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Graduate Students Graduating in August

July 28, 2023 - From Issue:

Congratulations to the following HLA’s graduate students for successfully defended their theses, completed their degrees, and will graduate in August. We wish them all the best! Fatemeh Sheibani, Ph.D. Under Dr. Cary Mitchell Emily Kuhn, MS under Dr. Ying Li Scott Benzinger, MS under Dr. Josh Widhalm
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Meyers Named Outstanding Young Alumnus

July 7, 2023 - From Issue:

Stephen Meyers has been chosen as a 2023 North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Young Alumnus. The award recognizes a select group of alumni for significant contributions to NCSU and one’s profession and community. Meyers attended NCSU from 2007 to 2012, earning an MS and PhD in Horticultural Science.[Read More…]

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Linda Prokopy Traveled to Chicago

June 30, 2023 - From Issue:
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Department Head, Linda Prokopy, traveled to Chicago this week with April Shepherd from Ag Development. Highlights of the trip included visiting with Ball Horticulture’s 3 Purdue interns (including Ian Kelly, a HORT major, and Kayla Grennes, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Ying Li’s lab) and visiting with Distinguished Ag Alum, Dr. Marvin Miller.
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Diverse Corn Belt Project Held Annual Meeting

June 9, 2023 - From Issue:
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The Diverse Corn Belt project held their annual meeting in Davenport, Iowa the week of May 30. HLA team members include Steve Hallett, Juliano Marques, Liz Maynard, Katharine Pivaral, Linda Prokopy, Aaron Thompson, Rebecca Traldi, Ariana Torres, Camila Ulloa, Emily Usher.
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Linda Prokopy Traveled to Auburn University

June 9, 2023 - From Issue:
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Department Head, Linda Prokopy, traveled to Auburn University the week of May 22 to meet with other Horticulture Department Heads. While there, she toured vertical container farms, a rooftop garden managed by the Horticulture department, and the beginnings of a Transformation Garden being established by the Horticulture department.
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