In pursuit of research in chelonian conservation, Fei Yan Zhang, a student scientist from China in the Asian Scholarship Program (ASP), has come to visit Dr. Thomas P. Wilson in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Wilson and research scientists in Florida and Mississippi have hosted students in ASP, begun in 2000 and primarily…
SimCenter poised to expand fuel cell research
With the passage of the defense appropriations bill by the United States Senate, $3.5 million will be appropriated for the UT SimCenter at Chattanooga to house and test a powerful new fuel cell that would provide the energy needs of a 30,000 square foot building or supermarket. The U.S. House has passed the bill.
Student Health Center is open for patients
When students return to The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for the fall semester, they will be welcomed with a new Student Health Center. The UTC Student Health Center offers expanded services to students, including free visits for routine care, such as blood pressure checks, fevers, headaches, and upset stomachs. Dr. Chris Smith, Coordinator of…
UTC professor contributes to ACSM Updated Physical Activity Guidelines
All healthy adults ages 18 to 65 years need moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity for at least 30 minutes on five days each week or vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity for at least 20 minutes on three days each week, according to updated physical activity guidelines released today by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and…
Miles elected chair of UT Faculty Council
UC Foundation Professor of Anthropology, Dr. H. Lyn Miles, was elected as Chair of the University of Tennessee Faculty Council in May, 2007, in Nashville. The Council, established in 2007, has two representatives from each campus of the University of Tennessee. The Chair will report directly to UT President John Peterson. The UT Faculty Council…
New lecturer creates graphic design for film The Invasion
A new hire in the Department of Art is also the graphic designer in the movie The Invasion starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Leslie Jensen-Inman has been hired as the Art, Design, and Technology Teaching Lecturer, a new position at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga that is being supported by both the Benwood…
Welcome Week
Welcome to the UTC campus! New and returning students are invited to several big events; many are listed below. NOTE: due to the extreme heat, the time of some events has been changed. Be sure to check the full schedule of Welcome Week. Friday, August 17 Family cookout 5-7 p.m. at Heritage Plaza, on Vine…
Campus celebrates back to school
Disco tunes brought back memories at Maclellan Gym when faculty and staff enjoyed a back to school picnic planned by the Employee Relations Committee (ERC) and Exempt Staff Council (ESC) and hosted by the Chancellor’s Office. Attendees enjoyed the lunch, and delicious desserts were entered into a Bake-Off contest. Pat Boyer took first place for…
University receives 200 acres from federal government
l-r: Drs. Thomas P. Wilson, Timothy Gaudin, Henry Spratt and Joey Shaw of the UTC Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences discuss a map of the former Volunteer Army Ammunitions Plant site. Nearly 200 acres of property at Enterprise South (the former Volunteer Army Ammunitions Plant (VAAP) was formally gifted to The University of Tennessee…
Dr. Wilfred McClay featured in free podcast
“Figures in the Carpet,” a free 60-minute podcast featuring Dr. Wilfred McClay, SunTrust Chair of Excellence in Humanities at UTC, reflects on how assumptions of the meaning of “the human person” have shaped some aspect of the American experience. McClay is one of five cultural historians interviewed. “The ‘self’ is a fundamentally unstable concept because…