Department of Art Assistant Professor Bart Pushaw is a self-described “art historian of the colonial Americas, focusing on the circumpolar North and Central America between 1700 and 1950.” When he was a postdoctoral fellow in the international research group “The Art of Nordic Colonials: Writing Transcultural Art Histories” in Copenhagen, he emphasized “the global entanglements of material and visual culture of the indigenous Arctic, especially when it coincides with the Black Atlantic and Pacific.”
Scrappily ever after: Homecoming Week 2024 comes to a close
After a full week of events and celebration, the Mocs’ football win against Virginia Military Institute on Saturday, Oct. 26, capped off Homecoming Week 2024 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Scrappy Ever After: A picture-perfect Homecoming Week fairytale
An array of photos of Homecoming Week 2024 activities captured through the lens of UTC photographer Angela Foster.
NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens offering free football tickets to Hamilton County Schools students, employees and families for Oct. 26 game
In partnership with UTC’s Division of Access and Engagement, Terrell Owens is offering Hamilton County Schools students, teachers, and their families the opportunity to cheer on the Mocs at Finley Stadium on Saturday, October 26. A total of 500 complimentary tickets will be available.
Snapshots from the Power C Tour: Knoxville welcomes UTC spirit
The third annual Power C Tour—a statewide outreach effort to prospective students on academic programs, admissions, housing, financial aid and campus life at UTC—visited the Knoxville Convention Center on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The Power C Tour gives local high school students, transfers, graduate students and their families a feel for UTC. Representatives from the academic colleges, student services and campus leaders—plus current students and mascot Scrappy—were on hand to answer questions and make connections in a friendly, relaxed environment.
Justice on display: Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals holds session at UTC
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals took to the road and heard three cases in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library’s Roth Grand Reading Room, allowing UTC students the opportunity to witness the legal process in action.
Leading the quantum frontier: NSF funding accelerates UTC’s QISE program
Thanks to an almost $800,000 funding award from the National Science Foundation, the Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is off to a great start.
UTC raises nearly $2.9 million from 2,201 donors on Mocs Give Day
UTC raised $2,899,459.06 from 2,201 donors during its fifth annual Mocs Give Day on Oct. 1. The day’s original fundraising goal of $2,000,000 from 2,000 donors was exceeded by nearly 45% in dollars raised.
A “Scrappy Ever After” 2024 Homecoming Week
With a week of “Scrappy Every After” themed events, this year’s University of Tennessee at Chattanooga homecoming activities will be nothing short of a fairytale.
Numerous campus departments have prepared activities to bring students, alumni, faculty and staff together to feel the UTC school spirit.
Hamilton County and UTC receive $844,294 federal grant to support Recidivism Reduction Initiative
The three-year project, titled the Recidivism Reduction Initiative (RRI), is designed to improve public safety by reducing recidivism rates among justice-involved individuals in Hamilton County’s misdemeanor supervision programs. Hamilton County is the lead on the project, with UTC’s Department of Criminal Justice providing research and data analysis to assess program effectiveness and measure outcomes.