The 2025 Fly! Mocs Business Pitch Competition gave UTC students a chance to present startup ideas to industry judges, competing for $10,000 in prizes provided by the Spencer Patton Foundation. Rizwaan Abdulkadir’s classroom tech startup “Parleii” won first place and $5,000, with other top projects including a waterproof bag and a custom 3D duck generator.
From toy blocks to national labs: A UTC student’s LEGO-powered path
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior physics major Landon Boone has always wondered how things work. The Hendersonville, Tennessee, native, who will be graduating from UTC on May 3, is using LEGOs to do just that.
UTC faculty recognized for exemplary work in scholarship and service
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the achievements of its faculty at a recognition ceremony held Tuesday, April 22, in the Wolford Family Athletic Center. The event honored faculty members for their excellence in scholarship and teaching, with awards presented by the Faculty Awards Committee of the Faculty Senate.
‘Chattanooga’s Forgotten’: UTC students call on City Hall for safer streets
After spending a year studying walkability in Chattanooga’s Oak Grove neighborhood, students in Dr. Chandra Ward’s class brought their findings to City Hall—asking officials to make the area’s streets safer and invest more fairly in underserved communities.
Not retiring, just ‘repurposing’: Dr. Jamie Harvey ready to jump into her next exercise
Dr. Jamie Harvey, an associate professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance, is stepping down at the end of the semester after 35 years as a full-time faculty member—not to retire, but to “repurpose” her time and energy. “I still have more to give, just in a different way,” she said.
‘Coping with complexity’: Financial literacy for the future
April is Financial Literacy Month, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is helping raise awareness with its annual financial literacy lecture series. This year’s lecture, titled “Coping with Complexity,” took place over Zoom on Wednesday, April 2. The Scott L. Probasco Jr. Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise, the Center for Economic Education, and the Department of Finance and Economics in the Gary W. Rollins College of Business co-hosted the conference.
UTC to host ISDFS conference in Boston
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga continues to make significant strides on the global stage of cybersecurity and digital forensics by coordinating the 2025 International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS), to be held this year at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.
UTC engineering students turn guitar picks and back braces into prize-winning designs
Two teams of students from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Engineering and Computer Science’s ENME 1850 introductory design course recently brought home top honors from the 2025 American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section (ASEE SE) Conference at Mississippi State University.
The 2025 Spring Research and Arts Conference brings ideas and innovation to UTC
The energy was lively and the excitement contagious inside the Wolford Family Athletic Center on Wednesday, April 9, as students, faculty and guests packed the space for a day of research and discovery. The annual Spring Research and Arts Conference at UTC turned the spotlight on projects from across a handful of disciplines as UTC personnel and community members presented their work exploring nearly every imaginable topic.
UTC earns Top 10 national recognition for military student support
For the first time in school history, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has been ranked among the nation’s Top 10 large public universities in the Military Friendly® Schools rankings—a designation that recognizes excellence in creating sustainable and meaningful educational paths for military-connected students.