Dr. Irina Khmelko grew up under communist control in Kiev, Ukraine, and faced persecution just for sneaking to attend church. Khmelko is now assisting her native country in forming a more democratic government by partnering with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
University welcomes back students
Fall semester at UTC began with paintball, a pool party, and 100-feet of ice cream, as Welcome Week kicked off to welcome students to campus.
UTC student trades Miss Chattanooga crown for hard hat
UTC student Dacey Winkleman may be the reigning Miss Chattanooga, but when she went to her summer internship, she traded the glitzy dresses, shoes, and crown in for jeans, steel toed boots, and a hard hat.
College of Business to offer online MBA
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Business has announced that its nationally-recognized MBA program will be available online beginning in January 2014. Applications for the program are currently being accepted.
Physical therapy professor earns national honor
Dr. Deborah Ingram was presented with the Catherine Worthingham Fellow award by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) on June 27 in Salt Lake City. It is the highest honor that the APTA bestows.
New Japan Outreach Coordinator offers classroom presentations
Asami Nakano likes to learn new things about America and when she returns to her native Japan, she enjoys sharing her knowledge. It delights her when Americans are curious about the culture of her home country.
Students selected for Volkswagen Distinguished Scholars Program
Four UTC students selected for the Volkswagen Distinguished Scholars Program learned a lot during their summer research internships. The program is funded by Volkswagen Chattanooga and managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) on behalf of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
First campus building to gain LEED certification: Bretske
In a tiny structure built to house a campus cafeteria on Oak Street in 1947 and later the Department of Geology, new student and faculty inhabitants are enjoying tall, wide windows that wash their art studios with light. Bretske Hall’s Cinderella story is not only transformational, it’s making history.
A new addition for the Tree of Life?
It’s where the buffalo still roam in Yellowstone National Park and the snow falls in September—the state of Wyoming is a draw for skiers and hard to imagine as hot…really hot. Scientists say nearly 36-million years ago, there is evidence breadfruit trees grew there. They only grow in the tropics today.
UTC commemorates Constitution Day
What do Greco-Roman traditions, Christianity, and the Constitution all have in common? If you want to find out, attend the Constitution Day Lecture, Sept 17.