
Caring for Carers
Funded by a $1.3M Pat Summitt Foundation award, UT Extension’s Pat’s Gameplan for Caregivers supports Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers statewide.

Milan No-Till Field Day Returns
Milan No-Till returns July 23 for its 34th year, highlighting no-till conservation and precision agriculture at UT AgResearch in Milan.

Experts Share Flood Recovery Research
UT Extension experts share hurricane flood recovery research to help Tennessee farmers restore farmland and protect against future damage.

Getting to Know ALICE
ALICE families serve our communities daily yet live paycheck-to-paycheck. Explore Cairo Douglas’ journey and the initiatives making a lasting impact in Tennessee.

4-H Hall of Fame Contributions
UT Knoxville alumnus Ruth McQueen was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame for her lifetime of contributions.

How Does Your Garden Grow?
The ranks of master gardeners continue to grow across Tennessee, spreading horticultural knowledge.

UT Extension’s Virginia Pearl Moore
UT Extension’s first home demonstration agent, Virginia Pearl Moore, touched the lives of countless young women in Tennessee.

Growing Communities
Derrick Stowell had no idea his passion for environmental education and therapeutic recreation would launch a world-impacting program.

Alumnus Returns as UTCVM Dean
UT graduate Paul J. Plummer returns to the university as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Focus on 4-H
Christian-Boyer is among the UT Extension agents now able to focus solely on 4-H and Youth Development, thanks to a $2.2 million increase in legislative funding for UT Extension approved in 2021.

In The Heart of Communities
UTHSC Jim Bailey and his team lead the research effort to improve the heart health of Tennesseans, whose state ranks third in the nation in cardiovascular events. But the team isn’t working in a lab—they’re working in the community.

A Fruitful Career
David Lockwood has toiled alongside Tennessee fruit growers for nearly 50 years—its work he was, quite literally, born to do.

Breaking Barriers
Nobody wants to talk about money. But, according to the UT Extension Family and Consumer Sciences team, everybody needs to be doing just that—even second and third graders.

No One-Size Solution
What would life today be like without the internet? For many rural Tennesseans, the experience isn’t one that needs imagination—it’s a daily reality.

Department Celebrates a Century of Service
For 100 years, Agricultural and Resource Economics has been assisting agricultural producers and policymakers across the state and nation.

Health Rocks
With the opioid epidemic killing more than 100 people in our nation daily, the UT Institute of Agriculture is fighting to end this crisis through education.

Real-life Solutions: UTIA Delivers
Featured image: On a recent visit to Rwanda, three representatives of Zamura Feeds Ltd. showed their soybeans to UTIA’s Forbes Walker (left) and Neal Eash (in yellow). Also joining the ... Read more


