Dr. Jose M. Barbosa, professor in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, was recognized at the Spotlight on Faculty Excellence series on April 4 in the University Center Auditorium.
Students make their pitches at Fly! competition
The annual Fly! Mocs Business Competition for University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students, a spring pitch competition “where a good idea and a strong pitch can earn you some cash and startup resources to move your business forward,” took place on Thursday, April 4, before a standing-room-only audience at the UTC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
UTC mascot history exhibition gets Scrappy flyby
During “I Love UTC Week” from April 1-5, campus icon Scrappy flew by Special Collections and the display cases in the UTC Library’s Roth Grand Reading Room that Special Collections curates. The current exhibition, titled “‘Crowd-Energizing Mission’: A UTC Mascot Retrospective,” includes details and trivia sure to interest any Moc, and Scrappy was no exception. University Archivist Noah Lasley documented the event.
See the work of the UTC community at the 2024 Spring Research and Arts Conference
Are you interested in checking out studio art projects done by students? Do you feel a passion for learning about artificial intelligence or philosophy? What about museum-style exhibits by a medieval magic and medicine class? If so, the Spring Research and Arts conference, the largest academic conference held on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus, will have all that and hundreds more.
Eight isn’t enough for UTC SMILE Fund team
For the eighth consecutive year, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga SMILE Fund team was victorious in the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Greater Tennessee Research Challenge. And not surprisingly, the success has continued.
Elementary excitement: Students dive into learning thanks to UTC-built augmented reality sandbox
Thanks to a partnership with the UTC Department of Electrical Engineering, students at Chattanooga’s Westview Elementary School were introduced to an augmented reality (AR) sandbox at its unveiling on Tuesday, March 26, during the school’s annual Family STEAM Night.
UTC College of Arts and Sciences presents 3rd annual Spotlight on Faculty Excellence
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Arts and Sciences and the CAS Access and Inclusive Excellence Committee will host the annual CAS Spotlight on Faculty Excellence at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the University Center Auditorium. This year’s honoree is Dr. Jose M. Barbosa, a professor in the Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science.
Grant writing done right: ORSP helping faculty and staff fund research
Behind the scenes of UTC faculty research sits the backbone of the operation: the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Faculty rely on grants and sponsorships to fund almost every project. Sometimes, rules and regulations within the applications and awards are hard to see or understand. That is where the staff of the ORSP come in.
Chattanooga sets the pace for connected mobility and enhanced safety with $2M USDOT SMART grant
Pedestrian safety in Chattanooga is set to advance significantly thanks to a $2 million Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Earlier this month, officials from the City of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga were notified that they are among the 34 recipients of a SMART “Planning and Prototyping Grant” from a pool of 321 applicants nationwide.
Up, up and away: UTC student shares his NASA internship experience
Ever since he was little, Ian Tidwell has loved space. After high school, he decided that he wanted to go to space himself. When the opportunity to intern for NASA appeared in the spring of 2023, Tidwell, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, jumped at the chance. He traveled to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to work in field operations as part of a team creating screen displays for ground control.