The Women’s Studies Spring 2015 Speaker Series presents its first lecture, “Pregnant Chicks Get Fat and Other Legal Discoveries” by Dr. Michelle Deardorff.
Stories of Sherman’s March to be presented at UTC
Dr. Anne Sarah Rubin of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will deliver the UTC History Department’s Second Annual Civil War Era Lecture “Stories of Sherman’s March” on Wednesday, January 21, at 6 p.m. in the Raccoon Mountain Room of the UTC University Center.
Journalist challenges UTC audiences with new insight of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy
Jeff Johnson challenged a group of students, faculty, staff, and community members to celebrate the real legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. “The King that did work that was worthy of being honored didn’t make people feel comfortable,” he said. Johnson is an awarding-winning journalist, communications specialist, partner and Chief of Strategy for the Baltimore…
TAKE FIVE 2015 at UTC to focus on literature of World War I
UTC’s popular literary series TAKE FIVE will return in January with a focus on World War I literature, presented by the English Department, Connor Professorship of American Literature, and the Connor Society.
Alumna Kim White speaks to hundreds of business students at entrepreneurial forum
Kim White ’82 was the featured speaker at the 19th Annual Clarence E. Harris Entrepreneurial Forum, presented by the UTC College of Business. The President and CEO of River City Company and proud alumna of UTC told the students she left Chattanooga for more than 20 years, but she is glad to be back. “One…
Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression
UTC’s twenty-second annual Symposium on 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression will be held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 6-8. The purpose of the conference is to share current research and to develop a series of monographs on the 19th century press, the Civil War and the press, and 19th century concepts…
Seminar: “Natural Resource Damage Assessment and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill”
The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series presents Dr. Kevin Reynolds, the Department of the Interior’s Case Manager for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment.
“A Discussion of Health Justice in the Black Community” set for October 28
Protests in Ferguson, Missouri, over the police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown prompted a discussion among several student leaders at UTC, who exchanged their thoughts about what racism looks like in the 21st century. Those discussions motivated the students to take action. The Black Issues Steering Committee began a speaker series this semester,…
Nobel Laureate Thomas J. Sargent addresses UTC crowd
Dr. Thomas J. Sargent is quite sure that President Obama knows two countries that use U.S. currency, but he doubts he could name the third country. Sargent, the William R. Berkeley Professor of Economics and Business at New York University who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences by the Royal Swedish Academy of…
Holocaust lecture, discussion scheduled for October 14
Following the talk, there will be a spirited discussion on Holocaust memory, anti-Semitism in Europe and how teenagers in America, Europe and Israel are using social media to create and share projects.