Thanks to a generous donor, two freight farms that will be used for controlled environment demonstrations and research will soon hit the road to West Lafayette. They are scheduled to arrive Monday morning, April 28, at the Purdue Student Farm. All are welcome to view their arrival. An official celebration will be scheduled at a…Read more about Sneak Peak: Purdue Freight Farms Are On Their Way![Read More]
Purdue team develops fast-track process for genetic improvement of plant traits Web-based tool for plant biologists to discover regulators for their trait-of-interest Kranthi Varala, and 9 co-authors from HLA, published the details of the new web-based regulatory gene discovery tool in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Varala has a patent pending on…Read more about Varala Lab Publishes Research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)[Read More]
The Purdue Horticulture Society held the end-of-the-semester dinner on April 24th at Walt’s Pub. In addition to announcing new officers, thanking previous officers, and presenting Hannah Beck with the (newly named) Dr. Mike Dana Outstanding Member Award. The club presented long-time advisor, Dr. Mike Dana, a Purdue rain gauge and a pot with am inscription…Read more about HORT Club End of Semester Banquet[Read More]
Last week, Dr. Prokopy attended the MANNRS (Minorities in Agricultural, Natural Resources and Related Sciences) Purdue Chapter annual banquet to celebrate the accomplishments of the Chapter (first place in the nation!) and celebrate our student members – Otto Hoehl (Turf Management and Science), Spencer Logan (Pre Landscape Architecture), Shivika Aggrawal (grad student). Shivika, co-advised by…Read more about HLA Students at MANNRS Banquet[Read More]
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Thompson, who will join the 2024-2025 Insights Forum. Purdue Insights is a leadership forum hosted by Faculty Affairs in the Office of the Provost intended to support faculty who are interested in exploring leadership at a university, increase the pool of potential leaders at Purdue, and expand our capacity for leadership…Read more about Dr. Aaron Thompson Selected for 2024-2025 Insights Forum[Read More]
The College of Agriculture Awards Banquet was held on Monday night. Danielle Hewitt (Sophomore/LA), Ella Pegg (Freshman/SFS), Lauren Harmon (Junior/HORT), and Faith Hartman (Senior/SFS) were recognized as HLA’s Outstanding Students (pictures left to right). We are very proud of all of their accomplishments!
Brittany Weerts has joined HLA as the new Hydroponic Research Operations Administrator. Her background is in commercial growing, with an emphasis on greenhouse and hydroponic production. For the last three years, she worked as the Head Grower for Eden Valley Farms, a hydroponic start-up in Francesville, Indiana, where they supplied major retail chains with fresh…Read more about Welcome Brittany Weerts![Read More]
You’re invited to the Capstone Presentations reviewing internships and work experiences by several of our graduating seniors in various concentrations. These oral presentations are a companion to a written descriptive review of the internship employer. Wednesday, April 24, 1:10 pm in HORT 222. 1:10 – Lara Staton – Light and Fertilizer Impact on Annual Cuttings…Read more about HORT Capstone Presentations (Updated)[Read More]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against River City Rascals Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for the last week of the Purdue Staff and Students league. Good Thyme Gang has become the Champion of the league for the second year in a row! In the Team Category: Good Thyme Gang placed 1st with team scratch game scoring an 730, placed 2nd with team…Read more about HLA Bowling Team Wins League for Second Straight Year![Read More]
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