On a summer morning in the mountains of East Tennessee, a group of UTC students and researchers waded through the waters of Bumbee Creek.
Introducing MocsBooks: The new way to buy your books
Starting Monday, July 27, the MocsBooks Total Access Program will offer UTC undergraduate students a simpler, potentially more budget-friendly option for buying their textbooks and materials.
Behind the research at UTC: Dr. Jenny Hogg
The applications of research at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga range from quantum and the automotive industry to Tennessee’s rivers and streams, and even to track, field and hardwood. Dr. Jenny Hogg, an athletic training professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance, aims to help athletes perform at their best.
UTC Center for Professional Education to offer two AI programs in September
As artificial intelligence becomes a bigger part of day-to-day work across industries, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Center for Professional Education will offer two online programs in September to help working professionals build practical AI skills for different needs and experience levels. The two offerings are AI Essentials with Prompting, a live online workshop scheduled for Sept. 15 and Sept. 17, and CompTIA Security AI+ Certification Prep, an eight-week live online course that begins Sept. 19.
The people of UTC: Get to know Kimele Carter and the Center for Student Accessibility
Kimele Carter’s role involves helping students connect with accommodations, assistive technology, guidance and support. She wants students to know the space is welcoming, not intimidating, and that any student can stop by with questions.
How to pack a problem: Now with 90% less baggage
Imagine you’re traveling for work. You need to leave Chattanooga, visit Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, then make it back home before the end of the week. There are several ways to make the trip, but one route gets you home using the least time and distance. Easy enough, right? Now imagine the trip gets more complicated. Instead of four cities, you have 24. Some meetings have to happen at certain times. Others depend on stops you’ve already made. A flight is delayed. Suddenly, one change ripples through the rest of your itinerary. Finding a route may still be easy. Finding the best route becomes much harder.
Behind the research at UTC: Dr. Jason Peter
For Mary B. Jackson Assistant Professor of Nursing Jason Peter, service has always been a passion. Teaching at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Nursing, Peter serves as the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program director, a concentration within UTC’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program.
Bringing quantum to the classroom: Teachers explore quantum research and technology at UTC
From June 22-26, Division of Communications and Marketing staff writer Carter Graham spent five days with a cohort of Tennessee middle and high school teachers at the 2026 Quantum Computing, Mathematics and Physics Camp (QCaMP), exploring the future of quantum technology.
UTC to launch 140th anniversary celebration with 1886 Challenge, 140 Community Events initiative
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will begin a yearlong celebration of its 140th anniversary this fall, highlighted by the 1886 Challenge, 140 Events for 140 Years and a campuswide celebration on Founder’s Day (Tuesday, Sept. 15).
The people of UTC: Get to know Honors College Dean Shawn Bingham
UTC’s new Honors College dean, Dr. Shawn Bingham, is a sociologist whose research has taken him from disability advocacy and consumer culture to the tiny house movement and political art. He’s also passionate about working closely with students and creating interdisciplinary classes that don’t fit into a single department.