Sciences

A man looking at a computer screen.
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A Window into the Brain

UTC’s Bret Eschman uses eye tracking to study infant attention and memory, helping researchers understand early developmental differences linked to later outcomes.

Server stacks lit by red and blue LED lights.
The Last Word

Why Research Matters

Research is a human endeavor that tries to answer questions, solve problems and advance our knowledge of ourselves and our environment.

Erkan Kaplanoglu, left, and Juan Pena work on the hand rehabilitation system.
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A Gripping Story

Juan Pena found his calling while studying in the UTC mechatronics program.

Cap Nguyen smiles for a photo inside one of UT Chattanooga's mechatronics labs.
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A Safe Haven

Cap Nguyen discovers opportunity at UTC.

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No Hard and Fast Lines

Twenty-first century medical appointments are a predictable affair: syringes, stethoscopes, thermometers and the like. But the Middle Age’s medico-magical methods were anything but predictable—that’s why they caught the attention of a UTC professor.

Microbes illustrated by Annie Bakst.
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Safety Check

One UTC professor is working to speed up the time it takes to test food products and save people from unwanted bacteria.

UTC Professor of Psychology Ralph Hood
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Religious Right Down to DNA

UTC professor investigates impact of religion.

A Black woman seated in front of a microscope smiles confidently in her research lab
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Making Space

A UTC professor buzzes with ways of expanding diversity in the field of ecology.

A man in an archival room holds up a stray full of indexed insect specimens
News and Updates

Beetle-Mania: Project IDs New Species in Tennessee Valley

A UTC professor uncovered 53 species of beetles never before found in the Tennessee Valley.

Lyn Miles and Chantek
News and Updates

Inducted into International Hall of Fame

UTC professor Lyn Miles has been selected as part of the inaugural group of 10 inductees into the international Interspecies Communication Hall of Fame.

photos of a young orangutan with a tricycle and wearing a diaper on a jungle gym
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Escape Artist

In the 1980s an orangutan named Chantek charmed the UTC campus.

packed room in the UTC Guerry Center
News and Updates

UTC Chancellor Notes 50-Year Milestone With UT System

Chancellor Steve Angle celebrated the university's anniversaries, achievements and success before a standing-room only crowd in September.

UT Chattanooga’s student rocket team
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Rocketing to No. 1

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

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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.

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.

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

A woman and man in baccalaureate and doctoral regalia
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Graduation Rituals, Regalia and Traditions

Caps, gowns, commencement. Where do graduation traditions come from?

New UTC library
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UTC Library Opens

Chancellor Emeritus Roger Brown cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the UTC Library before hundreds of attendees who came from the community and the campus to tour and ... Read more

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Energized City and Campus

. Alumni of two different eras characterized Chattanooga as a city that promotes the entrepreneurial spirit. UTC has helped fuel the energy and benefit from it as well.

Greenhouse Symbyosis
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Greenhouse Symbyosis

Cooperation between UT Chattanooga and UT Knoxville benefits students.

SimCenter Grows Partnerships
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SimCenter Grows Partnerships

UT Chattanooga's computational modeling and simulation unit attracts big-name partners and pumps up the economy.

Ancient Bronzes, A Farm of the Future, and a Couple Updates
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Ancient Bronzes, A Farm of the Future, and a Couple Updates

Objects from long ago and far away promise a tantalizing museum experience this summer at UT Knoxville.

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