An international audience of academic peers provided excellent feedback for two UTC College of Business faculty members who presented research at the Sixth Annual Art and Science of Service Conference in Spain.
Workshop certifies teachers to borrow lunar samples
Talk about creating excitement in a child’s education—imagine an elementary or middle school student who gets to examine moon rocks in their classroom! With a grant from the National Space Grant Foundation, Dr. Deborah McAllister conducted a weeklong workshop for pre-service elementary and middle school teachers that featured ways to use multimedia materials provided in…
Chattanooga partnership provides innovative power technology to Tennessee Valley
Officials and representatives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, recently inaugurated the City’s first Bloom Box, a 100kW energy server poised to become an important alternative energy source for the nation’s power grid. The energy server uses solid oxide fuel cell technology developed by California’s Bloom Energy. Researchers from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s SimCenter: National Center…
Biology student stays connected while studying overseas
Arielle Lankford, a senior biology major, spent spring semester in the Sydney, Australia suburb of North Ryde, as part of the International Education Study Abroad Program. Lankford described her study abroad experience as life changing.
Tom Losh becomes new Alumni Board of Directors President
This year Alumni Board of Directors took the theme “Advocacy for the University” to their companies, their communities, and the people they came in contact with every day, according to Mike Purcell, outgoing Alumni Board of Directors President.
Summer undergraduate chemistry research program marks 25th year
For 25 years chemistry majors have been developing their critical thinking skills and gaining practical experience as part of the Chemistry Department’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) held every summer. “The URP Program is competitive. Currently, about half of the students who apply for the program are selected to participate,” said Gregory J. Grant, Irvine W.…
Art students design mock storefronts on M.L. King Boulevard
[slickr-flickr tag=”mockstorefronts” items=”3″ type=”slideshow” captions=”off” delay=”3″ size=”small”] Using their creativity to invest in the rejuvenation of M.L. King Boulevard, UTC art students contributed their talents to “Re-Vision MLK.” Students formed a partnership with the Center for Creative Arts, and Leadership Chattanooga. “We hope to put the area in the spotlight and spark interest from entrepreneurs,”…
Restoring an American treasure
Dr. Hill Craddock, Davenport assistant professor of biology, biological and environmental sciences, calls restoring the American chestnut tree “the right thing to do,” especially since the blight that destroyed the US population of the American chestnut tree was caused by human carelessness. The blight, imported to the U.S. on Asian chestnut trees in the early…
Retired professors honored for years of service
The UTC Faculty Senate and the entire campus community honors retiring faculty members for their outstanding service to the University.
UTC team selected to attend National Summer Engaging Departments Institute
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) selected a team from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to attend the Engaging Departments Institute at the University of Pennsylvania from July 7-11, 2010. The UTC team will include: Dr. Barbara Norwood (Nursing and incoming chair of the General Education Committee), Dr. Victoria Steinberg (Foreign Languages),…