Kathryn Orvis and Peter Hirst were part of a team that was just awarded the PK-12 Team Engagement Award for their work on the Apple Crunch project. The team developed videos and educational materials for grades 1-3 to teach about apple nutrition and careers, and promote healthy eating habits.
Lauren Harmon, an undergraduate HLA student working with the Widhalm Lab, has been awarded $500 from the Purdue College of Agriculture’s Office of Academic Programs to offset the cost of her undergraduate research project. Congratulations Lauren!
Cale Bigelow and Jada Powlen attended and participated in the 2023 Sports Field Managers Association (SFMA) annual meeting last week in Salt Lake City, UT. They co-presented a seminar “What’s new in cultural practices for turf disease suppression” and Cale presented two seminars: Turfgrass nutrition 101 and co-presented Practical calculations for the sports field manager…Read more about Highlights from the 2023 Sports Field Managers Association Annual Meeting[Read More]
Congratulations to Cale Bigelow for receiving the William Daniel Award on January 19 at the Sports Field Management Association (SFMA) Conference. Named for one of the four founders of SFMA, Dr. William Daniel set the pattern for educator/researcher involvement in SFMA. The partnership between educators and researchers and the sports turf managers who incorporate these advances…Read more about Cale Bigelow Receives the William Daniel Award from the Sports Field Management Association[Read More]
Dr. Ryan Patrick (Postdoc/Li Lab) has received the Center for Plant Biology travel award ($1000) and he plans to attend the World Petunia Day in Italy in summer 2023, where he will present his NSF funded work on epigenetic regulations of specialized metabolism and collaborate on the petunia genome sequencing project.
Congratulations to Camila Ulloa (MS/Torres’ lab) for receiving the Frederick N. Andrews Environmental Travel Award ($1,500). This travel award was created by the Fellowship Office in the Graduate School for students whose research focuses on improving the global environment. With this grant, Camila hopes to share her research focusing on segmenting salad consumers based on…Read more about Camila Ulloa Receives Travel Award[Read More]
Several of our graduate students in Turfgrass Science placed in graduate student research poster presentations at the Crop Science Society of America Annual Meeting earlier this week. Jada Powlen, 1st place, in the Crop Science Society of America, Turfgrass Science Division (C-5), graduate student research poster presentation contest, industry section, 2022. Baltimore, MD. Amanda Folck,…Read more about Turf Graduate Students Win Awards at Crop Science Society of America Annual Meeting[Read More]
A Center for Community & Environmental Design (CCED) service learning project wins the 2022 Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (AIM) Placemaking Award. The renovation of J Long Memorial Second Street Park is a unique collaboration involving local government, residents, and civic organizations of Connersville, Indiana, along with Purdue Extension and the Landscape Architecture Program. The park design,…Read more about Center for Community and Environmental Design (CCED) Service Learning Project Wins Award[Read More]
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