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UTC Awarded $500K From State Of Tennessee To Build The Future Of Traffic Safety And Smart Streets

  • 5/21/2025

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Research Institute's Center for Urban Informatics and Progress has been awarded $500,000 through the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development’s Transportation Network Growth Opportunity. This funding will support the development and deployment of two systems that will continue to transform Chattanooga’s approaches to safety and smart mobility, officials said. One project, in collaboration with DENSO, will use artificial intelligence to predict potential traffic collisions and detect accidents the moment they occur. The second project, developed with LG CNS, will bring the nation’s first smart crosswalk system to Chattanooga, ... (click for more)

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Chambliss Center's Pre-K graduation
Chambliss Center's Pre-K graduation

HCSO Announces Overall Hamilton County D.A.R.E. Program Essay Winner

  • 5/21/2025

During an awards ceremony at Normal Park Museum Magnet School on Tuesday, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office School Resource Deputy and D.A.R.E. Instructor Ian Morrow announced the overall winner of the HCSO’s D.A.R.E. Program Essay Contest. Throughout the school year, students participating in the D.A.R.E. program were invited to submit ... (click for more)

Norma Patteson Mills ’60 Presented With Honorary Doctor Of Humane Letters By Sweet Briar College

  • 5/21/2025

During Sweet Briar’s 116th Commencement ceremony, Norma Patteson Mills ’60 received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the College. In its 124-year history, this is an honor that the College has rarely bestowed on an individual. Following a lifetime of extraordinary service and generosity to many arts and cultural organizations, ... (click for more)

The BlackRock Foundation Awards Grant To Chattanooga 2.0 To Expand Career Pathways For Local Students
  • 5/21/2025

The BlackRock Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to Chattanooga 2.0 to expand its Viable Pathways to Prosperity initiative—an effort that connects high school graduates to quality job training and high-wage career opportunities in fast-growing industries such as cybersecurity, data analysis, and welding. Launched in 2023, Viable Pathways helps Hamilton County public high school graduates transition directly from high school into thriving careers. Chattanooga 2.0 currently offers ... more

Dr. Lori Mann Bruce Is Coming To Town
  • 5/21/2025

Dr. Lori Mann Bruce, the first woman to lead the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is an uplifting message. UTC ,as it is now known, is a university that sits in the older neighborhood part of the city of Chattanooga. UTC now encompasses the old Chattanooga Public Library that sat on a corner welcoming children and adults to enjoy the books and stories told by the library staff. In addition to the college and the library, McCallie Avenue showed off the largest churches in the city ... more

Burns Leads Lookouts To Third Straight Win
  • 5/21/2025

For the first time in 2025, the Chattanooga Lookouts welcomed the Rocket City Trash Pandas to AT&T Field for a six-game slate. Chase Burns would be the first arm to greet the slumping 'Pandas on Tuesday night. Cincinnati's No.1 overall prospect got to work quickly, punching out four of the first seven hitters he faced. In the home half of the game's opening frame, Burns would receive early run support in the form of an Ethan O'Donnell single to plate Hector Rodriguez. While Burns ... more

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