Yiwei Huang as collaborative author has two articles published: “Locating the Responsive Plants for Landscape Recovery: A Toolkit for Designers and Planners.” Xiwei Shen; Steven Handel; Niall Kirkwood; Yiwei Huang; and Mary Padua. Ecological Restoration. March 2022 vol. 40 no. 1 33-35. http://er.uwpress.org/content/40/1/33.full.pdf+html “A Call for Innovative, Multidisciplinary Adaptive Landscape Design in the Age of Climate…Read more about Yiwei Huang Published Two Articles as Collaborative Author[Read More]
On March 30, the West Lafayette Parks and Recreation Department, the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and the Department of Anthropology held the Happy Hollow Park Charrette Event. Members of the public were invited to bring their ideas and suggestions on improving Happy Hollow Park in West Lafayette. Aaron Thompson, LA Undergraduate students Kami…Read more about LA Students and Alumni Participated in the Happy Hollow Park Charrette Event[Read More]
The Purdue University Office of Experiential Education selects Aaron Thompson as a 2022-23 Experiential Education Champion based on his passion, experience, and impact in creating service-learning opportunities for students. Experiential education is a “planned pedagogy centering on an authentic experience to strengthen students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities, paired with student reflection.” Aaron Thompson, who serves…Read more about Aaron Thompson Selected as a 2022-2023 Experiential Education Champion[Read More]
On March 4, Sarah Leaskey (BSLA, 2007) of Olin in Philadelphia, PA, was on campus to receive the 2022 Distinguished Agriculture Alumni Award. Some of her works includes the University of California’s Memorial Stadium in Berkley, California as well as redesign for Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. She also spoke with our LA students about…Read more about Sarah Leaskey (BSLA, ’07) Receives the 2022 Distinguished Agriculture Alumni Award[Read More]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang, and a Purdue civil engineer graduate student Zhixin Li explored the potential of integrating social media data to the future of park management back in summer 2021. And now their first pilot study for the city of Chicago is published: Huang, Y., Li, Z., & Huang, Y. (2022). User Perception of Public…Read more about Yiwei Huang’s Pilot Study on Integrating Social Media Data to the Future of Park Management Published[Read More]
After a lot plan changes and alternations, the LA Career Fair still successfully took place February 4 in our HORT building. We greatly appreciate the firms who took heroic measure to arrive West Lafayette to meet with our students. And we also want to thank those firms who could not be here due to weather…Read more about LA Career Fair Held February 4[Read More]
Aaron Thompson’s LA students from Fall 2019 will see their class project design come to life this fall. With the help of Purdue Extension and community groups who fundraised with private donations, the citizens of Connersville, Indiana will be able to enjoy the J Long Memorial Second Street Park. This park will be the first…Read more about LA Students’ Class Project Design to Open This Fall[Read More]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang (as a PI) has received a $74,861 seed grant from The Purdue Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC), with a proposal titled “Downscaling and visualizing climate change scenarios to advance environmental justice and promote local action”. She will be working with Co-PI Dr. Tian Guo (from ABE), Co-PI Dr. Keith A. Cherkauer (from…Read more about Yiwei Huang received seed grant from The Purdue Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC)[Read More]
By Tanya G. Brown Nathan Vanderman (A’09) was part of the TBG team that designed this play for a tunnel top park in Fort Lauderdale that would unite the restaurant and financial districts while vastly improving an urban eyesore. As a landscape architect in South Florida, Nathan Vandeman (A’09) uses his creativity and analytical focus…Read more about Creating the Spaces Between: Alumni and students find purpose in social and environmentally friendly design.[Read More]