Departmental News & Events



Our team Split Happens played against Spin Doctors Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 7 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points, placing our team in 3rd for the week. In the Men’s Category, Chris Adair placed 6th with scratch game scoring a 182, placed 3rd with…Read more about HLA Bowling Team This Week[Read More]


Our team Split Happens played against The Purdudes Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 6 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 6 of 8 points, placing our team in 5th for the week. In the Women’s Category, Ashley Adair placed 7th with handicap game scoring a 238 and placed…Read more about HLA Bowling Team This Week[Read More]


On Saturday, the department hosted 225 youth participants from across Indiana for the 4-H/FFA State Horticulture Career Development Event. This event was coordinated by Kathryn Orvis and Tony Carrell from the State 4-H office. This event is designed to teach skills necessary in the horticulture and landscape industry. They identified ornamental plants, fruits, vegetables, and nuts, evaluated…Read more about 4-H/FFA State Horticulture Career Development Event[Read More]


Our team Split Happens played against English-Owl Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 5 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We lost all 8 points this week, placing us back in 6th place. In the Women’s Category, Alexandra Jewell placed 3rd with scratch game scoring a 189, placed 4thwith scratch series…Read more about This Week with the HLA Bowling Team[Read More]


Join the social committee at MEIGS (Purdue Ag Center) for a cookout, yard games, farm tours, & pumpkin picking! We will also have face-painting & fall crafts for the kids! Please RSVP at your earliest convenience so we can get a headcount. We hope to see you there! RSVP Link


Our team Split Happens played against The Madames Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 4 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all three sets and high game, resulting in all 8 points. This placed our team in 2nd for the week. In the Men’s Category, Chris Adair placed 4th…Read more about This Week with the HLA Bowling Team[Read More]


Emmanuel Cooper, M.S. student in the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab, was selected as a 2022 recipient of the Dr. Dagnatchew Yirgou Endowment Travel Award from the Purdue University College of Agriculture.  The Dr. Dagnatchew Yirgou Endowment was established in September 2002 with gifts by Mezgebou Amlak and others in memory of Dr. Yirgou to…Read more about Emmanuel Cooper Receives Yirgou Travel Grant[Read More]


The Hoagland Lab welcomed new visiting scholar, Leilei Zhang, currently a PhD student at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy. During her internship here at Purdue, Leilei will conduct studies investigating the impacts of different types of microplastics on critical plant and microbial processes. Please welcome Leilei to HLA!



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