants rare
With a $1.1 million grant, UTC’s Dr. Jennifer Boyd and researchers from four other universities will try to learn why certain plants do well in particular environments while plants in the same genus—their “cousins,” so to speak—are very rare.
In a Graveyard: Choral concert explores themes of death and remembrance, Oct. 21
The concert featuring Hugo Distler’s Totentanz, is a collection of music thematically connected to Halloween and All Saints Day.
State legislature memorializes Wolford with proclamation
James “Bucky” Wolford ’69, UTC Distinguished Alumnus Award winner and former chair of the University of Chattanooga Foundation, was remembered with a proclamation by the Tennessee General Assembly.