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Tonight: UT professor to discuss impact of invasive insects on forests

Posted at 2:59 pm May 5, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

University of Tennessee Professor Scott Schlarbaum will present a program on “Invasive Insects’ Effect on our Forests” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at the UT Arboretum. It has been reported that this presentation will “scare the pants off you.”

Our area is currently beset by hemlock woolly adelgids, emerald ash borers, and other invasive insects, a press release said.

Schlarbaum has served as a faculty member of UT’s Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries since 1984, and has served in a variety of professional positions and committees regarding forest health and genetics. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Community, Education, Front Page News, Meetings and Events Tagged With: Department of Forestry Wildlife and Fisheries, forests, invasive insects, Invasive Insects Effect on our Forests, Sandra K. Goss, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee Arboretum Society, UT, UT Arboretum

UT names bioenergy expert as 14th UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair

Posted at 1:05 pm February 19, 2014
By University of Tennessee Leave a Comment

Art Ragauskas

Arthur Ragauskas

KNOXVILLE—Arthur Ragauskas, an authority in bioenergy, has been named the 14th University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair.

He will serve as Governor’s Chair for Biorefining, based in UT’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with a complementary appointment in the UT Institute of Agriculture’s Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries.

He will also serve in the Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Biosciences Division, at ORNL and as a member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s BioEnergy Science Center, or BESC.

Ragauskas begins at UT on June 1. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arthur Ragauskas, BESC, bioenergy, BioEnergy Science Center, biofuels, biomass, biomaterials, biopower, Biosciences Division, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Forestry Wildlife and Fisheries, Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, Governor's Chair for Biorefining, Institute of Agriculture, Jimmy G. Cheek, Martin Keller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair, UT, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

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