On March 24th, grad students went to Malibu Jack’s to play laser tag. Everyone had a lot of fun!
Our team Split Happens played against Bowling Problem Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 26 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points, holding our team at number 1 in the league for the 4th week in a row! In the Women’s Category, Alexandra Jewell placed 3rd with…Read more about HLA Bowling Team This Week[Read More]
Emily Usher, Liz Maynard and Becky Traldi were joined by Carmen Blubaugh (University of Illinois) in presenting “Imagining a Diverse Corn Belt” on March 10 as part of the Soil Health Week organized by the Illinois Stewardship Alliance.
Department Head, Linda Prokopy, spent the last 2 weeks in Trinidad visiting horticultural farms and training staff at the Ministry of Agriculture about how to increase farmer adoption of improved agricultural practices. This was part of Purdue’s USAID funded farmer-to-farmer program led by HLA’s Dr. Raghothama. She saw crops we’re all familiar with like watermelon…Read more about Linda Prokopy Travels to Trinidad for USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Program[Read More]
Our team Split Happens played against River City Rasca Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 25 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 6 out of 8 points holding our team at number 1 in the league for the 3rd week in a row! In the Women’s Category, Ashley Adair…Read more about HLA Bowling Team This Week[Read More]
Ariana Torres was recognized in the Purdue College of Agriculture “Millionaire’s Club” for bringing in, as part of 3 interdisciplinary projects, over $16 million in 2022. The projects she is part of include 1) USDA-SAS funded Diverse Corn Belt, 2) USAID Peru-HUB to work on the Peruvian jungle, and 3) USDA-SCRI IPM managements for high…Read more about Ariana Torres Recognized in College of Ag’s “Millionaire’s Club”[Read More]
Alumnus Dustin Potts, Purdue HLA ’09, visited campus this week to speak to the HORT 11000 Opportunities in Horticulture class. Dustin shared insights from his experiences as a summer college intern through his current role as Plant Breeding Compliance Operations Manager, among other things, for Bayer U.S. – Crop Science (formerly Monsanto).
