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What is investing for social change - known as ESG? Ramon DeGennaro, Professor Emeritus of Banking and Finance at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, talks at the Probasco Chair Fall Lecture Series - Thursday, September 28th here at UTC.

Here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County, students in dance, music and theater have the chance to learn and grow thanks to scholarships and grants from the Performing Arts League - which holds its annual Hearts 4 the Arts on Friday, November 17th.

How can - and should - music help drive what cities are and what they can be? Shain Shapiro is the author of the new book “This Must Be the Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better." Last month, he visited Chattanooga - and Yellow Racket Records - as part of his book tour.

This Saturday through Monday, January 15th, The Unity Group of Chattanooga hosts its 54th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Week Celebration. The theme: “Love for Humanity and Justice.” Eric Atkins is co-chair of The Unity Group.

A few weekends ago, the Chattanooga Airport unveiled a 28-million-dollar terminal renovation and expansion. Among those on hand: Jim Hall, chairman of the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority Board of Commissioners.

Credit cards, installment loans and cash advances are examples of what are known as “small-dollar credit products.” Brandon Bolen - an economist at Mississippi College - can tell you plenty about them. This week, he will give a talk on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - for the Probasco Lecture Series.

Bassem Eid is an internationally-recognized human rights activist, based in East Jerusalem. On Wednesday, February 14th, Bassem - who is Palestinian - will lead a discussion here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, free and open to the public, starting at 5:30 PM.

Ever heard of “creative destruction”? Dr. Russell Sobel, Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship at The Citadel in South Carolina, talks about it Thursday for this year's Burkett Miller Distinguished Lecture from our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Gil Penalosa sees the potential of parks and streets as great public spaces - and his work in urban design has harnessed that potential into reality in city after city around the world. This month, he's the next speaker at CIVIQ here in Chattanooga.

On this episode of "Scenic Roots," we share our full conversation with Gil Penalosa of 8 80 Cities, the next speaker at CIVIQ on Thursday here in Chattanooga - along with Eric Myers of Chattanooga Design Studio and Scott Martin of Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors.