Dr. Lailiang Cheng, Professor Horticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science Cornell University Thursday March 21st, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or via Zoom. “Apple Flower Development and Fruit Acidity in Relation to Sorbitol” Abstract: Apple and other tree fruits in the Rosaceae family synthesize, transport and utilize sorbitol in addition to sucrose for plant growth[Read More…]
Jeanine Arana (Ph.D., Meyer’s Lab) is one of ten finalists in Purdue’s 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Competition. The 3MT Competition is a research communication competition that develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills while developing the skills to explain their research to an intelligent, non-specialist audience in three minutes using only one slide. Jeanine is[Read More…]
Former HLA faculty member and Department Head, Homer Erickson, celebrated his 99th birthday on Friday, March 8th with his wife Carolyn, four children from all over the globe, some grandchildren and Jules Janick & Patricia Ryan at their home on Salisbury St. where they have resided since….forever. At the party, Homer reminisced and shared some[Read More…]
HLA was delighted to celebrate our own alumna last week at the Distinguished Agriculture Alumni awards ceremony. Stacy Haviland is a 2002 graduate of our Landscape Architecture program who has had an outsized influence on the Landscape Architecture profession here in Indiana through her work first with Earth Source, Inc. and now with the City[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Eamus Catuli Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 25 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 4 out of the 8 points, keeping our team in 3rd place and inches away from 1st with a two way tie! In the Women’s category: Alexandra[Read More…]
For the 15th year running, Purdue University has earned the Tree Campus USA designation within higher education. Campus Arborist Peter Vaughn, Crew Chief Jason Kilgour with the support of the entire Grounds Department, led the initiative in completing the criteria for the designation and the continued work of the Campus Tree Care Plan which fosters healthy[Read More…]
Congratulations to the entire HLA team for a very positive external review! We are so grateful to our external reviewers, Marvin Pritts, Roch Gaussoin, Mengmeng Gu, Erik Runkle, and Michelle Schroeder-Moreno for spending so much time with us getting to learn all about the amazing work everyone in HLA is doing across our three mission[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Spoilermakers II Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 24 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 4 out of 8 points, keeping our team in 3rd place. In the Team Category: Good Thyme Gang placed 2nd in team scratch game scoring a 704,[Read More…]
Petrus Langenhoven attended the Indiana Small Farms Conference on February 29 and March 1. He presented a talk titled High Tunnel Sweet Pepper Variety Selection Update. He also presented two posters with Nathan Shoaf titled Impact of Soil Fertility Amendments and Cover Cropping on Soil Health and Building Soil Health: Sustainable Management Approaches to Overcome[Read More…]
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