Shivika Aggrawal and Dr. Ana Hummes, members of Dr. Aaron Thompson’s lab in the Center for Community & Environmental Design (CCED), presented two decision-support tools for climate-resilient agriculture during a webinar hosted by the North Central Climate Collaborative (NC3) on October 26, 2026. The tools were developed through the Integrated Midwest Partnerships for Actionable Climate…Read more about CCED Team Showcases Decision-Support Tools for Climate-Resilient Midwest Agriculture[Read More]
Shivika Aggrawal, from Dr. Aaron Thompson’s lab in the Center for Community & Environmental Design (CCED), delivered an oral presentation “Midwest farms as social-ecological memory landscapes: Oral histories of extreme weather adaptation in the U.S. Midwest” at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association (OHA), held in Portland, Oregon, from October 14-17, 2026….Read more about Shivika Aggrawal Presented Research at Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association[Read More]
Shivika Aggrawal, from Dr. Aaron Thompson’s lab at the Center for Community & Environmental Design (CCED), delivered an invited guest lecture for the Initiative for Civic Leadership in the University of Texas at Dallas’s School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences. Her talk, “What Can a Park Remember? Memory, Participation, & the Civic Capacity of…Read more about Aggrawal Delivers Invited Guest Lecture at University of Texas at Dallas[Read More]
Mingyu Zhao, a third-year Ph.D. candidate in ecological science and horticulture and landscape architecture, is this month’s Graduate Ag Research Spotlight. Originally from Xuzhou, China, Zhao earned his master’s degree from the National University of Singapore before arriving at Purdue in 2024 to shift his focus from urban to agricultural landscapes. His research examines the…Read more about Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Mingyu Zhao[Read More]
John P. Haven, who earned a B.S. in landscape architecture from Purdue’s College of Agriculture in 2001, was among nine alumni honored at the College of Agriculture’s Distinguished Agriculture Alumni Award ceremony Oct. 2, 2026, in West Lafayette, Ind. As a principal at LeBlanc Jones Landscape Architects in Boston, Haven’s work caught the attention of…Read more about LA Alumnus John Haven Honored with Distinguished Agriculture Alumni[Read More]
Congratulations to Kinzie Carr and Kate Burris, two students in Purdue University’s Landscape Architecture program, on receiving the 2026 INASLA Student Scholarship Awards! Each student was awarded a $2,000 scholarship in recognition of their academic achievements and potential in the field of landscape architecture. These scholarships reflect INASLA’s continued commitment to supporting the next generation…Read more about Purdue Landscape Architecture Students Receive 2026 INASLA Scholarships[Read More]
We are excited to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our students, whose projects received four awards at the 2026 Indiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (INASLA) Student Design Awards. These recognitions highlight students’ creativity, critical thinking, and commitment to addressing environmental and social challenges through landscape architecture. Merit Award – Design Works:…Read more about Student Projects Recognized at the 2026 INASLA Student Design Award[Read More]
Landing Frontier Technology: Interdisciplinary Research at the Property-Tech Nexus will focus on transformations in land, property, and platform technologies with an emphasis on “the frontier.” We use the term “frontier” to encompass three interconnected scholarly objectives: Analyze how digital technologies create frontiers in land and property markets by producing new forms of value, access, and…Read more about Upcoming Workshop Examines Technology’s Impact on Land, Property and Ownership[Read More]
HLA Ph.D. candidate Shivika Aggrawal, advised by Dr. Aaron Thompson in the Center for Community & Environmental Design (CCED), has been elected Student Representative-Elect to the Council of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR). IASNR is an international professional association dedicated to the social science analysis of natural resource and environmental management….Read more about Shivika Aggrawal Earns International Leadership Role with IASNR[Read More]
Shivika Aggrawal, from Dr. Aaron Thompson’s lab in the Center for Community & Environmental Design (CCED), delivered an oral presentation titled “Beyond Recall: Why Some Extreme-Weather Memories Shape Action and Others Don’t?” at the 40th annual meeting of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources, the IASNR Conference. The meeting was hosted by the…Read more about Shivika Aggrawal Presents Research at International Natural Resources Conference[Read More]