The Climate Smart Forestry (CSF) program at the University of Tennessee is now accepting applications for a three-year PhD research assistantship under the supervision of Dr. Sheng-I Yang and Dr. David Buckley.
Climate Smart Forestry Fellow, PhD Research Assistantship
USDA Forest Service Tree Utilization Project, MS Research Assistantship
The Forest Biometrics Lab at University of Tennessee is now accepting applications for a 2-year MS research assistantship under the supervision of Dr. Sheng-I Yang.
Field Technician Positions Open for Center for Native Grasslands
The Center for Native Grasslands Management (CNGM) at the University of Tennessee is looking for two seasonal field research technicians to assist graduate students with their research projects for the…
Celebrating Spring!
UTIA Dogwoods Usher in the Season
Frequency-dependent Transmission of Bsal in Eastern Newts
Newly published paper addresses transmission of the pathogen Bsal and how mathematical models are used to predict how the pathogen would spread among eastern newts.
UT Extension Partners with Great Smoky Mountains National Park for New ‘Storybook Trail’
Eight Week Literacy in Nature Initiative Features Four Books by Local Authors
UT Extension Highlights National Nutrition Month
Guidelines to Personalize Your Plate and Enjoy Nutritious Meals
Important Update to Value-Added Producer Grant Program
Interested Producers Should Plan to Attend March 11 Webinar
Foster to Serve as Weed Science Society of America Graduate Student Organization President
Delaney Foster, a UT Department of Plant Sciences doctoral student, studies at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center and researches herbicide resistance. Photo courtesy of Delaney Foster.
PLOS Pathogens: Temperature affects susceptibility of newts to skin-eating fungus
Eastern newt populations in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada are at greatest risk of infection with a new skin-eating fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), according to a study published February 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Matthew Gray of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, and colleagues.