Sofía Gómez (MS/Gómez Lab) was interviewed for Inside Grower’s Student Profile in their March 5 newsletter. In the interview, she discussed a bit about herself, her research, her advice to other students, and her future plans.
HLA members of the Diverse Corn Belt project (Dr. Aaron Thompson, Shivika Aggrawal, Dr. Lauren Asprooth, and Emily Usher) hosted a Reimagining Agricultural Diversity Meeting with farmers and other ag stakeholders in Marion, IA last week. This engaging meeting had 20 participants and lively conversations about what is needed to increase agricultural diversity on the…Read more about HLA Diverse Corn Belt Team Hosted Meeting in Iowa[Read More]
Dr. Kathryn Orvis participated in the panel discussion titled “Urban Ag: Engaging Youth” during the Indiana Small Farm Conference. Joining her were fellow panelists Danielle Guerin from the Soul Food Indy Project and Aster Bekele from the Felege Hiywot Center. All panelists are NCR-SARE grant recipients.
Jeanine Arana (Ph.D., Meyer’s Lab) is one of ten finalists in Purdue’s 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Competition. The 3MT Competition is a research communication competition that develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills while developing the skills to explain their research to an intelligent, non-specialist audience in three minutes using only one slide. Jeanine is…Read more about Jeanine Arana Finalist in 3MT Competition[Read More]
Former HLA faculty member and Department Head, Homer Erickson, celebrated his 99th birthday on Friday, March 8th with his wife Carolyn, four children from all over the globe, some grandchildren and Jules Janick & Patricia Ryan at their home on Salisbury St. where they have resided since….forever. At the party, Homer reminisced and shared some…Read more about Former HLA Faculty/Department Head Celebrates 99th Birthday[Read More]
HLA was delighted to celebrate our own alumna last week at the Distinguished Agriculture Alumni awards ceremony. Stacy Haviland is a 2002 graduate of our Landscape Architecture program who has had an outsized influence on the Landscape Architecture profession here in Indiana through her work first with Earth Source, Inc. and now with the City…Read more about HLA Alumna Honored at Distinguished Ag Alumni Ceremony[Read More]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Eamus Catuli Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 25 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 4 out of the 8 points, keeping our team in 3rd place and inches away from 1st with a two way tie! In the Women’s category: Alexandra…Read more about HLA Bowling Team[Read More]
Emmanuel Cooper and Jeanine Arana from the Meyers’ lab participated in the 11th Annual ABE Graduate Industry Research Symposium: “Advancing technology: From models to molecules, machines and more”. Emmanuel obtained 3rd place for his 3MT oral presentation and Jeanine obtained 2nd place for her oral presentation! Congratulations!
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