UTIA researchers and colleagues at other universities are participating in a study of how soil microbial communities impact cotton development and overall yield across diverse climates, agricultural practices and environmental stressors. Research teams are using advanced sequencing technologies to analyze leaf and soil samples from deserts in California and Arizona, high plains in Texas and the cotton belt in West Tennessee. The results could shape agricultural and plant breeding practices, regardless of location or environmental challenges.
CVM Trains with Emergency Air to Transport K-9s
The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) made history by completing the first dry run of transporting a critically injured police dog by helicopter.
Paramedics and a veterinary emergency and critical care team conducted the training exercise with Erlanger Life Force Air Medical. Erlanger’s helicopters are now equipped with specialized equipment to care for police dogs injured in the line of duty and can transport patients to UTCVM in Knoxville and three other facilities in Chattanooga. Watch a video about the simulation: tiny.utk.edu/lifeforce.
STEMOVATE Launches in Schools
Tennessee 4-H partnered with the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, and UT-Battelle to provide STEMOVATE: Powering Tennessee’s Future Innovators in middle schools across the state. STEMOVATE will deliver interactive science, technology, engineering and math lessons to 6,000 sixth graders in 21 counties this year with plans to expand to seventh and eighth graders statewide. 4-H agents in Crockett and Overton counties participated in a pilot program last year, building on the hands-on activities 4-H agents already teach to supplement classroom learning.
Leadership Summit Comes to Herbert
