Tennessee’s first public university program of its kind prescribes music as medicine. The much-anticipated music therapy major launched at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in fall 2019 and already has surpassed enrollment goals. Chattanooga native Katherine Goforth Elverd—“Katie” or “Professor Goforth” to her colleagues and students— returned to Chattanooga after working as a practicing…
UTC comes out strong in first-ever One UT Collaboration and Innovation grants
10 from UTC earn the first-ever “One UT Collaboration and Innovation Grants” funded by the UT System.
UTC researchers seeking new ways to diagnose, treat coronavirus
Three research projects targeting COVID-19 are now going on through the SimCenter at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The projects are searching for methods to make detection of the virus simpler and also to find ways to combat it. Along with providing $20,000 each for two of the projects, the SimCenter’s supercomputers are capable…
Annual event brings people close to nature — or nature close to people
The Virtual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage brings experts to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where they lead about 200 nature-related events
Alum wants to help you RVIVE day-to-day living
RVIVE is available at the App Store and Google Play. “How is your mood today?” It sounds like the first question a therapist—physical or mental—might ask at the beginning of a session. But generally speaking, a living, breathing therapist doesn’t then hold up signs with emojis expressing “Happy” on one end and “Stressed” on the…
Former UTC Director of Bands Tony D’Andrea passes away
UTC Professor Emeritus Tony D’Andrea passed away on May 14.
Crawford ‘excited and flattered’ to be elected UT System Faculty Council chair
For the next year, Associate Professor Beth Crawford will be chair of the system-wide University Faculty Council.
Anxiety moves in as peacefulness moves out
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 There were only two plots of land that separated my house from my grandparent’s house, both of which were planted and harvested by my grandfather this past fall. The house that I grew up in was built on a plot of land that was formerly a cotton field farmed by my…
Senior engineering students turn attention to solutions for coronavirus equipment
Jody Brown and fellow student Brach Burdick are coming up with concepts to make filters for masks similar to the N95 respirator masks now in short supply nationwide for health care workers.
UTC announces new dean of College of Arts and Sciences
New dean of the College of Arts and Sciences starts July 1.