Landscape Architecture


Rachael Herring, a senior in landscape architecture, received 2nd place in the College of Agriculture for her research poster at the 2024 Undergraduate Research Conference. The poster, titled “Restoring Ecology to a Natural Community Retreat at Dune Harbor Park Status,” features her community engagement research to support her senior Capstone design project in Muskegon, Michigan….Read more about Rachael Herring Placed in 2024 Undergraduate Research Conference[Read More]



Purdue University student Colby Smock has been recognized for his research on erosion control solutions. Smock, a senior majoring in agribusiness with a minor in natural resources and environmental science (NRES), received the Undergraduate Award for Humanities & STEM Research. Smock has been working on a project titled “Erosion, Aesthetics, and Acceptance – A Shoreline…Read more about Thompson Lab Researcher Received Undergraduate Award for Humanities and STEM Research[Read More]



The 2024 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Conference was successfully held at St. Louis, MO. Four landscape architecture faculty attended the conference, including Erin Percevault, Sean Rotar, David Barbarash, and Yiwei Huang. The featured presentations are: “Combining Cohorts: A case study of student integration and experiences” presented by Sean Rotar and Dave Barbarash “Simulating Sites: predictive human behavior in proposed designs” presented…Read more about LA Faculty Attend the Annual CELA conference[Read More]




HLA was delighted to celebrate our own alumna last week at the Distinguished Agriculture Alumni awards ceremony. Stacy Haviland is a 2002 graduate of our Landscape Architecture program who has had an outsized influence on the Landscape Architecture profession here in Indiana through her work first with Earth Source, Inc. and now with the City…Read more about HLA Alumna Honored at Distinguished Ag Alumni Ceremony[Read More]


The annual landscape architecture career fair was held on February 09 in the South Ballroom of the Purdue Memorial Union. With 42 firms from 13 different states in attendance and over 300 student interviews scheduled, the event was a resounding success. The majority of firm representatives are alumni of the LA program so the event…Read more about LA Career Fair a Resounding Success[Read More]


LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD 2024 OLINGER LECTURE LYDIA GIKAS COOK SENIOR ASSOCIATE: REED HILDERBRAND Reed Hilderbrand is a collective investigation into the power of design and the designed landscape. We work from a deep conviction about the impact of our discipline to reform and to transform, to conserve and to invent. We seek to…Read more about 2024 Olinger Lecture: Lydia Gikas Cook[Read More]


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