From The Beatles to Simon and Garfunkel, the Trembling Troubadours returned to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a performance that showcased their voices and raised awareness about Parkinson’s disease.
UTC School of Nursing chapter receives global distinction
The Zeta Alpha Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma Nursing) at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has earned the Chapter Key Award—the organization’s highest distinction.
Golden girls of nursing: UTC legends reflect on a legacy
Prior to NightinGala 2025, Dr. Cherry Guinn, Professor Emeritus Martha Butterfield and Professor Emeritus Barbara Norwood sat down with the UTC video team to reminisce about the founding of the University’s School of Nursing.
Graduate and launch a business: UTC occupational therapy students do both
“If students have evidence to support an idea, we give them the flexibility to explore it,” said Dr. Erin Melhorn, who oversees the occupational therapy doctoral capstones at UTC. “Sometimes that becomes research, sometimes a new tool, a business or even a model for delivering care.”
UTC’s Chris Smith earns national recognition for military support
Dr. Chris Smith, director of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing, has been recognized with the Patriot Award from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) program.
From driving simulators to award-winning research, psychology graduate Shyla Khan’s road to internship and opportunity
For the last year, Shyla Khan—who earned a Master of Science in Psychological Science degree from UTC in spring 2025—has been working at the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer, conducting research utilizing a driving simulator.
UTC mathematician Xiunan Wang receives prestigious NSF LEAPS-MPS Award
Dr. Xiunan Wang, assistant professor in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Mathematics, has received a $249,993 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) program.
Simulated patient, real emotions: AI bringing realism to UTC nursing simulation
Earlier this summer, students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice adult gerontology acute care program piloted an end-of-life training scenario unlike anything they had previously encountered in the University’s Metro Annex Safe Hospital. The twist? Students weren’t just caring for a simulated patient in the mock clinical setting. They also had to navigate a phone conversation with the patient’s daughter, which was played not by a faculty member or actor, but by artificial intelligence.
UTC, Siskin Hospital expand partnership with new geriatric PT residency
UTC’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program and Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation are expanding their collaborative partnership with the creation of a Geriatric PT Residency Program—one of just two of its kind in Tennessee.
With ‘Adaptive Tai Chi,’ UTC’s Zibin Guo shares 20 years of wisdom in motion
Dr. Zibin Guo has spent more than two decades exploring how ancient traditions can help address the challenges of modern life. That research is now the subject of his second book, “Adaptive Tai Chi: An Accessible Practice for Empowering Body and Mind,” which will be available in July.