Six weeks after curing different sections of a hog’s belly during an interactive “Food and Southern History” class discussion, a guest instructor returned to campus with the finished product.
A cure for bacon? Preserving Southern food and history
Studying the why and the what people eat.
Article by History department head published in prestigious journal
Mike Thompson examines the connections between racial politics and disease in the antebellum South.
Students take a toolmaking trip to the Paleolithic past
Students learn to use and make archaic weaponry and tools to better understand the evolution of human technology around the world.
Virtual symposium examines the Civil War press
Conference will feature 50 speakers from more than 35 colleges and universities.
Author to discuss slave trade in the Southeast
One of the men who ran the slave trade in the South had a strong connection to Southeast Tennessee.
Four professors selected for UT Alumni Association Faculty Awards
All professors were from the UTC College of Arts and Sciences.
Two students win North Callahan essay competition
Only one student usually chosen as best in undergraduate competition.
Steamship wreckage located in Tennessee River
The work was OK’d with a permit from the Tennessee Division of Archaeology. The sonar equipment was loaned by ECHO81 out of Hartwell, Georgia. The UTC Walker Center for Teaching and Learning provided a mini-grant to rent the pontoon boat. The boat was rented through Chattanooga’s Erwin Marine. Morgan Smith wasn’t sure he’d find what…
Taking a Chaunce: Daily posts recognize notable Blacks over the decades
Chauncey Figgures admits he is a history geek. Figgures, a junior in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Communication program, has long been interested in reading about the trailblazers in Black history. So he has taken the next step this month by turning what he has learned into short stories about historical figures…