Anna Tenpenny admits she was “geeking.” Walking through the brand-new Kennedy Outpatient Center for the Children’s Hospital at Erlanger, not only was she dazzled with the building itself, she also gazed with wonder upon the electronic kiosks that register patients at the center. It’s a system she and two other students pitched to Erlanger officials,…
Researching the hows and whys of brain changes through life
For further information about Jill Shelton’s CALM Lab, visit www.sheltoncalmlab.com. Consider this scenario: Your spouse asked you to pick up an item at the grocery store on your way home from work, and the supermarket was indeed on your route home. Once you noticed the store’s sign, your brain reminds you of the task at…
Chattanooga named in Top 50 Smart City projects for ethical data use
Read more about Chattanooga’s ethical data practices As many urban areas adopt “smart city” initiatives, Chattanooga is doing so with a slightly different approach—and now, the city is being recognized for its ethical practices. The Smart 50 Awards, created by US Ignite, Smart Cities Connect and Smart Cities Connect Foundation listed Chattanooga’s data analytics practices…
Local high school students create art for public display
UTC Southeast Center for the Education in the Arts (SCEA) and the Challenger STEM Learning Center worked with EPB on ArtSpark.
Eliminating errors: Noelle Currey makes TVA testing more efficient
UTC’s College of Engineering alum Noelle Currey receives TVA’s highest engineering honor—the 2020 Ike Zeringue Engineer of the Year award.
Inmates to some; but students to Wright and others
Each time Haven Wright left the Bradley County or Hamilton County jails, she heard “Thank you.” Heard it a lot. “They were very appreciative. There wasn’t a day or class period that I walked out of there and they weren’t thanking me for our time because they were very grateful and they view it as…
UTC grad named Tennessee Outstanding Tech Teacher of 2019
UTC alum earns state’s Tech Teacher of the Year Award.
His and history: Richard Rice discusses cartoons and cartooning
Art Exhibition What: Exhibition by the Mountain Arts Guild Where: Exum Gallery inside St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St. When: 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 Admission: Free Information: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; exhibition runs through Jan. 12 Before he sends one of his single-panel cartoons to The Wall Street Journal for possible publication,…
Mina Sartipi: Woman of Influence
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Professor Mina Sartipi has been named among the most influential business leaders in Chattanooga for 2019 by Edge magazine. Read more below about her work in and out of the classroom. A lot of people and partners are betting on Mina Sartipi and the Center for Urban…
Covering comics collective to get a taste of journalism
“This class feels like a full-time job,” says senior Alex Ogle. That’s kind of the point. Ogle, who is majoring in communication, is talking about Rising Rock, the course that introduces students to real-world journalism, opening their eyes to the multiple and sometimes complicated steps it takes to put together a multimedia project that…