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Students and donors come together for ‘one of the most meaningful events we have every year’

March 27, 2023Chuck Wasserstrom

The 2023 Scholarship Luncheon, hosted by the Division of Advancement, brought nearly 200 people to the University Center Tennessee Room. The event provided an opportunity for students to thank their benefactors and for donors to get to know the students who benefited from their generosity.

Memphis, here we come: UTC Mock Trial advances to nationals

March 21, 2023Chuck Wasserstrom

For the fourth time in eight years, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mock Trial team has advanced to the national championship tournament. The tournament, which takes place April 14-16 in Memphis at host site Rhodes College, features 48 mock trial teams from across the country.

Home away from home: New residential learning communities create ‘a sense of belonging’

March 8, 2023Sam Lennon

The College of Arts and Sciences launched five new residential learning communities (RLCs) in fall 2022. These are living/learning communities made up of students with similar interests or areas of study. The goal is to speed up the process of forging a community while away at college.

Ideas continue to spring to life in ‘Hatch It!’ Lab’s second year

March 1, 2023Shawn Ryan

Now celebrating its second year in operation, the Hatch It! Lab is far more than just a place to make 3D-printed defense weapons. Students in 41 courses such as botany, literature, psychology, Afrofuturism, education and criminal justice have used the lab.

Magical medicine: UTC professor explores palm and face reading as diagnostic tools in Middle Ages

February 1, 2023Shawn Ryan

Palm and face reading were tools used by physicians in the Middle Ages, “a way for physicians to understand on the outside of the body what is happening on the inside of the body,” said Dr. Kira Robison, associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Thompson, Watson named to SoCon honors team

January 4, 2023Chuck Wasserstrom

Dr. Michael Thompson and Will Watson from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga have been selected to the 2022-2023 All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team.

UTC Mock Trial team has a grand ole time in Nashville

November 11, 2022Chuck Wasserstrom

The UTC Mock Trial undergraduate student organization took home top honors in the Grand Ole Tournament hosted by Vanderbilt University at the Davidson County Courthouse in Nashville.

Grain changer: UTC to host discussion on how wheat shifted world power

October 13, 2022Chuck Wasserstrom

The premise that American wheat changed the balance of world power is the subject of a panel discussion being hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of History on Friday, Oct. 21. The event, titled “What’s Grain Got To Do With It?” will begin at 7 p.m. in the Guerry Center Reading Room.