Two departments teamed up to help students collect and analyze data about usage of the Tennessee Riverpark. Students conducted surveys along several points of the Tennessee Riverpark to capture demographic and usage information. The project began in 2008. Students in English 278, scientific writing, received help from Stefanie deOlloqui, adjunct faculty member in Health and…
V-Day events raise awareness about violence against women
Two performances of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues will be held at the UTC Fine Arts Center’s Roland Hayes Theater on Friday, February 12, and Saturday, February 13, at 7 p.m.
Education students’ regional reading efforts adopted nationally
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program took another step toward increasing literacy among children when students in the UTC Teacher Preparation Academy created new exercises for parents to use as they read to their children.
Concert: “An Earthen Man” to feature McNair’s new music
“An Earthen Man,” a concert featuring poetry by Wendell Berry set to original music by Jonathan B. McNair, will be presented in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall, UTC Fine Arts Center (corner of Vine and Palmetto) on Tuesday, February 16, at 7:30 p.m. Hugh Prevost, Director of Cooperative Education and International Programs, will give a…
Mathematics department to host poster contest
The mathematics department has partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee to host its third annual poster contest, open to all area high school, middle school, and home schooled students on Saturday, February 20, 10 a.m.-noon, University Center, Tennessee Room.
Introduction to Asia Conference open to public
A group of faculty experts will present the Second Annual Introduction to Asia Conference on Wednesday, February 17, from 12:15-3:30 p.m. in the UTC University Center, Raccoon Mountain Room. This event is free and open to the public. The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography is sponsoring the conference.
Women’s Studies spring 2010 lecture series schedule announced
Professors from the Women’s Studies department will present lectures in their areas of expertise as part of the department’s annual lecture series that runs Monday, February 1 through Wednesday, March 31. Topics include women in correctional facilities, the use of sexual epithets, and women missionaries and social reform in 19th century Southern Africa.
Cress Art Gallery offers photographic exhibition
The Cress Gallery of Art offers the public an unusual exhibition free of charge with the support of The Friends of the Gallery and will bring the artists to Chattanooga as part of the UTC John and Diane Marek Visiting Artist Series.
National Endowment for the Humanities renews professor’s funding
Dr. Irven M. Resnick has been awarded $199,756 in renewed funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This funding will support a third summer institute entitled “Representations of the ‘Other’: Jews in Medieval Christendom” for university and college faculty and full-time graduate students. The five-week institute was also conducted in 2003 and 2006.
Medical ethicist from Vanderbilt to deliver Connor Lecture
Dr. Larry Churchill, a distinguished medical ethicist at Vanderbilt University, will deliver the 7tth Annual George Connor Lecture on January 31, 3 p.m. in the Benwood Auditorium, UTC Engineering, Math, and Computer Science Building located at the corner of Vine and Palmetto Streets.