Studies in blues history, folk music and chemistry receive new funding.
Ross fights COVID-19 from ‘a broader perspective’
Dr. Pamela Ross, who graduated in 1987, is now a physician in both emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine.
Keeping hope alive, but also ‘good, healthy skepticism as a scientist’
Dr. Davey Smith isn’t absolutely sure there will be a cure for COVID-19 by the end of the year. But he’s darn sure going to try. Smith, who earned a biology degree in 1993 from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is conducting one of more than 30 clinical trials across the country that are…
UTC alumnus researches effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19
UTC Honors College alumnus authors hydroxychloroquine study published in New England Journal of Medicine
UTC announces new dean of College of Arts and Sciences
New dean of the College of Arts and Sciences starts July 1.
Taking learning from hands-on to online
Setting up laboratory experiments to be shown online can be tough for organic chemistry courses but, in some ways, Dominique Belanger considers herself lucky. “I’m glad that I don’t have to learn how to teach sculpture online,” she said, laughing. Belanger is in charge of the organic chemistry program at the University of Tennessee at…
Taking the class from a room to a computer
Setting up laboratory experiments to be shown online can be tough for organic chemistry courses but, in some ways, Dominique Belanger considers herself lucky. “I’m glad that I don’t have to learn how to teach sculpture online,” she says, laughing. Belanger is in charge of the organic chemistry program at UTC, so it’s her responsibility…
For Anderson, stuttering is a way of life, not a barrier
Mallory Anderson essay: https://bit.ly/37TEMM1 National Stuttering Association: https://westutter.org/ Mallory Anderson was standing in line at a coffee shop, placing her order. Or trying to. Public tasks like ordering food make her nervous, causing her stutter to kick in more often. It did so at the coffee shop. As she struggled to get the words out, a guy…
Local middle school students ‘Gear Up’ for college chemistry
From experimenting with elephant toothpaste to measuring the width of a single piece of hair, 24 Orchard Knob Middle School seventh-graders got a taste for science and a glimpse of college during their recent visit to UTC.