The 2025–2026 College of Agriculture Teaching Awards were announced today, and we are proud to share that two members of the Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (HLA) faculty have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to teaching. Kathryn Orvis will receive the Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, honoring exceptional dedication to undergraduate education and student success.[Read More…]
2025 HLA Fall Seminar Dennis Geoffrey Macedo Valdivia Professor and Co-director of the Arequipa Nexus Institute Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Peru Thursday November 6, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or via Zoom. Soil Quality, Crop Safety, and Human Health: Organic Agriculture as a Model for the Colca Valley, Peru The Colca River Valley[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Spoilermakers II Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 9 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 6 of 8 moving us up to 6th place. In the Team Category: Good Thyme Gang placed 3rd in team handicap game scoring a 975. In the[Read More…]
Last Saturday, members of the HLA Graduate Student Association gathered for a hike at Turkey Run State Park. With clear skies and perfect fall weather, the group enjoyed the natural beauty of the trails while also giving back to the environment. As part of the outing, participants volunteered their time to pick up trash along[Read More…]
Josh Widhalm, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture, has been appointed and assumed the responsibilities of director of Purdue University’s Center for Plant Biology (CPB). Widhalm’s roles will include enhancing CPB’s community-building activities, fostering collaboration to enable more interdisciplinary grant submissions and increasing the center’s and its members’ visibility. Widhalm succeeds Natalia Dudareva, a[Read More…]
Chad Evans Lecturer, Communications Department, Purdue University Thursday October 30th, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or via Zoom Native American burning habits & further flora studies It is a frequent misnomer that southwestern Indiana was covered in dense forests in pre-European settlement times. Upon reviewing land survey records 1800-1805, I found there was more tallgrass prairie[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against River City Rascals Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 8 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 2 of 8 points and dropped to 8th place due to a 4-way tie for 4th. In the Team Category: No placements. In the Women’s Category:[Read More…]
