Land Life and ScienceSpring/Summer 2024

Four Students Find a Home and Their Future at Herbert

For these students and their classmates, Herbert has been a home and far more than that. It’s been a place where they have found their footing and their futures—a process in which everyone in the college is invested in developing leaders of tomorrow

Jim Herbert

A Tribute – Jim Herbert

Herbert was a staunch advocate for higher education and a role model for all Volunteers

Students making ice cream

More Than Ice Cream

A behind-the-scenes look at how the UT Creamery trains future food science professionals

Keith Carver and Donde Plowman sitting across from each other smiling

Talking UT Agriculture

Keith Carver, UTIA senior vice chancellor and senior vice president, and Donde Plowman, chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, sat down for a chat

College of Veterinary Medicine Celebrates Fifty Years

The UT College of Veterinary Medicine marks a half-century of knowledge, compassion, and discovery

The exterior of the new Agriculture and Natural Resources building

Our Bold New Building Opens

Home to classes, research, and outreach, the Agriculture and Natural Resources Building has a suitably mission-focused name

Students in kayaks paddling on a river

Expanding Student Horizons Through Study Abroad

Global experiences are becoming more accessible to all students

Three people standing in front of the General Sherman tree

National Champion Tree Program Moves to Rocky Top

The program behind the register of these remarkable trees now resides at the School of Natural Resources

An aerial view of the UT Institute of Agriculture campus

Involvement in Student Organizations Prepares Graduates to Excel

Enabling students to establish a supportive network and gain skills and awareness that prepare them for promising careers ahead

Jim and Judi Herbert

A College in Growth Mode

Herbert is expanding recruitment, programs, and experiential learning opportunities

A group standing with the Smokey Statue

Unable to Become a Veterinarian, Thomas Supports UTCVM Students

Helping aspiring veterinarians pursue their dreams through the Ralph W. Thomas Jr. and Family Veterinary Medicine Endowed Scholarship program

Emmett Barker holding a portrait of himself

Great Grads – Emmett Barker

Here is a graduate who boasts a legacy spanning nearly half a century, dozens of organizations, and multiple continents

2019 UTCVM alumni council

Great Grads – Sherrie Farmer O’Brien

UTCVM prepared graduate to embrace career changes

Herbert students dressed in UT Orange and white checkerboard

Herbert Checks Every Box

Herbert is home to everything you’re looking for

First responders doing a safety demonstration in a grain bin

Around UTIA, July 2024

News around the Institute

Keith Carver standing outside of Morgan Hall

A Word From Keith Carver, July 2024

A note from UTIA’s senior leader, including a save the date for Ag Day

High Honors

A sampling of recent faculty, student, and staff recognitions