Can you be a good person in a bad world? Playwright Bertolt Brecht’s explores this question: protagonist Shen Te struggles to live harmoniously with her troublesome neighbors.
Chemistry students, faculty, participate in SERMACS meeting
Heir Jordan was not sure he wanted to attend an American Chemical Society meeting during fall break, but after meeting a Nobel Prize winner, he’s glad he did.
University community honors Luther Masingill
Dr. Betsy Alderman, Head of the UTC Department of Communication, remembers local broadcasting legend Luther Masingill. Known simply as “Luther,” Masingill began his decades-long career at Engel Stadium and was on air during both the attacks on Pearl Harbor and on September 11. He passed away at the age of 92 on October 20, 2014.…
Seminar: “Natural Resource Damage Assessment and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill”
The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series presents Dr. Kevin Reynolds, the Department of the Interior’s Case Manager for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment.
UTC department head elected to Council of the American Political Science Association
Dr. Michelle Deardorff has been elected to the Council of the American Political Science Association (APSA). It is the leading professional organization for the study of political science; more than 15,000 APSA members reside in excess of 80 countries. Deardorff, professor and head of the Department of Political Science, Public Administration, and Nonprofit Management at…
UTC Theatre Company presents Clybourne Park
UTC Theatre Company in conjunction with the First Tennessee Foundation presents Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park.
A Pulitzer and Tony Winner, this bitingly funny and provocative drama explores the history of the house bought by the Younger family of the American classic, A Raisin in the Sun.
“Hollywood’s Great War”
Dr. Pearl James will present “Hollywood’s Great War” a lecture about American war film portrayals of World War I, as part of a series of UTC events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the war.
Dr. Bryan Hampton and Dr. Chris Stuart honored with model ship dedication
Dr. Bryan Hampton and Dr. Christopher Stuart were recently honored with the dedication of model ships created by Frank Hill, a longtime lover of UTC. Hill has been associated with the University for forty seven years; thirty five years as an adjunct professor and twelve years as a student, auditing classes primarily in the humanities.
UTC team studying how Appalachian plants respond to climate change
As the seasons change, we’re used to seeing large numbers of geese migrate and fly to a warmer or cooler climate. But what about plants? Even though they’re rooted in the ground, could they migrate as well? That’s the question Dr. Jennifer Boyd, UTC Associate Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and a team of…
Two lectures to be delivered by Princeton historian
Sheldon Garon, Princeton’s Nissan Professor of Japanese Studies, will deliver two lectures at UTC. “Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves” — Monday, Sept. 8. “On the Transnational Destruction of Cities: What Japan and the U.S. learned from the Bombing of Britain and Germany in World War II” — Tuesday, Sept. 9.