New Year’s Day
The university is closed for the holiday.
Are you returning to campus or Knoxville after Thanksgiving? Join the Center for Student Engagement on Wednesday, December 2 at 6:30 PM in the Student Union Ballroom for an ornament decorating workshop hosted by AR Workshop! We will provide supplies & stencils to create your ornaments in-person. Registration is open to the first 50 students at tiny.utk.edu/ornamentdecorating. We hope you will join us!
Bring your family and enjoy a great meal, EPP awards, some fierce trivia competition, and a White Elephant gift exchange (a fun game of gift-giving where you can steal from your friends and colleagues!). All the details are below. Please RSVP by December 4th: https://forms.gle/Mq2XezJSURSFcNS19 Faculty and staff – If you have EPP undergraduate workers, undergraduate minors, visiting researchers, alumni, or emeritus faculty that you would like to invite that are not on the EPP all mailing list, please forward this to them and have them RSVP. Thanks and looking forward to an amazing end of the year bash!
De-stress before finals by enjoying free movie showings, food, and various activities all day (9 AM to 9 PM) in Morgan Hall to celebrate the holidays! Here’s a list of what’s offered:t Holidays Around the World Experience the holidays around the globe without your passport! Stop by each booth for a tasty holiday treat, traditional holiday game, and some cool facts about each thing being celebrated this month! Cookie Corner Channel your creative side and decorate a cookie with your friends! Stocking Street Are your stockings hung by the chimney with care? If not, never fear! Take this opportunity to design your very own stocking and some personalized flare to your holiday decor! Holiday Card Boulevard Few seasons are as
Abstract: Genome wide association studies, GWAS, are performed to determine potential associations between phenotypic (traits observed) data and genotypic (genome) data. Ipomoea batatas, sweetpotato, is a vital crop for combating both visible and invisible hunger, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the genetic diversity of the sweetpotato germplasm and the genetic architecture underlying agronomic traits is crucial to maintenance and utility of the genetic resources for the crop’s improvement. We will perform a GWAS study to determine potential genes and genomic features associated with traits of interest including disease and pest resistance traits, culinary traits, phytonutritional traits, and morphological traits. We intend to determine potential genes of interests and functional markers for breeding programs.