Our team Good Thyme Gang played against English-OWL Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 19 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We lost all points, bringing the team down to 5th place. No placements this week. Come out and bowl with us! We bowl 3 games on Monday nights starting at[Read More…]
Dr. Craig Schenck, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biochemistry, University of Missouri Thursday February 1st, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or Via Zoom. “Evolution of plant chemical diversity: gene co-option, enzyme promiscuity, and pathway sequestration” Abstract: To cope with environmental pressures, plants produce an arsenal of structurally diverse chemicals, often called specialized metabolites, which have various industrial and[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Mind Your Biz Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 18 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 6 out of the 8 points, keeping our team in 3rd place and tied with The Purdudes. Good Thyme Gang placed 1st in all categories last[Read More…]
Dr. Joshua Widhalm has been appointed Deputy Director of the Purdue Center for Plant Biology. Below is the email sent by Ronald Turco, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, regarding the appointment. Purdue University’s Center for Plant Biology (CPB) is pleased to announce that Dr. Josh Widhalm, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against The PurDudes Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 17 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 6 out of the 8 points, moving our team up from 5th to 3rd place and tied with 2 other teams. In the Women’s category: Alexandra Jewell[Read More…]
We are delighted to announce 3 staff promotions effective January 1. Please join us in congratulating them all! Chris Adair has been promoted from Farm Operations Manager to Senior Farm Operations Manager in recognition of his leadership at the Purdue Student Farm, including overseeing the successful CSA program, leading applied research at the farm, mentoring other small[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Spin Doctors Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 16 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points launching our team into 5th place. Good Thyme Gang placed 1st in all four categories scoring a team scratch game of 690, team scratch[Read More…]
The Diverse Corn Belt Team (Linda Prokopy, Aaron Thompson, Ishraq Awashra, and Emily Usher) hosted a Reimagining Agricultural Diversity (RAD) team in Illinois this week. Around 35 participants attended and had great discussion about priorities and visions for the future of Midwestern agriculture as well as opportunities and barriers for increasing diversification on the landscape.[Read More…]