Karen Franck (IMAGE) University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Caption Karen Franck, an associate professor with University of Tennessee Extension Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, is a member of a team honored with the Inaugural National Excellence in Extension Team Award by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Cooperative Extension. Photo courtesy UTIA. Credit UTIA Usage Restrictions N/A License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.