A new publication by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute titled “Teaching About 9/11 in 2011: What Our Children Need to Know” includes an essay by Dr. Lucien Ellington at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In “Civic and Historical Literacy for a Dangerous World” he asks: “Why are we largely, in times that require the…
Faculty spend summer teaching, researching, traveling
Many UTC faculty members passed on lazy days spent in the summer sun in favor of completing research, teaching classes, and publishing articles.
UTC to host community book club event
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, the inspirational story of William Kamkwamba, a boy in Malawi, Africa who built his own windmill from found materials at age 14 has been selected as the inaugural book for the University’s First Year Reading Experience (FYRE) program. As part of the University’s…
University community remembers the magic of Harry Potter
Muggles around the world will flood theatres today to see the final Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two. As the Potter saga comes to close, UTC students, faculty, and staff take a look back on the life of the Boy Who Lived and the story that has bewitched their lives.
Chemistry mystery stories reach a wide audience
A series of whodunnit mysteries featured in the inaugural virtual issue of the Journal of Chemical Education (JCE) can be traced back to UTC.
University photo assistant’s work selected in city art contest
University photo assistant Jaimie Davis’s artwork brightens posters, websites, and magazines, but it has never been wrapped on an entire bus. After winning a city-wide arts contest, everyone can see her winning digital photograph on a CARTA bus.
Alumnus Ben Williams cast in innovative off-Broadway production
Ben Williams (Photo courtesy of Ariana Smart) Theatre and Speech faculty member Karen Henderson recently saw an innovative off-Broadway production of The Sound and the Fury, which she described as “a challenging, creatively original, artistically masterful production featuring ensemble acting of extremely high caliber.” This intriguing adaptation of William Faulkner’s Nobel prize-winning novel features UTC…