Departmental News & Events


Our team Split Happens played against The Madames Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 16 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 2 out of 8 points, dropping our team from 7th to 8th place. In the Women’s Category, Alexandra Jewell tied in 2nd with scratch game scoring a 171…Read more about HLA Bowling Team This Week[Read More]


Congratulations to the following staff who are all being promoted on January 1! John Orick, promotion from Lead Extension Administrator to Principal Extension Administrator. Ben Royal, promotion from Research Technician to Senior Research Technician. Emily Usher, promotion from Project Manager to Senior Project Manager.



Our team Split Happens played against Bowler Up Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 15 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 6 out of 8 points, keeping our team in 7th place. In the Women’s Category, Alexandra Jewell placed 1st with scratch game scoring a 213 and scratch series…Read more about HLA Bowling Team This Week[Read More]


Josh Widhlam and former postdoc, Dr. Manoj Ghaste (now at Nelson Labs in Salt Lake City), published a paper in Fields Crops Research with Mitch Tuinstra and collaborators titled “Dhurrin stability and hydrogen cyanide release in dried sorghum samples.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429022003355



This week we celebrated eight of our faculty and staff’s milestone years of service at Purdue: a total of 210 years of experience between them. Congratulations to: Cary Mitchell (50 years) Mike Dana (40 years) Elizabeth Maynard (30 years) Peter Hirst (25 years) John Orick (25 years) Cale Bigelow (20 years) Lora White (10 years)…Read more about HLA’s Years of Service Celebration[Read More]


Our team Split Happens played against Bowling Problem Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 14 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 2 out of 8 points, placing our team in 7th. In the Men’s Category, Chris Adair placed 5th with scratch game scoring a 194, placed 8th with scratch…Read more about HLA Bowling Team This Week[Read More]


Drs. Linda Prokopy and Aaron Thompson will present “#DiverseCornBelt: Visioning What Can Come Next” Thursday, December 8, 11:30-12:45 at 241 Pfendler Hall (Dean’s Auditorium) as part of the “Imagining A Sustainable Future” initiative. Researchers from the #DiverseCornBelt (#DCB) Project will discuss how their vision for a more sustainable future drives their work. #DCB explores how to enhance…Read more about Linda Prokopy and Aaron Thompson to Present at “Imagining a Sustainable Future” Event[Read More]


Our team Split Happens played against Spoilermakers II Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 12 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 2 out of 8 points, placing our team in 6th place. In the Women’s Category, Ashley Adair placed 3rd with handicap game scoring a 250 and placed 5th…Read more about HLA Bowling Team This Week[Read More]


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