Health and Safety

Research Team Receives Grant to Study Coatings to Protect Organic Produce

Oct 02, 2024 News Release

Cartons of blueberries

$3.5 Million Grant Will Include Development, Analysis and Education About Essential Oil Coatings

Economy / Farm & Food / AgResearch / Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of / Extension / Food Science, Department of / Plant Sciences, Department of / Consumer Economics / Crop Production / Economics and Markets / Environmental Stewardship / Food Products / Food Safety / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Fruit and Vegetable, Home / Health and Safety / Health and Wellness / Nutrition and Food Safety / Plant Protection

University of Tennessee Extension Offers Resources to Aid Flood Recovery Efforts

Sep 28, 2024 News Release

Text box relating links for disaster recovery

Some Needs Are Immediate, Some Will Take Time to Materialize

General / Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Community and Economic Development / Extension / Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of / Animal Protection / Beef / Climate / Community Development / consumer finances / Emergency / Equine / Farm Animal / Food Safety / Health and Safety

UTIA Entomologist Elected President of SIP

Sep 10, 2024 Highlight

Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes

Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes to Serve as President of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology

General / Insects & Pests / AgResearch / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Awards / Careers / Food Safety / Health and Safety / Leadership Development / Nutrition and Food Safety / Plant Protection

Alyssa Merka Receives the UT AgResearch Support Staff Award

Aug 14, 2024 News Release

Alyssa Merka

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2024

General / Natural Resouces, School of / UT One Health Initiative / UTIA / awards and promotions / Environmental Stewardship / Health and Safety / Health and Wellness / Public Health

Plant Pathologist Selected as a UTAA Distinguished Service Professor

Jul 31, 2024 Highlight

The University of Tennessee Alumni Association Recognizes a Herbert College of Agriculture Professor

General / AgResearch / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Herbert College of Agriculture / UTIA / Alumni / Awards / Environmental Stewardship / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Fruit and Vegetable, Home / Health and Safety / Plant Protection

UT-TSU Extension Program Helps Older Adults Prevent Falls

Mar 06, 2024 News Release

Participants of A Matter of Balance class practice exercises in a large room

A Matter of Balance Enhances Wellness, Improves Independence

General / Human & Animal Health / Extension / Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of / Family and Consumer Sciences / Health and Safety / Health and Wellness / Physical Therapy / Public Health

Safety and Rescue Training Saves the Life of Farmer Trapped in Grain Bin

Feb 09, 2024 News Release

Lawrence County, TN, grain bin rescue Nov. 2023

UT Extension and Partners Provide Instruction and Equipment for Farmers and Rescue Personnel

Farm & Food / Human & Animal Health / Center for Profitable Agriculture / Extension / Plant Sciences, Department of / West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Emergency / Health and Safety

UTIA Researchers Receive $12 Million DARPA Contract to Bioengineer Plants to Reduce Soil Contamination

Dec 18, 2023 News Release

UTIA researchers Scott Lenaghan, Neal Stewart and Jennifer DeBruyn pose for a group photo in front of a large window.

Switchgrass Will Work With Soil-Based Microbes to Report and Break Down Explosives

Environment / General / AgResearch / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Food Science, Department of / Plant Sciences, Department of / Biological Engineering / Health and Safety

UTIA Named in Five-Year Regional Project Addressing Vector-borne Diseases

Dec 13, 2023 News Release

Becky Trout Fryxell, UT Institute of Agriculture researcher of insect-borne diseases

Becky Trout Fryxell Represents UTIA in CDC Training and Education Center

Insects & Pests / AgResearch / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Extension / Health and Safety / Health and Wellness / Public Health

UTIA PhD Student Bioengineers Potato Plant to Detect Gamma Radiation

Nov 09, 2023 News Release

Rob Sears sits in front of his bioengineered potato plants in his lab in Knoxville, Tennessee.

New Plant Variety Serves as Natural, Affordable Radiation Sensor

Environment / Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / Food Science, Department of / Herbert College of Agriculture / Plant Sciences, Department of / Biological Engineering / Health and Safety