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UT Extension Encourages Financial Wellness During America Saves Week

Mar 20, 2026 News Release

Coins stacked in ascending piles

April 6-10 is the annual week set aside to remind Americans it pays to save

Economy / General / Youth & Family / Extension / Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of / Consumer Economics / consumer finances / Family and Consumer Sciences

Research Rock Stars: Toni Wang Reimagines How Biomaterials Power a Circular Bioeconomy

Mar 19, 2026 Highlight

Toni Wang, professor of food science, 2026

Food Scientist studies the fundamental chemistry of fats, proteins, and other biomaterials

General / AgResearch / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Food Science, Department of / Bio-based Products / Food Products / Food Safety / Non-Food Products

Annual Open House Returns to the UT College of Veterinary Medicine

Mar 19, 2026 News Release

Public invited to see behind the scenes of veterinary medicine

General / Human & Animal Health / Youth & Family / Careers / Veterinary Medicine

Start Your Garden with the Spectacular Spring Plant Sale

Mar 16, 2026 News Release

Visitors to the 2025 UT Gardens, Knoxville, Spring Plant Sale

Join us Saturday, April 11, at UT Gardens, Knoxville

General / Landscape & Gardening / Plant Sciences, Department of / State Botanical Garden of Tennessee / UT Gardens, Knoxville / Landscape / Master Gardener / Residential and Consumer Horticulture / Sustainable Residential Landscapes

Tennessee Valley Agriculture Club Scheduled to Meet April 8

Mar 09, 2026 News Release

Heather Slayton in the forest

Pre-register by Thursday, April 2

General / Center for Profitable Agriculture / Extension / Agricultural Communication

Tennessee RiverLine Announces 2025 Award Recipients at 7th Annual Summit

Mar 05, 2026 News Release

Brad Collett, executive director of the Tennessee RiverLine; Karen Hundt, community planning and design director for the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency; Emily Mack, president and CEO of River City Company; Gail Loveland Barille, director of Outdoor Chattanooga; and Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly

Partners and collaborators celebrated at conference in Chattanooga

General / Extension / Tennessee RiverLine / Awards

FIFA Returns to UT for Final Pitch Management Research Field Day Ahead of World Cup 26

Mar 04, 2026 Highlight

John Sorochan, UT Distinguished Professor of Turfgrass Science and Management; Alan Ferguson, FIFA senior pitch management manager; UT Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman; Kaj Heyral, FIFA26 director of infrastructure and technical services; and Christian Stiegler, FIFA head of stadium and infrastructure management, pose during the 2026 Pitch Management Research Field Day at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Feb. 25, 2026.

World-renowned turfgrass expert John Sorochan, in UT’s Herbert College of Agriculture, is leading the research collaboration

General / AgResearch / Herbert College of Agriculture / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / Turf

UT Board Approves Projects and New Degree Program

Mar 03, 2026 Highlight

Students walk on UT campus with Ayres Hall in the background

Students and two UTIA units to benefit

General / College of Veterinary Medicine / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Herbert College of Agriculture / UTIA / Veterinary Medical Center / Agricultural Education / Bioinformatics / Continuing Education / Veterinary Medicine

UTIA and UT Knoxville Research Teams Will Develop Automated Compost Monitoring System

Feb 23, 2026 News Release

New sensor network with AI robots will improve composting safety and efficiency

Farm & Food / General / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Agricultural Engineering / Health and Safety

UT College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

Feb 19, 2026 News Release

Paul Plummer

Paul Plummer joins an international cohort of scientific leaders

General / Human & Animal Health / College of Veterinary Medicine / Awards / Veterinary Medicine