Get ready to experience a fusion of rhythm, melody and student creativity when UTC hosts Mocaroo on Wednesday, April 17, at Chamberlain Pavilion. With a lineup featuring 10 student-based performances, Mocaroo offers a dynamic platform for showcasing the diverse musical talents within the UTC Department of Music. From soulful ballads to energetic ensembles, attendees are in for a treat as they witness the innovation and passion of their fellow Mocs.
Lessons learned: Takeo Suzuki shares his experiences from a Fulbright visit to India
Dr. Takeo Suzuki is on a mission to spread the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga name worldwide. He is also on a mission to bring the world to UTC. Suzuki, executive director of the UTC Center of Global Education, recently spent two weeks in India after being selected as a 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar as part of the Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Program.
Eclipsing expectations: Mocs flock to Chamberlain Field to view partial eclipse
On Monday, April 8, Chattanooga—and most locations across the U.S.—experienced a partial solar eclipse. A slew of UTC personnel, donning proper headgear, converged on Chamberlain Field for the occasion. University photographer Angela Foster and the video team of Sam Blevins and Charles Kemp were there to document the event.
Cultivating tomorrow’s scientists: Jose Barbosa honored for his approach to education and food sustainability
Dr. Jose M. Barbosa, professor in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, was recognized at the Spotlight on Faculty Excellence series on April 4 in the University Center Auditorium.
Students share their thank you’s with donors at annual Scholarship Luncheon
The annual Scholarship Luncheon took place on Friday, April 5, in the University Center’s Tennessee Room. The event connected students with donors and honored the generosity of scholarship benefactors.
Students make their pitches at Fly! competition
The annual Fly! Mocs Business Competition for University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students, a spring pitch competition “where a good idea and a strong pitch can earn you some cash and startup resources to move your business forward,” took place on Thursday, April 4, before a standing-room-only audience at the UTC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
See the work of the UTC community at the 2024 Spring Research and Arts Conference
Are you interested in checking out studio art projects done by students? Do you feel a passion for learning about artificial intelligence or philosophy? What about museum-style exhibits by a medieval magic and medicine class? If so, the Spring Research and Arts conference, the largest academic conference held on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus, will have all that and hundreds more.
UTC Quantum Initiative and Research Institute are winners in IDC Government Insights’ Seventh Annual Smart Cities North America Awards
Just launched in 2023, both the Quantum Initiative and the Research Institute at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga have been declared winners in IDC Government Insights’ seventh annual Smart Cities North America Awards (SCNAA). Both won honors in the award program’s education category, for efforts to facilitate smart campus and smart classroom education and engagement opportunities, and for robust engagement and outreach efforts via virtual, online and remote-participation platforms.
Recognizing women in STEM: Bliss Murphy’s road to reptiles
UTC student Bliss Murphy was recently recognized by Gig City Girls for her accomplishments in STEM. Murphy, a sophomore environmental science major from Chattanooga, was featured on Gig City Girls posters found in Hamilton County Schools classrooms during Women’s History Month.
Dr. Michael Williams named director of UTC Africana Studies program
The UTC Department of History and Africana Studies program announced that Dr. Michael Vinson Williams will join the UTC community in August as a professor of history and director of Africana Studies. Williams comes to UTC from the University of Texas at El Paso, where he has spent the last eight years as a professor of history and director of UTEP’s African American Studies program.