Five Faculty Awarded Fulbrights for 2022–23
Five faculty members have been named Fulbright Scholars. Their research will take place in the Czech Republic, Finland, Nepal, and South Africa.
The Conversation: Raising Cattle on Native Grasses in the Eastern US Benefits Farmers, Wildlife, and the Soil
Growing native grasses as cattle forage is an example of working lands conservation, balancing human use of the land with conservation goals.
Celebrating Graduate and Professional Students
UT is hosting its annual Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week April 4–9, celebrating graduate students and highlighting their achievements.
Castille Tapped to Lead Institute of Agriculture
Carrie Castille will be recommended as the new senior vice chancellor/senior vice president for the UT Institute of Agriculture at the next UT Board of Trustees Executive Committee meeting. Her start date will be July 1.
Student Success, Employee Investments, and Research Highlight UT Knoxville Advisory Board Meeting
The UT Knoxville Campus Advisory Board met Friday to discuss enrollment trends, student success, research updates, investment in employees, athletics excellence, and highlights from the UT Institute of Agriculture.
The Conversation: Endangered Ocelots and Their Genetic Diversity May Benefit from Artificial Insemination
There are so few wild ocelots in the US that the cats are becoming inbred, with a poor prognosis for their ultimate survival. But researchers are perfecting ways to get new genes into the population.
The Conversation: The Fall Armyworm Invasion is Fierce This Year and Scientists are Researching How to Stop Its Destruction
Entomology expert explains what the fall armyworm is and how to control them.
The Conversation: What American Farmers Could Gain by Rejoining the Asia-Pacific Trade Deal
Rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership would benefit American agriculture, among other benefits.
South Knoxville Student Receives Award to Study Architecture
A program founded by UT led Ava Davis towards a career in architecture and a future as a Vol.
Institute of Agriculture Researchers Work to Improve Eastern Grasslands
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have been awarded nearly $500,000 from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to improve the productivity, resiliency, and overall health of Eastern grasslands.
The Conversation: Tiny Cacao Flowers and Fickle Midges are Part of a Pollination Puzzle That Limits Chocolate Production
DeWayne Shoemaker, an entomologist who studies cacao pollination, studies the issue of relying on biting midges as sole cacao pollinators
Engineering Professors Contribute to National Hydroelectric Program
Two professors at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are contributing research to a US Department of Energy program, which aims to speed up the process of making hydrokinetic turbine designs economically viable.