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.
Conference sheds light on beginning of World War I
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI, conference features scholars from all over the US and at least four other countries.
Presentation: Mammalian communal care of offspring
Major goal of this research is to determine the ecological and evolutionary conditions favoring plural breeding with communal care.
Seasoned journalist discusses Obama administration, transparency
Dan Lothian began covering the White House for CNN when the Bush administration was transitioning out and the President-Elect was pledging more access and transparency for reporters and the public. “No matter how much we get, it’s not enough,” Lothian explained to students, faculty, staff and members of the community at the UC Auditorium. As…