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	Summer 2022 Dr. Blair Plants Special Trees to Dedicate Loved Ones "I lost two very special people in my life last year. My sister in May 2021 and my uncle six months later," Hinton said. "Dr. Blair came to me and wanted to do something special for me so he planted two trees in memory of both my family members right outside my office window. This is a blessing for me. I can look out my window and watch these two trees growing in memory of my family and that brings a smile to my face." Source: AgLINK Read more
	Summer 2022 Discussing the Seriousness of Keeping Nashville's Tree Canopy Healthy "One in four lives could be saved by increasing the (tree) canopy, especially in low-income communities of color. It can make a life-or-death difference," Dr. Chen said. Source: AgLINK Read more
	Summer 2022 A Special Pre-Earth Day Party Two TSU professors and one Nashville nonprofit campaign manager spent a Pre-Earth Day afternoon informing faculty, students, and staff about campus and community efforts to revitalize Nashville's tree canopy and fight climate change, improve health, and promote environmental justice. Source: AgLINK Read more
	Summer/Fall 2021 Online Defense Graduated student under Dr. Blair, David Hickok, presents his thesis through Zoom during pandemic. His paper was on "Root Responses to Aluminum on Cowpea." David will be graduating this fall semester with a master's in Agricultural Sciences focused on Plant Sciences. He will later study at Cornell University for his doctoral. Source: AgLINK Read more
	Summer/Fall 2021 Professorial Excellence Dr. Blair and seven other professors have been recognized by Dr. Chandra Reddy, dean of the College of Agriculture for their excellence this year in research, teaching, grant funding, and publishing. Source: AgLINK Read more
	Summer/Fall 2021 A Professor's Props Dr. Blair poses with one of his favorite pieces in the office, a photograph taken by Dr. Blair's father, of Martin Luther King in Washington D.C. when he gave the "I Have A Dream Speech." He confesses that he is a bit of a hoarder when it came to collecting things over his lifetime. Source: AgLINK Read more
	Winter 2020 Dr. Blair Wins 2019 Tony Kleese Award from The People's Seed The People's Seed, a new organization whose mission is to redesign funding and decision making systems for seed and plant development, has awarded Research Associate Professor Dr. Blair with the 2019 Tony Kleese Award. Source: AgLINK Read more
	Fall/Winter 2019 Agriculture Students Study Abroad in Costa Rica Lab member, Steve Osborne (far right), along with three other students (Brittaney Hogan, Kristen Stigger, and Daiva Wilson) travel to Costa Rica to study at Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion. The students studied agroforestry, agriculture and climate smart territories, biodiversity and ecosystem services in agriculture and sustainable agroforestry, basic concepts about trade related services, and regulatory and compliance issues regarding U.S. exports and imports. Source: AgLINK Read more
	Fall/Winter 2019 Matthew Blair, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Plant Genetics and Breeding Dr. Blair conducts plant breeding and genetics projects on legumes and dictoyledonus C4 crop plants such as cultivated Amaranth. In his lab at TSU, his plant genetics program seeks to impact the productivity of small-farm agriculture. Source: AgLINK Read more