Community & Outreach

Ukrainian Students Find Refuge

For graduate students Nina Klimenkova and Arsen Martyshchuk, UT Chattanooga has been a literal refuge.

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Dylan Rivera.

Filling the Gaps

UTC alumnus works to impact Chattanooga families.

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From left, UTC Vice Chancellor for Access and Engagement Stacy Lightfoot, Bernice King, Ilyasah Shabazz and UTC Student Government Association President Chamyra Teasley participate in UTC MLK Day 2024.

UTC Celebrates MLK Day

UT Chattanooga celebrates MLK Day with daughters of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

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University High Principal Arielle Garcia Hayes welcomes a student with a hug.

University High

University High, headquartered at UTC, offers Hamilton Country students enrollment in college-level courses taught by UTC faculty and directly supported…

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UT Southern students organized a disability resource fair to aid families.

Enabling Change

UT campuses and institutes have combined forces to improve the lives of rural Tennesseans with developmental disabilities. At UT Southern,…

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Conceptual rendering of the Dorothy and Jim Kennedy Health Sciences Building, the future home of the UTC School of Nursing.

UTC School of Nursing Celebrates $8 Million Gift

UT Chattanooga received an $8 million gift from the Kennedy Foundation to name the UTC School of Nursing the Dorothy…

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Gloria Thomas Anderson, left, founder of Heart Tones, offers information to attendees at the engAGING Communities Open House workshop in Nashville.

The Unknown

Even when Alzheimer's is detected early, its effects are inescapable. Often the earliest symptom to appear? Fear of the unknown.

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UT President Randy Boyd reads You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime to children during a Money Week class about financial literacy. Photo By Sam Thomas

UT Tackles Challenges

The UT System, with its statewide presence, people, expertise, resources and influence, is uniquely positioned to tackle grand challenges.

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

He Had Enough

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

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

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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