The Lady Mocs made their 11th appearance to the NCAA Tournament after an exciting season. The team was matched to play six-seeded Nebraska. The 11-seed women’s basketball team couldn’t hold off a late Nebraska rally Saturday evening at Reed Arena on the Texas A&M campus, falling 73-59 to the Cornhuskers in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.
Final Four Floor Tour, change of location
Come celebrate 75 years of NCAA March Madness! The 2013 NCAA Final Four® Floor Tour is stopping in Chattanooga on its way to Atlanta.
UTC hosting many speakers
The campus and community will have opportunities to hear a variety of speakers in the coming weeks on a number of interesting and provocative topics.
Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass
Ira Glass, host and producer of the public radio show This American Life, will deliver the final lecture in the 2012-13 Hunter Lecture Series on Sunday, April 7, at the Tivoli Theatre. This free event will begin at 4 p.m.; doors open at 2:30 p.m. It is open to the public.
Lecture: The Rising Tide of Hate in America
Dr. Heidi Beirich, Intelligence Project Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will be a guest speaker at UTC on “The Rising Tide of Hate in America” on Wednesday, March 27, 6 p.m. at the UTC University Center Auditorium. Currently, there are over 1,000 known hate groups operating in the US, including neo-Nazis, Klansmen,…
Lady Mocs to face off against Nebraska in NCAA Tournament
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team will take on No. 6 seed Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Mocs are a No. 11 seed and will head to College Station, Texas. Tipoff is set for Saturday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m. (E.D.T.) at the Reed Arena on the campus of Texas…
Noted Classical archaeologists to speak on campus
The UTC Department of History, with the support of the UTC Speakers & Special Events Committee and the UTC ThinkAchieve program, announces two upcoming lectures this week by two noted Classical archaeologists.
Humanities lecture: Violence and Sentiment in Human History
“Violence and Sentiment in Human History: Trojans, Greeks, Stormtroopers, and Mafiosi” is the title of the 2013 UTC Lecture in the Humanities to be delivered by Kenneth R. Jones on Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m. in Grote Hall, Room 129. Admission is free and this event is open to the public.
Alternative Spring Break takes students to Crabtree Farms
Two dozen students brought their helping hands and strong backs to Crabtree Farms where they volunteered March 12-14 during UTC’s Third Annual Alternative Spring Break.
Civil War women and nation building lecture, March 27
Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster will present her lecture, “Voices of Nation: Women Claiming the Power to Choose” on Wednesday, March 27 at 2 p.m. in the Chattanooga Room of the UTC University Center. Royster will speak on the subject of Civil War women and nation building.