The 2025 Indiana Horticulture Conference welcomed 200+ attendees and 19 vendors to the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, IN on January 14-15th. It was great to catch up with old friends and meet some new faces. Speakers traveled from as far as Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. Anderson Orchard took home the gold[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against We Don’t Give a Split Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 17 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 2 out of 8 points and are currently sitting in 7th place. In the Team Category: No placements. In the Women’s Category: Ashley Adair placed 2nd with scratch game scoring a 181,[Read More…]
Please join us in welcoming Mario Muñoz, the newest MS graduate student in Dr. Ariana Torres’ Lab! Hailing from Guatemala, he completed his undergraduate studies at Zamorano University in Honduras. His graduate research will focus on consumer preferences and decision-making processes for specialty crops. Currently, he is investigating homeowners’ preferences and willingness to purchase turfgrass[Read More…]
Hoagland Lab welcomes new research technician, Brenton Smith. Smith received an Associates in Natural Resource and Environmental Sciences from Vincennes University and Bachelors in Botany and Plant Pathology from Purdue University. While an undergrad at Purdue he worked in Dr. Chapple’s Lab in Biochem along with Dr. Jody Banks in the Ag Department. After graduation[Read More…]
Welcome to new postdoc, Dr. Brennan Radulski! Brennan is a recent graduate from the ecology and environmental sciences Ph.D. program at Montana State University. Their doctoral research examined how aspects of policy design, decision-making, and administration of California government climate-smart agriculture programs impact farmer access to programs and related program outcomes. In HLA, Brennan will[Read More…]
Congratulations to all of our December 2024 graduates! Undergraduate Students Lauren Harmon (Horticulture/Plant Science) Chase Frech (Horticulture/Production & Marketing) Gregory Steele (Sustainable Food and Farming System) Mason Stephen (Turf Science and Management) Graduate Students Lian Durón (MS/Dr. Celina Gómez) Tanvir Dutt (MS/Dr. Ying Li) Xiaojin Wang (PhD/Dr. Kranthi Varala) Stephen Campbell (MS Non-Thesis/Dr. Cale Bigelow)[Read More…]
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