This spring, GEAR UP is celebrating its 25th year at UTC. The program connects students primarily from urban schools to college.
Global citizen: UTC’s Emma Roy awarded Boren Scholarship
Emma Roy, currently completing her junior year at UTC, has been selected for the prestigious David L. Boren Scholarship, an initiative of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office, which is part of the U.S. Department of Defense. Beginning in mid-September, she will spend 25 weeks—the equivalent of an academic year—at National Taiwan University as part of the International Chinese Language Program.
UTC students explore England through Jane Austen’s eyes
Students from UTC had the opportunity to immerse themselves fully into the life and world of Jane Austen by traveling abroad to England. The opportunity came thanks to Jayda Coons, assistant professor of English for the UTC Honors College, as part of her spring 2024 course titled Jane Austen’s World. For nine days in March, students visited several of Austen’s most famous whereabouts—including her homes in Chawton, Bath and London.
Driving innovation: UTC marketing students help propel faculty research into the real world
At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, business students are gaining hands-on experience while helping faculty move their research into the marketplace. The UTC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship launched these roles to give students practical experience while bolstering UTC faculty research and commercialization efforts.
In the shadows: UTC students gain exclusive ER experience with Erlanger job shadowing program
Not many undergraduate students can say they have been behind the scenes in an emergency room. After the spring semester, 76 students spanning 11 majors at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will say they have.
Research and creativity flourish at 2024 Spring Research and Arts Conference
Mushrooms, artificial intelligence, state policy, stroke rehabilitation, television shows and medieval magic were some of the 290 unique presentation topics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s annual Spring Research and Arts Conference.
Call me HAL: UTC nursing students learning from state-of-the-art patient simulator
HAL® S5301, billed as the world’s most advanced interdisciplinary patient simulator, is a new addition to the UTC School of Nursing. HAL has artificial intelligence capabilities and can speak, mimic many different emergent situations such as strokes and heart attacks, and be utilized to practice numerous invasive procedures. “We can make him have a stroke. It can have full facial droop. You can change the eyeballs. It can sweat, it can cry.”
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.
Recognizing women in STEM: Bliss Murphy’s road to reptiles
UTC student Bliss Murphy was recently recognized by Gig City Girls for her accomplishments in STEM. Murphy, a sophomore environmental science major from Chattanooga, was featured on Gig City Girls posters found in Hamilton County Schools classrooms during Women’s History Month.
UTC Spanish-English interpreting class prepping vital communicators for growing community impact
At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, a new class led by Dr. Brandee Strickland is offering students hands-on career opportunities in the world of language and communication. The first Spanish-English interpreting class at UTC, Spanish 4640 immerses students in the dynamic realm of interpreting—the art of bridging spoken messages between languages with split-second precision—as opposed to translating written text.