Competitions



Cristian Salinas (PhD/Hoagland Lab) and Jeanine Arana (PhD/Meyers Lab) are finalists in the Say-it-In-Six competition. You can support them by voting at https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5zlGIMdVOOpjwKq “Good Roots, Better Shoots, Antifungal Attributes” by Cristian Salinas “Rain or Shine, Research Grows On” by Jeanine Arana


Congratulations to Jeanine Arana (Ph.D./Meyer’s Lab) who won the “People’s Choice” Award at the Purdue Graduate School’s 3MT Finals held April 9 with her presentation “Cover Crops in the War Against Weeds. The 3MT Competition is a research communication competition that develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills by explaining their research to an intelligent,…Read more about Jeanine Arana Wins “People’s Choice” in 3MT Finals[Read More]


Cale Bigelow, Jada Powlen and Lee Miller attended the 2024 Golf Course Superintendent’s Association of America (GCSAA) annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ. Cale presented the topic “Nutrient update from turfgrasses: How much do you lose with clipping collection?” Dr. Lee Miller from the Purdue Botany and Plant Pathology Department presented on the topic of “What…Read more about Highlights from the 2024 Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Annual meeting[Read More]



Jeanine Arana‘s presentation, “Black soldier fly composting reduced weed seed germination,” won first place in the 3MT competition at the 10th Annual Agricultural and Biological Engineering Graduate Industrial Research Symposium “Reshaping the Future through Science and Technology.” She competed against students from multiple departments within the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering at Purdue.


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]


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