Departmental News & Events


Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Mind Your Biz Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 6 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 4 out of 8 points, keeping us in 11th place. In the Women’s Category, Alexandra Jewell placed 1st with scratch game scoring a 220 and scratch…Read more about HLA Bowling Team[Read More]




Please join the Hoagland Lab in welcoming new post-doctoral research associate Dr. Ada Martinez. Dr. Martinez is originally from Peru and received her PhD from the Automonas University In Madrid Spain. She will be working with the Arequipa Nexus Institute, investigating microbial dynamics in composts generated within in the Colca River Valley of southern Peru…Read more about Welcome Dr. Ada Martinez![Read More]


HLA welcomes Kristina Cooley, who joined us as our Graduate Program Coordinator/Landscape Architecture Administrative Assistant earlier this week. Hi Everyone, I’m excited to be joining the HLA team! I have 25+ years of experience in agriculture in one form or another. I get the question often: Why Ag? For me, it’s the People-Opportunity-Variety-Mission. I have…Read more about Welcome Kristina Cooley[Read More]



Our team Good Thyme Gang played against The PurDudes Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 5 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We lost 8 points, dropping us to 11th place. In the Women’s Category, Ashley Adair placed 2nd with scratch game scoring a 171, placed 2nd with handicap game scoring…Read more about HLA Bowling Team[Read More]



The Purdue Exponent published a feature story on the Purdue Arboretum’s effort to map all the plants on Purdue’s Campus. Paul Siciliano, Kirby Kalbaugh, and HLA undergraduate interns Kayla Edgerly, Madeline Budan, and Jennifer Kerr were interviewed for the story. You can explore Purdue’s 40,000+ plants at the Purdue Arboretum’s website.



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