Experience the enchanting transformation of the Jules Janick Horticulture Garden into a magical winter wonderland adorned with freshly planted evergreen trees and wreaths illuminated by charming mini lights. The display will continue to sparkle until February, inviting you to embark on a delightful exploration of the garden alongside your friends and family.
Congratulations to Kathryn Orvis for winning the prestigious Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialists Association (PUCESA) Career Award at this year’s Extension Professional Development Conference! Congratulations to Jeanine Arana for winning PUCESA’s Outstanding Student Award! Well done, HLA Extension Team!
Members of the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab attended the 78th Annual Meeting of the North Central Weed Science Society on December 11-14, 2023 in Minneapolis, MN and delivered a total of five presentations: Use of Silage Tarps for Early-Season Weed Management in Small-Scale Potato Production (poster), presented by Josue Cerritos. Response of Dormant Peppermint…Read more about Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab Members Deliver Award-Winning Presentations[Read More]
Editor’s Note: This story had missing text in last week’s HLA Happenings. Below is the complete text of the story. HLA Happenings regrets this error. Tian Li (Mechanical Engineering), Lisa Mauer (Food Science), and Petrus Langenhoven (HLA) received an Ag-Eng – Strengthening Interdisciplinary Collaboration between the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering grant. The project titled Self-Cooling…Read more about Petrus Langenhoven and Collaborators Receive Grant[Read More]
On December 14 the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program announced its list of 2023 Research and Education Awards (NCR-SARE’s 2023 Research and Education Awards – SARE North Central). A project entitled “Exploring Underutilized Weed Management Methods on Indiana Small Farms Through On-Farm Research, Community Learning, and Farmer-to-Farmer Education” was awarded $249,669….Read more about Horticulture Weed Science Lab Awarded NCR-SARE Grant[Read More]
The Diverse Corn Belt Team (Linda Prokopy, Aaron Thompson, Ishraq Awashra, and Emily Usher) hosted a Reimagining Agricultural Diversity (RAD) team in Illinois this week. Around 35 participants attended and had great discussion about priorities and visions for the future of Midwestern agriculture as well as opportunities and barriers for increasing diversification on the landscape….Read more about Diverse Corn Belt Team Hosted Illinois Event[Read More]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Spin Doctors Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 16 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points launching our team into 5th place. Good Thyme Gang placed 1st in all four categories scoring a team scratch game of 690, team scratch…Read more about HLA Bowling Team[Read More]
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