Eliot Berz, executive director of the Tennessee River Gorge Trust, earned his master’s in environmental science at UTC in 2021. Founded in 1981, the Trust works to protect more than 17,000 acres in the River Gorge, which was carved through the Cumberland Mountains by the Tennessee River.
Strength in numbers: UTC students can now lift alongside one of the world’s best female weightlifters
UTC junior Olivia Reeves, a leading 2024 Olympic weightlifting qualifier, ranks second in the world in her weight class and broke seven world records in her last competition in Qatar in December. In her spare time, she wants to help put the UTC Weightlifting Club on the map.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday on Monday, Jan. 15. That didn’t stop intrepid University photographer Angela Foster, the video team of Mike Andrews and Sam Blevins, and a slew of UTC students from visiting snow-covered Chamberlain Field.
Alum’s company and UTC joint research project receive grant from Oak Ridge National Laboratory
To say that injection molding is common in the world of manufacturing is underselling it. Injection molding is everywhere in manufacturing. Research now taking place at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is intended to reduce cost by 90% and reduce the time to finish the molds to about two weeks, enhancing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
Go Mocs: Liz Hathaway and Theresa Blackman named to SoCon Faculty and Staff team
Two members of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga family—UC Foundation Associate Professor Liz Hathaway and Theresa Blackman, assistant director of pre-health student services and an advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences—have been selected to the 2023-2024 All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team.
A Mocs mock crime scene: McCallie School students unravel a mystery at UTC
UC Foundation Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Rick Dierenfeldt, a former police officer and criminal investigator, helped facilitate a crime scene investigator (CSI) forensic experience for a group of McCallie School students.
New FAFSA now available 24/7
Starting in February, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will hold FAFSA Fridays—a series of in-person and online workshops to assist current and prospective students and their families with filling out the form. UTC will release exact times and locations soon.
Dr. Bernice King and Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz to headline UTC MLK Day 2024
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will celebrate its 11th UTC MLK Day by bringing a pair of co-headliners to Chattanooga. Dr. Bernice A. King and Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz will be the keynote speakers for the UTC MLK Day 2024 celebration taking place at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium Walker Theatre.
Calculating the future with a double major in math and computer science
Why major in math? For Dahlen Elstran, a senior at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, it’s pure passion. “I decided to major in math in 7th grade,” she said. “I realized that it was the only homework I enjoyed. So that was a sign.”
UTC’s Institute of Contemporary Art to host artist Becky Suss and Pulitzer Prize finalist Ann Patchett
An award-winning novel is the inspiration for an art exhibition that the Institute of Contemporary Art, housed in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Fine Arts Center, is bringing to campus. A solo exhibition of new paintings by Becky Suss, inspired by Pulitzer Prize-finalist Ann Patchett’s 2019 novel “The Dutch House,” will be held from Jan. 16 to March 16 at ICA Chattanooga, accessed through the lobby of the Fine Arts Center.