October 18, 1996

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Selecting a Halloween pumpkin is not just a matter of walking into a grocery or road-side market and choosing one. Wade Sperry, a University of Tennessee plant and soil scientist, offers some tips on how to choose a good pumpkin.  “Look for one with the stem attached,” Sperry says. “Stemless pumpkins have

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– Dr. Alan P. Chesney is the new head of human resources at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.  Chesney’s appointment as executive director of the Office of Human Resources is effective Monday, UT-Knoxville Chancellor Bill Snyder said Friday. Chesney comes to UT from the University of Texas-El Paso where he has been human resources director