![Master Gardener Peter Markovich speaks to Hamilton County Master Gardener interns about the raised beds located next to the UT Extension office in Chattanooga.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_garden_hero.jpg)
How Does Your Garden Grow?
The ranks of master gardeners continue to grow across Tennessee, spreading horticultural knowledge.
![Virginia Pearl Moore, UT Extension's first home demonstration agent.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_histspeak_hero.jpg)
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.
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Growing Communities
Derrick Stowell had no idea his passion for environmental education and therapeutic recreation would launch a world-impacting program.
![UTIA College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Paul J. Plummer.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_utiaNews_hero.jpg)
Alumnus Returns as UTCVM Dean
UT graduate Paul J. Plummer returns to the university as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Outstanding in Their Fields
UTIA faculty, staff, students and alumni are groundbreakers, collaborators, educators and leaders in the agriculture industry.
![Kids in the Lake County 4-H program fish off a walkway at Reelfoot Lake.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/OurTN-Winter2024_4-H_feature-img.jpg)
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…
![Hongwei Xin](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/OurTN-Winter2024_utia-news_feature-img.jpg)
Xin Receives Leggacy Maker Award
Hongwei Xin, Dean of UT AgResearch, was recognized at the 2023 Egg Industry Issues Forum with the Leggacy Maker Award…
![Brian Winbigler, president of the UT Alumni Association.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/OTn-F23_c-t-c_feature.jpg)
Commitment Through Contribution
Winbigler’s journey from a scholarship-seeking student to an enthusiastic alumni volunteer speaks to his passion for giving back and the…
![Ernest Bernard, center, a professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, is the recipient of the UTIA Institute Professor Award, the Institute’s top recognition for faculty. With him are, from left, AgResearch Dean Hongwei Xin; UTIA Senior Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice President Keith Carver; College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Jim Thompson; and UT Extension Dean Ashley Stokes.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/OTn-F23_utia-news_feature.jpg)
UTIA Holds Annual UTIA Awards and Promotion Luncheon
UTIA celebrated the outstanding work of more than 40 members of the faculty and staff at the annual UTIA Awards…
![UTIA Farm Manager Brandon Beavers and Pat Hitson Reilly stand by the grave of Reilly's relative and Revolutionary War veteran James Trice.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OurTN-Sm23_Remaining-still_feature-img.jpg)
Remaining Still
A Revolutionary War veteran’s gravesite remains on land owned by the UT Institute of Agriculture—land that he used to farm…
![Cows grouped together look at the photographer during a demonstration of UT's new robotic milking technology.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/OurTN-Sum23_UTIA_news_feature.jpg)
Precision Livestock Farming Mooo-ves Forward
East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center’s Little River Unit introduces new robotic milking technology.
![Jack on the Rocks statue in front of the Cave Spring opening at the Jack Daniel Distillery.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WhiskeyandTrees.jpg)
Whiskey and Trees
Jack Daniels needs specific trees to create its iconic whiskey. UTIA has been there to help ensure the brand can…
![Dr. Jim Bailey](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HeartofCommunities-v1.jpg)
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…
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A Fruitful Career
David Lockwood has toiled alongside Tennessee fruit growers for nearly 50 years—its work he was, quite literally, born to do.
![Ivan Navarrette worked to prepare the playing field at Lusail Stadium in Qatar for the World Cup.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NoHigherThing_TheLastWord.jpg)
No Higher Thing
To a turf grass student, it might seem like there’s no higher career peak than managing the pitches for the…
Keith Carver Assumes Leadership Role at UTIA
Keith Carver, former chancellor at UT Martin, named the new leader of UTIA.
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Breaking Barriers
Nobody wants to talk about money. But, according to the UT Extension Family and Consumer Sciences team, everybody needs to…
![Sreedhar Upendram (middle) demonstrates using a hot spot for broadband to James Mingie, a research associate, left, and graduate student Amrit Shrestha.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/NoOne-Size_Solution_FeaturedImage.jpg)
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…
Former Tennessee Governors Host a New Podcast Series
The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy launched You Might Be Right, a new podcast series hosted by…