Editor’s Note: One of our HLA Presenters was inadvertently missing from the previous version of this story. Antonio Verzotto will also present at the Indiana Green Expo. HLA Happenings regrets this error. Fourteen of HLA’s Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students will speak at the Indiana Green Expo, January 30 – February 1 at the Indiana…Read more about HLA Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students Will Present at the Indiana Green Expo[Read More]
Dr. Richard Hayden, Professor Emeritus of Purdue Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at the age of 94. Deepest condolences to Mary Lou Hayden and family. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, January 6, 2023 at Soller-Baker West Lafayette Chapel, 1184 Sagamore Parkway West. Service…Read more about The Passing of Dr. Richard Hayden[Read More]
The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture welcomes Dr. Moriah Bilenky, Assistant Professor. Bilenky’s research program is centered on three broad questions 1) can low-input agriculture systems be sustainable; 2) can they reduce off farm inputs; and 3) can they help build resilient food systems? Bilenky aims to explore cropping systems that employ cover cropping,…Read more about Welcome Dr. Moriah Bilenky![Read More]
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]