Prof. Sean Rotar, an assistant professor, has been appointed chair of the committee on education of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The ASLA committee advises the society on education policy, growth and maintenance of landscape architecture programs and monitors education and employment trends. Rotar’s two-year term will end in November 2016. Rotar was the[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…]
Heejin Yoo, First Place award for her Outstanding Oral Presentation at the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Midwestern Section Annual Meeting at Ohio State University for her talk: “An alternative pathway contributes to phenylalanine biosynthesis in plants via a cytosolic tyrosine:phenylpyruvate aminotransferase.” Also received 2014 Student Publication of the Year Award from the Purdue[Read More…]
Beer probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about farming. But there’s a particular crop, crucial to the brewing process, that has recently increased in demand and piqued the interest of Indiana farmers. Hops is a plant that hasn’t been grown consistently in the Midwest for over a century, however[Read More…]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Faculty and students at the horticulture department at Purdue University hit the ground running with a list of goals, projects and research prospects for the new year. Hazel Wetzstein, formerly a horticulture professor at the University of Georgia, was appointed professor and head of Purdue’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture[Read More…]
Members of the Turf Science Program attended the Annual Sports Turf Managers of America (STMA) meeting in Denver Colorado. During the conference a team of four Turf Science students (Andrew Marking, Matt Dudley, Cam Rice and Matt Hession) competed in the STMA Student Challenge/Quiz Bowl competition where they placed 4th out of 30 teams from[Read More…]
Unheated high tunnels help bedding plants growers reduce energy costs WEST LAFAYETTE, IN/ITHACA, NY – Energy costs account for one of the largest expenses in commercial greenhouse production of annual bedding plants. Naturally, bedding plant producers are searching for more energy-efficient production methods that can reduce fuel usage and increase profits. Christopher Currey, Roberto Lopez,[Read More…]
Professor Bernie Dahl, has been elected as a CELA Fellow. This is one of the highest honors bestowed by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. As described in the review criteria: “The intent of this award is to honor a faculty member‘s lifetime accomplishments in teaching, scholarship/creative activity and/or service. The accomplishments must add[Read More…]
Congratulations to Sean Rotar, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, who has been appointed Chair of the Committee on Education of the American Society of Landscape Architects by ASLA national president Richard Zweifel. The ASLA Committee on Education advises the society on education policy, growth and maintenance of landscape architecture programs, and monitors education and employment[Read More…]
Patrick Lantz gets a lot out of gardening. “I get the opportunity to be creative, grow something, and produce something that I can see and like,” says Lantz. And gardening gives Lantz, a Purdue Extension Master Gardener volunteer, an opportunity to give something to his community. He designed and maintained a demonstration garden in[Read More…]
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