New lab safety culture award categories will be announced quarterly. Submissions are open to everyone involved in research or working in a lab, shop, or maker space at UT. Announcements of new awards are sent through the Lab Safety ListServ, found on flyers around campus, and communicated during events. Please email ehs_labsafety@utk.edu to request to be added to the Lab Safety ListServ if you are not already enrolled.

A member of UT’s Environmental Health and Safety has been awarded a grant from Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) for working on a Positive Culture Framework (PCF).

Linda Hamilton, interim Laboratory Safety Services program leader with EHS, received the $3,000 grant to support her ongoing work with safety culture initiatives.

“This grant will help support the collaboration with the Tickle College of Engineering to map out a Positive Culture Framework (PCF), which we are hoping will be adaptable to other stakeholder groups at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville,” said EHS Director Brian Ranger.

The mission of CSHEMA is to support and to educate campus-based EHS professionals to empower and to improve the EHS profession in camps environments.

Congratulations on your hard work and your focus on keeping our campus safe!