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Glenn Draper in his office with memories of his career as a choral director in 2016.
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The Family Business

Glenn Draper didn’t just train singers, he built a legacy.

UT Chattanooga’s student rocket team
News and Updates

Rocketing to No. 1

UTC’s student rocket team—the Rocket Mocs—are the No. 1 team in the country.

Austin Holdsworth stands outdoors facing a sunset with a camera strap hanging off his right shoulder
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He Had Enough

After UT Chattanooga student Austin Holdsworth lost his brother and friends to drug overdoses, he could not be quiet anymore.

Rollins College of Business Dean Robert Dooley skydives for a cause.
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Jumping for a Reason

Rollins College of Business Dean Robert Dooley jumped out of a perfectly good airplane while it was about two and a half miles above the ground.

Jerry Bear in front of a map of the Ocoee River
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Flowing

A UTC alumnus engineers the Ocoee River.

African American women in Chattanooga staged sit-ins at lunch counters as part of the civil rights movement.
News and Updates

‘Her’stories

UTC professor Susan Eckelmann Berghel has students engage with history beyond the textbooks by recording the stories of local women involved in the civil rights movement.

4 women from the UT Knoxville class of 2018 holding glitter-covered cardboard digits 2, 0, 1, and 8
Alumni Association

Alumni Snapshots: Spring 2018

Tennessee Alumni, students, and employees around the state.

Jordan Harris stands in the center of the pedestrian walkway in front of Hodges Library in Knoxville
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The Next Mission

As the number of veterans attending UT rises, campuses are providing them with help to conquer the move from military to college life.

Scott Kramer
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The Forgotten Majority

After being diagnosed with autism at age 40, UTC alumnus Scott Kramer now spends his time helping other adults with the same diagnosis.

Cooper Thome
News and Updates

Nanoscale Internship

Cooper Thome, a UTC Honors College student, spent the summer in Japan working on an internship in nanotechnology at the National Institute of Materials Science.

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Consciousness of Streams

Four researchers at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga could hardly be more conscious of streams. And what flows through them.

John Tucker
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Water is Future

Multi-faceted and entangled issues of water quality, environment and now increasingly the law have implications for Tennessee’s future. They certainly have John Tucker’s attention.

Mark Schorr
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Quality of Life

Mark Schorr researches stream fish ecology, with an emphasis on water pollution issues and population/community ecology.

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A Sixth Mass Extinction

Thomas Wilson researches the adverse effects of deteriorating water quality and habitat on amphibians and other aquatic life in the area.

Participants in the first occupational therapy doctoral program gather after graduation.
News and Updates

Occupational Therapy Graduates First Doctoral Class

When UTC’s occupational therapy doctoral program launched in 2013, it was one of just eight OTD programs in the country.

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Fake News Becomes A Real Story

A UT Chattanooga researcher studies relationship between fact and perception.

Jose Barbarosa loads up produce from the Teaching and Learning Garden.
News and Updates

Teaching and Learning Garden Puts Down Roots

Students in the UTC College of Arts and Sciences have been putting down roots in the community— literally.

UT Alumni Association President Kimbrough Dunlap III (Knoxville ’85) welcomes new Health Science Center graduates to the UT Alumni Association during fall commencement in Memphis.
Alumni Association

Alumni Snapshots: Spring 2017

Photos from alumni all over the world.

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UT Vets Pull with Clydesdales

How a UT Chattanooga alumnus teamed UT with Budweiser

collage of images from the 30s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s
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Historic Timeline and Memorable Moments: 1917 – 2017

Noteworthy, events, people and moments from the past century

photomontage of Andy Holt, Dale Dickey, and Cormac McCarthy
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And You Thought They Were UT Alumni…

Meet a few of UT’s favorite adopted sons and daughters who put their stamps on the university.

Alumni Association

A History of Generous Giving Means a More Prosperous Tennessee Future

For more than a century, the generosity and financial support of the ever-growing University of Tennessee family has powered the statewide system of UT campuses.

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Camp Horizon Lets Kids be Kids

Camp Horizon, a free summer camp on Lookout Mountain, benefits children with disabilities and UTC physical therapy students.