The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has recorded an unofficial spring 2026 enrollment of 11,085 students, marking the first time in University history that spring enrollment has exceeded 11,000.
UTC’s Murat Barisik earns third journal cover recognition in recent months
For the third time over the past year, a research paper co-authored by University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Murat Barisik has been featured on the cover of an international journal. Barisik is a co-author of the cover article in Nanomaterials, a journal focused on materials science research.
Shared simulation: Communication takes center stage in UTC DNP, Erlanger collaboration
A recent simulation collaboration paired University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Doctor of Nursing Practice students and Erlanger nursing residents at the start of bedside practice, giving both groups space to step into unfamiliar roles and work through clinical decisions in a controlled environment.
Answering the call in mental health
Christine Macias and Douglas Wilson aren’t new to being newcomers. In fall 2025, they entered the first cohort of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program at UTC, a concentration within the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.
UTC’s RAIL System delivers early cost savings for rural school districts
In its first 3½ months of operation, the RAIL System, housed within the UTC School Psychology program, served 19 school districts across Tennessee and provided access to 186 assessment tools and related resources—saving participating districts more than $22,000 in costs they would otherwise have incurred purchasing the materials themselves.
7,529 miles and counting: UTC’s MobileMOC delivers care in rural communities
Since launching in spring 2025, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Nursing’s MobileMOC medical outreach clinic has delivered preventive care, screenings, education and referrals to older adults and caregivers across rural counties, logging thousands of miles, thousands of patient touch points and hundreds of student learning hours through an interprofessional team spanning nursing, occupational therapy, social work, nutrition and advanced practice providers.
Artificial intelligence in nursing
Laurel Rhyne remembers the very first time she heard about generative artificial intelligence. It was December 18, 2022. She was listening to a National Public Radio story in her car while crossing the Market Street Bridge. “The focus was all on plagiarism and what it was going to do for higher ed,” explained Rhyne, an associate lecturer in the UTC College of Nursing. “What I saw was so much more. “Our whole world is going to change.”
UTC invited to join Southeastern Quantum Collaborative
This week, UTC accepted an invitation to join the Southeastern Quantum Collaborative (SQC), created by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Founding members of the SQC include IBM, Davidson Technologies and Alabama A&M University. Additional organizations—including UTC, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, IonQ and Leidos—have committed to join as inaugural members.
How students use Canvas: Grad student maps attention and engagement
If you’re a student or faculty member at the UTC, you have most likely used Canvas. Menekse Adar, a graduate student in engineering management at UTC’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, is working to understand how different Canvas course layouts shape students’ engagement in their classes.
UTC, Erlanger celebrate first Acute Care Physical Therapy Residency graduate
UTC and Erlanger marked a milestone with the graduation of the first resident from their jointly developed Acute Care Physical Therapy Residency during a ceremony at Erlanger Baroness Hospital. The event recognized the completion of the yearlong program by Dr. Cheryl Self, a licensed physical therapist at Erlanger who received her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from UTC in 2020.