Dr. Sean Richards, professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences, will present “Human Pharmaceuticals in our Lakes and Rivers” on January 29, at 3 p.m. in the Raccoon Mountain Rooms of the UTC University Center. This presentation, sponsored by the UTC Chapter of Sigma Xi, is free and open to the public.
Experience the 2014 UTC Department of Art Annual Juried Student Exhibition
The Cress Gallery of Art at The University of Tennessee Chattanooga announces the 2014 UTC Department of Art Juried Student Exhibition, supported by the Friends of the Cress Gallery. Jered Sprecher, Artist and Associate Professor of Art at University of Tennessee Knoxville, serves as juror.
Presentation: “Seeing is Believing: New Evidence for Prospective Memory Monitoring”
Dr. Jill Shelton, Assistant Professor of Psychology at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, will present “Seeing is Believing: New evidence for Prospective Memory Monitoring” on Tuesday, January 14 at 3 p.m. in the Lookout Mountain Room of the UTC University Center.
Consul-General of Japan in Nashville visits UTC
Motohiko Kato, Consul-General of Japan in Nashville, visited UTC recently and met with Chancellor Steve Angle. While he was in Chattanooga, Kato also met with Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke and Charles Wood, Vice President for Economic Development for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. Kato was in the Scenic City to discuss education, Tennessee-Japan relations,…
Take Five Series to focus on Appalachian Literature
UTC’s popular Take Five literary series returns in 2014 with a focus on Appalachian Literature. This year’s series will take place Tuesday nights from January through April.
UTC launches series of learning lunches
It’s a common misconception that dyslexia is just reading words incorrectly, but according to Dr. James Herman of MTSU, the learning disability has deeper neurological roots. Herman was on campus to speak at a new series focused on community education, sponsored by the UTC McKee Chair of Excellence.
Ted Alling inspires College of Business students
Ted Alling admitted that he and the co-founders of Access America Transport never created a business plan and “none of us are smart people.” What he and his two best friends from college did have were complementary skills and two goals: to create the best place in America to work, and to form a company that would make $100 million dollars.
Former prime minister of Slovakia speaks on campus
When Iveta Radicova, former Prime Minister of Slovakia, first visited the United States in the ’90s, she caught a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty from the window of the airplane. “Instead of holding a flame, she should be holding a credit card. Because the entrance to the rights and freedoms, and the standard of living we enjoy primarily relies on credits,” she said.
Lecture: “‘If There is a Worse Place Than Hell, I Am in It’: Abraham Lincoln as a War Leader”
Dr. Stephen Berry of the University of Georgia will deliver the lecture “‘If There is a Worse Place Than Hell, I Am in It’: Abraham Lincoln as a War Leader” on Wednesday, November 6, at 6 p.m. at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University Center, Signal Mountain Room.
Diane Marek Visiting Artist expresses serious ideas with doodles
In Michael Scoggins’s art exhibit, “A Day in the Life,” visitors to the Cress Gallery will find something surprising – pages of a spiral bound notebook recreated by hand on a colossal scale. Scoggins is the Diane Marek Visiting Artist featured in the Cress through December 6.