Dr. Aaron Thompson attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the J Long 2nd Street Memorial Park in Connersville, Indiana on July 26th. The park is currently under construction with a late October timeline for being opened to the public. Purdue landscape architecture students played a critical role in the redevelopment of this park through a Fall…Read more about Aaron Thompson Attended Ground Breaking[Read More]
Dr. Aaron Thompson, Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, and Dr. Zoe Nyssa, Department of Anthropology, are excited to announce the receipt of a new grant entitled “Plan Your Park.” The grant from the Engagement Scholarship Consortium will support an ongoing partnership between the Department of Anthropology, the City of West Lafayette, and the Center…Read more about Aaron Thompson Receives Grant for “Plan Your Park”[Read More]
Department Head Dr. Linda Prokopy has been busy this month! June 1-3, she and other HLA faculty, staff and graduate students (Camila Ulloa Gómez, Steve Hallett, Liz Maynard, Michael O’Donnell, Katherine Pivaral, Aaron Thompson, Ariana Torres, Emily Usher) traveled to Davenport, Iowa for the annual meeting of the Diverse Corn Belt project. Members of this…Read more about A Busy Month for Dr. Linda Prokopy[Read More]
Aaron Thompson coauthored a new paper in the Landscape Journal with Robert Marzec (Purdue – English Department) and Gary Burniske (Purdue – College of Agriculture) titled, “Climate BufferNet: a Gaming Simulation Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Adaptation with Agricultural Landscape Planning.” Climate BufferNet is an educational, visual simulation designed to engage higher education students…Read more about Aaron Thompson Co-Authored New Paper in Landscape Journal[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]
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]
Former ESE-HLA graduate Kyle Richardville published the first article from his MS thesis titled ‘Leaf mold compost reduces waste, improves soil and microbial properties and increases tomato productivity’ in the journal Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20022. Co-authors include Lori Hoagland, Amit Jaiswal, Aaron Thompson (HLA), Andrew Flachs (ANTH), Dan Egel (BPP) and Dan…Read more about Former ESE-HLA Graduate Published Article from MS Thesis[Read More]
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