A child slave ring between Haiti and New York became the focus of a recent episode of “Law and Order” on NBC, and soon this topic will be discussed on campus. On Thursday, January 22, Dr. Obi N. I. Ebbe will present “Global Trafficking in Women and Children” from 12:15-1:30 p.m. in the Raccoon Mountain…
Grant awarded for Mini Baja competition
UTC engineering students preparing for the 2009 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Mini Baja Series® received a $7000 grant from DENSO North America Corporation. Dr. Rob Goulet, who has served as faculty advisor for the UTC Mini Baja participants, received the grant approval from DENSO.
Music Department welcomes guest pianist on Jan. 20
The UTC Department of Music welcomes guest artist and pianist Dr. Catherine Godes on Tuesday, January 20, to the Roland Hayes Concert Hall, UTC Fine Arts Center at the corner of Palmetto and Vine Streets. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public free of charge.
Dept. of Art 2009 Juried Student Exhibition opens Jan. 6
The UTC Department of Art 2009 Juried Student Exhibition will be available for viewing in the Cress Gallery of Art through January 25.
InfoSec scholarship
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s InfoSec Center, a Center for Information Assurance (CIA), will offer scholarships in information assurance beginning in the 2009-10 academic year. Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), these scholarships cover full tuition, related books, required fees, room and board and a yearly stipend of $17,000 for graduate students…
UTC represented at Volkswagen expo
UTC was among the partners represented at the Volkswagen career and supplier expo, where the line of applicants waiting to be considered spilled into the hallway and wrapped around the Chattanooga Convention Center Thursday, November 20.
SimCenter: National Center for Computational Engineering signs new agreement
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga announces the signing of a research and development partnership agreement between UTC’s SimCenter: National Center for Computational Engineering and Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y-12 (B&W Y-12).
Information Security Center earns NSA, DHS designation
UTC’s InfoSec Center (Information Security) has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE) by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for academic years 2008 – 2013. Dr. Joseph Kizza, Coordinator of the InfoSec Center, worked with a team of educators to prepare…
Nobel Laureate to speak on campus
The Burkett Miller Distinguished Guest Lecturer for 2008 is Dr. Thomas Schelling, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics. He will speak on Monday, October 6, at noon in the University Center Auditorium at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Schelling will present “Managing the World’s Greenhouse Problem.”
New online mapping service announced
The Southeast Watershed Forum and The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga are launching a new and valuable resource for land and water protection. The Community Resource Mapper provides a free, user-friendly, online mapping service that will help communities integrate natural resource protection into land-use planning efforts.