Politics

Angela Davis Speaks to Full House

Prominent educator, author and lecturer Angela Davis highlighted UT Chattanooga Martin Luther King Day 2023 festivities, speaking to a standing-room-only…

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Interns Serving

Six UT Martin students served as legislative interns during the spring semester.

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A photo illustration shows Newspaper clippings detaling lynchings over railroad tracks

Honoring Their Humanity

Hours before his 22nd birthday, Mallie Wilson was condemned to die by a mob without a guilty verdict. Today, Mallie’s…

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A Black man in a suit and glasses stands in front of the Nashville City Hall with his arms crossed

Diversity: A Good Start, Not the Finish Line

Robert Fisher considers an Alexander Hamilton quote as a reminder of a specific duty institutions owe to the people they…

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Welcome to the UT Family

How UT's campuses and academic program prepared five Class of 2020 graduates.

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The Tennessee Capitol building

Finding Their Passion for Politics

UT student interns get first-hand lessons on the legislative process and the dynamics of politics.

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UT Chattanooga’s student rocket team

Rocketing to No. 1

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

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Keth Carver intrdouces audience at the 2018 WestStar forum

Leadership Program Hosts Gubernatorial Forum

The WestStar Leadership Program hosted a gubernatorial forum in May, in which six candidates participated.

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

‘Her’stories

UTC professor Susan Eckelmann Berghel has students engage with history beyond the textbooks by recording the stories of local women…

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collage of images from the 30s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s

Historic Timeline and Memorable Moments: 1917 – 2017

Noteworthy, events, people and moments from the past century

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photomontage of Andy Holt, Dale Dickey, and Cormac McCarthy

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.

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Jake Bynum and daughter Ella in the Tennsee Soybean Festival parade in 2014

A Sense of Place and Community

UT Martin prepared and inspired Tennessee’s youngest county mayor to run for office.

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Anthony Williams

Twenty Years to Life

It took two botched police lineups, several erroneous witness statements and no physical evidence to lock up 14-year-old Anthony Williams…

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Bob Vogel, a UT Martin graduate, is working to make the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and its famous memorials even more impressive and welcoming.

Our Man on the Mall

Bob Vogel, a UT Martin graduate, is working to make the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and its famous memorials…

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Van Jones and the Promise of a Green Future

Van Jones and the Promise of a Green Future

President Obama has tapped Van Jones, UT Martin graduate, author, and environmental activist, as his green job adviser.

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Capitol Idea

Capitol Idea

Alumnus had a chance to sit down with Anthony Haynes and Kurt Schlieter, UT's liaisons with the state and federal…

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Test By Fire

Test By Fire

Dr. Robert H. Swansbrough’s book raises questions about how the Iraq War and Bush’s Middle East policies will affect the…

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Democracy in the Balance

Democracy in the Balance

Garry and Betsy Phillips agree on one thing for sure--the stability of the whole Middle East hangs in the balance.

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Fuels, Funds, and a Solved Mystery

Fuels, Funds, and a Solved Mystery

UT is a leader in the development of alternative fuels, and Dr. Bill Bass has solved the mystery of "The…

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Inside the CIA

Inside the CIA

T. J. Waters took a proactive approach to expressing his patriotism. He was selected by the C.I.A. to join the…

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