Hi everyone! My name is Brody Piel and I am from Arcadia, IN. I am currently a senior studying Turf Management & Science with minors in Soil Science, Crop Science, and Food & Agribusiness Management, as well as the former President of the HLA Ambassadors. This summer I am interning at Castle Pines Golf Club…Read more about HLA Ambassadors’ Summer Internships – Brody Piel[Read More]
My name is Emily Slade and I am a community planning intern at USI Consultants. Here I work in the landscape architecture and planning department on projects ranging from complete streets to revitalizing parks. Here I have been learning a lot about the technical and economic aspects of the career, as well as detailing in…Read more about HLA Ambassadors’ Summer Internships – Emily Slade[Read More]
Howdy y’all! Jane here. It’s been quite a rainy week here at yonder Purdue Student Farm. We’ve gotten 3.2 inches of rain so far. And sonically, between the frog calls and rain on the barn roof, the atmosphere tends to make up for all the mud. When it rains this much, you can usually find…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
The Nemali lab organized the ‘Hydroponics for Everyone’ workshop (paid program) on four Saturdays in June. Community members from many regions of Indiana participated in the program. Participants visited HLA and greenhouses from 9 am to 3 pm each day and learned about environmental requirements (production systems, light, water, nutrients, and temperature) and crop production…Read more about Hydroponics for Everyone Workshop Brought Hands-On Learning to Participants[Read More]
Purdue Agriculture featured a story on John Collier (1984/Landscape Architecture) and how he and other landscape architects shaped iconic locations at Purdue University: Who designed the Gateway Arch? & other footprints left by landscape architects on Purdue’s campus.
HLA Professor Lori Hoagland participated in a multidisciplinary workshop on Climate Change Policy and Research in Nicosia, Cyprus. The workshop was jointly hosted by The Arava Institute and The Cyprus Institute. The goal of the workshop was to build teams and develop new projects aimed at addressing food security and water availability.
Dr. Avtar Handa and collaborators has published an original refereed paper in Plant Growth Regulation entitled “A comprehensive endogenous phytohormone metabolite landscape identifies new metabolites associated with tomato fruit”. In this manuscript they report characterization of endogenous levels of 47 compounds including active plant hormones. Several of this compound has been quantified first time during…Read more about Dr. Avtar Handa Co-Published New Paper[Read More]
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